Scene Analysis - The Sixth Sense
In the film the Sixth Sense a young boy named Cole has paranormal contact with the dead. He can see things that other people cannot, namely the ghosts of the dead walking around him. The scene which I have chosen to analyse to answer my title is the scene where he is at school and brings up facts about what used to go there like people being hanged and eventually he erupts at this former pupil now teacher who used to have the nickname Stuttering Stanley. Cole brings back this fact about him from the ghosts of the people he sees. The teacher had lost his stutter but Cole brings it back. At the start of the scene the teacher is talking in a very confident voice, he is very assertive and calm. The camera angle also reflects this, as it is set at the back of the class from the perspective of a pupil, it shows all the pupils looking at the teacher. This acts as a total contrast to what he used to be like when he had his stutter. This also makes the end of the scene seem more emotional as we see the teacher lose his temper by smashing down on the table and begin stuttering. Throughout the scene a boy is writing lines on a blackboard. The image and sounds that this can create are put to good use to add to the meaning and to create emotions in the viewers. When Cole says about how people used to be hanged in the building the boy writing on the blackboard suddenly halts, this
Discussing the Works of Shakespeare.
I INTRODUCTION Shakespeare, William (1564-1616), English playwright and poet, recognized in much of the world as the greatest of all dramatists. Shakespeare's plays communicate a profound knowledge of the wellsprings of human behavior, revealed through portrayals of a wide variety of characters. His use of poetic and dramatic means to create a unified aesthetic effect out of a multiplicity of vocal expressions and actions is recognized as a singular achievement, and his use of poetry within his plays to express the deepest levels of human motivation in individual, social, and universal situations is considered one of the greatest accomplishments in literary history. II LIFE A complete, authoritative account of Shakespeare's life is lacking, and thus much supposition surrounds relatively few facts. It is commonly accepted that he was born in 1564, and it is known that he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. The third of eight children, he was probably educated at the local grammar school. As the eldest son, Shakespeare ordinarily would have been apprenticed to his father's shop so that he could learn and eventually take over the business, but according to one account he was apprenticed to a butcher because of declines in his father's financial situation. According to another account, he became a schoolmaster. In 1582 Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, the
Coursework Question: Discuss how successfully 'Twelve Angry Men' works as a thriller despite the limitations of setting and ch
Coursework Question: Discuss how successfully 'Twelve Angry Men' works as a thriller despite the limitations of setting and character. 'Twelve Angry Men' is a gripping thriller despite the limitations of the film. The black and white 1957 film is packed with suspense even though the film has many restrictions in it. These limitations are things such the setting, the action/special effects, the props, the lack of costume changes, the cast are all twelve middle aged unattractive white men and finally the plot of the film is quite dull and uninteresting. Regardless of these limitations the director, Sidney Lumet, still makes it an exciting thriller by focusing the film on interesting memorable characters with different personalities and back grounds. By being extremely original with his ideas, by creating tension with the setting- makes a claustrophobic effect, by getting the audience involved and thinking on the plot of the jury decision because it judges on the life of a teenage boy and finally by making a wide range of camera shots. On paper 'Twelve Angry Men' would sound like a very dull film. To bring the film to life it needs a great cast of actors which 'Twelve Angry Men' has. The film is full of realistic unforgettable characters that all have different personalities and backgrounds. There are four dominant characters in the film, juror no.3- Lee J. Cobb, juror no.4-
Shakespeare was born to middle class parents. His father, John, was a Stratford businessman
William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was a great English playwright, dramatist and poet who lived during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest playwright of all time. No other writer's plays have been produced so many times or read so widely in so many countries as his. Shakespeare was born to middle class parents. His father, John, was a Stratford businessman. He was a glove maker who owned a leather shop. John Shakespeare was a well known and respected man in the town. He held several important local governmental positions. William Shakespeare's mother was Mary Arden. Though she was the daughter of a local farmer, she was related to a family of considerable wealth and social standing. Mary Arden and John Shakespeare were married in 1557. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford in 1564. He was one of eight children. The Shakespeare's were well respected prominent people. When William Shakespeare was about seven years old, he probably began attending the Stratford Grammar School with other boys of his social class. Students went to school year round attending school for nine hours a day. The teachers were strict disciplinarians. Though Shakespeare spent long hours at school, his boyhood was probably fascinating. Stratford was a lively town and during holidays, it was
GCSE Drama: Summative Task: Designer Option
Introduction I will be exploring the role of a designer in the play 'Romeo & Juliet' by William Shakespeare. The play is set in China but the storyline is slightly different although the ending is the same as in all tragedies. This is because of designing purposes as this will enable me to use different types of designs in costumes, the set etc and it will also fit in with the Chinese cultures and general circumstances which were very different to Shakespeare's Elizabethan setting. The Capulets are the governing body of China and rule the country The Montagues are British settlers who have, like many times in history, tried to conquer China. The prince is the governor of the French army who successfully conquered China before the English did. Despite hat, he has still given Capulet, the emperor of China, the responsibility of running the Chinese empire. All these changes will influence the design of the costumes as well as the set. The differences in make-up will be vast and will be clearly visible between the English and Chinese characters. Set Design I chose a rotating stage on which to put my set and created a set in which all of the four sides would act as a background in order to accommodate the scenes. The idea came from 'Our House' by John Godber, where the set is hanging from the ceiling and the stage is rotatable which allows for quick scene changes and quick set
Discuss the role of the Mechanicals and the significance of their play in this text
Discuss the role of Nick Bottom and the significance of his portrayal in this text The significance and role of Nick Bottom is made prominent by Shakespeare. This is due to the fact that the play he is in is relevant not just to the text, but also to Shakespeare in terms of his personal life and in historical context. Nick Bottom is part of the mechanicals who are a group of six men who meet to rehearse and later perform a play. Five of the mechanicals are performers and one is a narrator. Nick Bottom plays Pyramus in this play. It is based around two characters that fall in love; however circumstances prevent them from seeing each other. The play is to be performed for Theseus and Hippolyta at their wedding. The Mechanicals are a group of six men who would have been examples of ordinary men in Shakespeare's day. People's reaction to the play in Shakespeare's day is important in the analysis of this play. The mechanicals are significant to the overall play in their resemblance to amateur actors of the Shakespeare's time. Shakespeare depicts the mechanicals as stereotypes of amateur actors of his day who were usually extremely poor. This is illustrated in the play through the unprofessional portrayal of Bottom. This is highlighted by the point in the play when Nick Bottom talks to the audience: 'No, in truth sir, he should not. 'Deceiving me' is Thisbe's cue. She is to enter
Frankenstein-The Monster Monologue Script
(JUMP DOWN FROM TABLE) Yes Frankenstein, it's me, your creation...Your work of art, your hideous art. And where have I been, Frankenstein, where have I been...well I'll you...I'VE BEEN SUFFERING! I asked him nicely to come with me because I just wanted to play with him. But he said that he would 'tell his brother, Frankenstein to punish me, an ugly monster'. After I heard him mention your name, (HAND MOVEMENTS) anger and hatred filled me. You, Frankenstein took away my happiness and love so I had to take that away from you too. At that moment I killed your brother, oh yes Frankenstein I felt happy and for the first time I actually laughed... AHAHAHAHAHA. (LOOK DOWN) You my creator, my GOD should understand me, raise me and teach me things. But instead you abandon and bailed me. You took away (HAND MOVEMENTS) everything, my life and happiness. Why did you leave me Frankenstein...is it because I did not turn out as you predicted. No! Frankenstein! I did not betray you; you were the one who betrayed me, and you left me. Have you ever thought about my life and what I've been through? Frankenstein... HAVE I NOT SUFFERED ENOUGH!!! (SAD) I just want to live a normal life... Even though I'm ugly and smell like grave, my heart is warm just like everybody else's. At first everything seems beautiful, I did not wish to harm anything. All things that surround me amaze me. Give
In Naturalism, characters do not have free will; external and internal forces, environment, or heredity control their behaviour.
In Naturalism, characters do not have free will; external and internal forces, environment, or heredity control their behaviour. Zola displays this lack of free will in his character, Therese. The passage particularizes this fact. The movement of the Raquin's to Paris was the central focus of the passage. Therese had a life full of suppression: sexual, monetary and intellectual. She felt as if she were dead. The emptiness in Therese's life reflects upon the vacuity in her family. Therese's emotions are generally suppressed, she cannot even cry when she moves to Paris. ("Her hands were numbed and her breast was bursting with sobs but she could not cry.") It is obvious that the narrator is a third person and is omniscient. The all-knowing character (of the narrator) and the ability to slip in and out of characters as no human being possibly could were prominent. The narrator reports the thoughts and feeling of Therese, for example," A sort of nausea seized her in the throat and she shuddered." The passage shows that the narrator is not neutral. He does not obliterate the thoughts and actions of the characters. The writer wants the reader to feel sympathy for Therese. The image of death that the writer uses to describe Therese's feeling clearly wants us to feel sympathy for Therese. The writer says,".. She felt as though she were going down into a newly dug grave." The style
Look closely at Act 1. Explore the effects of the supernatural and how the Elizabethan audience would respond to such evocations of witchcraft. - Macbeth
Look closely at Act 1. Explore the effects of the supernatural and how the Elizabethan audience would respond to such evocations of witchcraft. In the Elizabethan time period, religion played a huge part of societies everyday life, and witchcraft was a major part of the cultures belief, it was thought to be evil, and many people paid the price of death for others accusing them of being witches, so it was a delicate subject for the people of the time. 'Macbeth' focuses around this and uses the people's beliefs to good effect, knowing that they would be drawn to the play and would easily be able to relate back to it, which is what made the tale so popular to begin with. The opening scene sets up an early undercurrent to the whole play, and sets the scene, three witches, gathered around a cauldron, what could be more perfect to play on the minds of the people. The dark atmosphere, the mysteriousness is all around, an evil presence is all about, a spell is being cast on the soon to pass, unsuspecting Macbeth, the second witch begins to chant, 'when the battle has been won and lost' this evokes puzzlement and wonder amongst the audience, what does this mean, how is a battle to be won and lost, the audience is led to believe that this refers to a physical battle concerning Macbeth, but closer attention to detail would lead the audience into the mental battle that Macbeth must
Compare and contrast the presentation of the Supernatural within your Devised Thematic Coursework with the theatrical treatment of this theme in different times and cultures.
GCSE Drama Written Coursework Compare and contrast the presentation of the Supernatural within your Devised Thematic Coursework with the theatrical treatment of this theme in different times and cultures. We decided to perform a piece of the supernatural having seen a production of a 'Woman in Black.' The texts that we used as the basis of our piece came from Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. The style of our piece was very comic and bold, all the actors with the exception of one were ghosts, which made the play unique. My particular acting role involved contributing to the 'ghostliness' of the play by enacting the outraged and far from scary ghost, Macbeth. The fact that none of us resembled anything 'scary' at all made the play all the more comic. The lighting effects we used in order to create atmosphere were not those usually associated with the supernatural. On the occasions that the lights were dim, this was not to create suspense or tension but to prevent the audience from seeing certain parts of the stage. The lighting effect most used was 'general cover' to create a sense of normality, as opposed to a supernatural sense. The style we really wanted to portray to a modern audience was a comic one. The 'ghostly' figures were therefore portrayed as being comical and not the conventional 'spooky' that we see so often today which could be very