Back to category: English Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. How has Roman Polanski interpreted Act I Scene i of Shakespeare’s Macbeth? When a director is filming a play script he/she needs to consider several aspects. The casting, location of the scene. Camera angles Music Sound effects Lighting Props How the lines need to be delivered. Roman Polanski had very few stage directions to work from to create Act 1 Scene i. The only stage directions Polanski had to work from were- ‘A desolate place,’ ‘Thunder and lightening’ and ‘Enter three witches.’ Polanski interprets Shakespeare’s stage directions for Ii that the action should take place in ‘a desolate place’ as a beach at dawn in the winter. This encapsulates the theme of unnatural events because the idea of a beach in winter is strange. In addition to this the time of day, dawn, enables Polanski to use an opening shot ... Posted by: Margaret Rowden Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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