Julius Caesar • 2013 - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Julius Caesar • 2013 - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Julius Caesar • 2013 - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
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✪ Which central images, motifs, symbols, or metaphors are central to the literary source? How could one or<br />
two of these literary techniques be translated into visual or sound techniques to make their impact more<br />
immediate in order to support or to replace the play’s language? How would they be represented on the<br />
screen or through the musical score?<br />
During viewing:<br />
✪ How much of the actual dialogue from the play itself is used in a scene?<br />
✪ To what extent does the camera work seem unobtrusive, natural or obvious, stylized?<br />
✪ Which character(s) appears mostly in one shots?<br />
✪ At what point in the scene are two shots used? What is the effect of their use at that point?<br />
✪ What is the typical distance (close, medium, long) of the camera to the subject of the shots? To what extent<br />
does the manipulation of camera distance make the scene an intimate one or not?<br />
✪ To what extent are most of the shots at eye level, slightly above, or slightly below? How do subtle changes<br />
in angle influence how the viewer perceives the character in the shot?<br />
✪ To what extent does the scene make use of extreme high or low angles? To what effect?<br />
✪ To what extent does the camera move? When? What is the effect of the movement?<br />
✪ To what extent does the sequence use music? If it does, when do you become aware of the music and how<br />
does it set a mood or punctuate parts of the dialogue?<br />
After viewing:<br />
SHAKESPEARE ON FILM<br />
✪ Which choices made to condense the events of the play by the screenwriter are the most successful in<br />
translating the original text to the screen? Which choices are less successful or satisfying?<br />
✪ Which narrative elements (events, characters, key speeches) omitted from the screen adaptation of the play<br />
shift the focus of the comedy, tragedy or history in comparison to the original text?<br />
✪ If any characters were composited, what was gained or lost by reducing the number of characters or altering<br />
the function of a particular character through compositing?<br />
✪ Which actors performed their roles in expected and/or unexpected ways? How did the original text dictate<br />
how roles such be performed?<br />
✪ Which visual elements of the film made the strongest impression on you as a viewer?<br />
✪ How did the visuals help draw your attention to an element of plot, a character or a symbol that you might<br />
have missed or failed to understand when reading the play?<br />
✪ As a reader of the play, how did viewing the film help you to better understand the overall plot, particular<br />
character, or specific symbol/theme?<br />
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