Skull In Hamlet

I would like to start out my explanation of Hamlet and the movie poster I created by discussing the relevant themes illustrated in Hamlet that inspired me. The main theme that I tried to put into motion is the idea of the mystery of death. The play in short, is death- obsessed, shown through the fact that only one main character; Horatio lives through the story. The play is set in motion by the death of King Hamlet, causing the question, what is beyond life? This is the question that Hamlet becomes very familiar with during his internal battle. I have shown this through the use of the skull, and as it is in my mind the main theme I placed it in the middle of the movie poster. This skull, which could represent any of the people who died in …show more content…
The crown on Hamlets skull represents the struggle of power, old to young. The color of the gems in the crown is pink; representing the love that people have for power and the control it gives them of their own lives. The shadow of Hamlets castle is illustrated where the setting of the play is. The cracks going up this shadow of the castle is to show the cracking of their life foundation and that the partaking in these deadly sins has caused this cracking and damage in their lives. The color of these cracks is red; representing hell and that the effect of these sins is a crime against God. I also think that this can illustrate the uncertainty of the ghost of Hamlet, is he a creation from hell? Or is he who really says he is? To top it off there is a death scene shown on the shadow of the castle and for the theatrical effect of the movie poster, you don’t know whose death it …show more content…
I have chosen many of these actors such as Michael Fassbender, because they have a past of playing intense and sometimes rather dark characters (it also helped that he’s good looking). Other charters such as Jensen Ackles where chosen because they have acted in movies/shows that has caused them to play the serious and intense role but they also had to be able to fool around, which in the cause of Hamlet was a must. Finally, I choose some characters because they brought a “look” to the play, such as Julianne Moore playing Queen Gertrude. I believe that on top of being able to play an intense role she also has a regal and elegant aspect to her that is needed in order to play a