Imagine you are a modern day film director who is updating Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' that would appeal to a contempary cinema audience. Write a detailed explanation of how you would direct Act 3 scene 4 of the play.

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Georgia Fernandez.

Imagine you are a modern day film director who is updating Shakespeare’s  'Hamlet’ that would appeal to a contempary cinema audience. Write a detailed explanation of how you would direct Act 3 scene 4 of the play.

  Shakespeare is one of the most magnificent writers of all time; he has written many plays, one of which

I have been challenged to write a detailed explanation of how I would direct the scene so that it would appeal

to a contemporary cinema audience. One of the greatest aspects about Shakespeare's plays is the

never-ending interpretations and expressions that can be made--not only by filmmakers with their elaborate

scenery and all-star casts, but also by each of us as viewers and, hopefully, as readers too.  

 

  Shakespeare originally directed the play so everything was incredibly dramatic as there were no special effects or excellent props available, so they used everything they had to their best advantage. In Shakespeare’s theatre people only had temporary seats as everyone mostly moved around to get the best view of the spectacle. However, today, plays have almost everything available for them such as, special effects, brilliant props and a variety of excellent female and male actors.

 

  In Act 3 scene 4 of Hamlet, the agitated prince rudely interrupts his mother, Gertrude and the scheming Polonius, Ophelia’s father, in the Queen's chambers. Polonius hears Hamlet coming so he quickly hides behind the arras (a curtain). As Hamlet is arguing with his mother he seems to hear a noise behind the arras, and stabs his knife through it as he assumes it is King Claudius. Gertrude is mortified when she sees Polonius' body drop to the floor. Hamlet and his mother continue to argue over the King as Polonius' blood covers the floor. Hamlet tells Gertrude that she must leave Claudius, he tells her when and how to do everything to leave him. At the end of the scene Hamlet drags Polonius' body off stage.

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  I have also seen some other versions of the fantastic play 'Hamlet'. I recently saw the Ethan Hawke version, and enjoyed it, although as a 28 year old actor, he seemed slightly too old to be playing the part of a young student. From a very young age I have always enjoyed the 'Lion King’, which was based around the play 'Hamlet'. Scar played the part of Claudius and Simba was Hamlet.

   

  To choose my actors and actress for the scene I have tried to choose the most effective and well known actors ...

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