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Kenneth Brannaghs Frankenstein.
Kenneth Brannagh created his version of Frankenstein in 1994. His cast includes himself, Helena Bonham Carter, Robert De Niro and John Cleese. Of all film versions this one comes closest to Mary Shelley's novel. She was only 19 when her interpretation of Frankenstein was published in 1818. Brannaghs faithfulness and dedication to the literacy particularly shows in his presentation of the monster. A number of cinematic devices such as camera work, lighting and music are linked together to create an intensely atmospheric scene. Kenneth Brannaghs Frankenstein explores a very stubborn yet determined inventor possessed by a mission to create life but painfully unaware of the consequences of his actions. His overly ambitious and uncontrollably obsessed mind isolates him from his own fiancée. He is desperately unaware of what he has to lose. Victor was brought up in a Genovese family as an only child until his mum died giving birth to his brother, William. Victor and his adopted sister, Elizabeth came to love one another before he went away to take his experiments further.
The sequence begins with Victor arriving at the university of Indolstadt and meeting Professor Waldman. The professor agrees to help Frankenstein with his work as he has also been working on it for years but the experiment has never been successful. Whilst victor is getting help from the professor, Cholera breaks out and the professor, amongst others, dies. Victor steals Waldmans journals and learns what he needs to add to his experiments to make them successful. Victor sneaks off to graveyards, slaughterhouses and dissecting rooms. By assembling body parts together he hopes to create some sort of living creature. He binds the parts together and hopes for the best . He places the "body" in to a tank which will also contain eels once the experiment has started. In the first 30-60 seconds of the sequence the camera work is powerfully atmospheric as it changes from its low angles to its tracking shots. Brannaghs continuous camera angles include low angles, tracking shots and mid shots. This denotes the points of view of the camera and this is excessively effective in this particular scene. It is also effectual when the audience observe Frankenstein charging through the laboratory. A tracking shot captures him doing this. The camera angles used in the next couple of scenes indicates Frankenstein's despair and that he is trying to alienate himself from the outside world. During one of these scenes in which the monster is given his monstrous miserable life, Frankenstein takes his robe off. Brannagh has done this to show Victors unlimited power.
Kenneth Brannaghs Frankenstein.
Kenneth Brannagh created his version of Frankenstein in 1994. His cast includes himself, Helena Bonham Carter, Robert De Niro and John Cleese. Of all film versions this one comes closest to Mary Shelley's novel. She was only 19 when her interpretation of Frankenstein was published in 1818. Brannaghs faithfulness and dedication to the literacy particularly shows in his presentation of the monster. A number of cinematic devices such as camera work, lighting and music are linked together to create an intensely atmospheric scene. Kenneth Brannaghs Frankenstein explores a very stubborn yet determined inventor possessed by a mission to create life but painfully unaware of the consequences of his actions. His overly ambitious and uncontrollably obsessed mind isolates him from his own fiancée. He is desperately unaware of what he has to lose. Victor was brought up in a Genovese family as an only child until his mum died giving birth to his brother, William. Victor and his adopted sister, Elizabeth came to love one another before he went away to take his experiments further.
The sequence begins with Victor arriving at the university of Indolstadt and meeting Professor Waldman. The professor agrees to help Frankenstein with his work as he has also been working on it for years but the experiment has never been successful. Whilst victor is getting help from the professor, Cholera breaks out and the professor, amongst others, dies. Victor steals Waldmans journals and learns what he needs to add to his experiments to make them successful. Victor sneaks off to graveyards, slaughterhouses and dissecting rooms. By assembling body parts together he hopes to create some sort of living creature. He binds the parts together and hopes for the best . He places the "body" in to a tank which will also contain eels once the experiment has started. In the first 30-60 seconds of the sequence the camera work is powerfully atmospheric as it changes from its low angles to its tracking shots. Brannaghs continuous camera angles include low angles, tracking shots and mid shots. This denotes the points of view of the camera and this is excessively effective in this particular scene. It is also effectual when the audience observe Frankenstein charging through the laboratory. A tracking shot captures him doing this. The camera angles used in the next couple of scenes indicates Frankenstein's despair and that he is trying to alienate himself from the outside world. During one of these scenes in which the monster is given his monstrous miserable life, Frankenstein takes his robe off. Brannagh has done this to show Victors unlimited power.
