Narrative Techniques In Richard Wright's Film

In his theatrical interpretation, Wright explored multiple creative techniques which would heighten the action and thrill of his film. For its entirety, the audience saw no broad daylight scenes as Wright utilized dark schemes and settings to convey a disapproval of the ambitious characters (Critical). He achieved this by using filming techniques like manipulating the camera angle for a shot. When Macbeth speaks “let light not see my black and deep desires,” low camera angles and vectors were exploited to persist an inferior or frightening mood cast over the audience. This technique transferred a visual aspect to an emotion in order to convince the audience that they are afraid of Macbeth’s plot for his future by meddling with the persons above …show more content…
At times, the viewer is able to see the world as Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, or the witches would by manipulating where the angle was shot from. If Wright were to reproduce each line and move from the play as it was written, the chance of an image-oriented, cinematic approach (Wright). He instead manipulated the events and the action to fit a more fast-paced, criminally involved thriller film by updating, eliminating, and bringing to life different scenes from the text. He developed his vision for a scandalous and fast-paced film by updating the iconic first scene to involve the witches in criminal activity. By cutting the Porter scene which did not advance tension for the crime thriller, Wright further heightens action and violence by proceeding directly to Duncan’s murder (Wright). Responding to what the text left unresolved, Wright carefully scripted the murderers who were after Fleance to run away, into the hands of Macduff, with a crafted text written for other characters in a tense visual opportunity (Wright). Impossible on the stage, Wright seized the opportunity to bring to life scenes of battle, fate, and communication which were previously much less