The Final Scene

Arrigo Boito once told Giuseppe Verdi that “an opera is not a play” and that “eight bars are enough to restore a sentiment to life; a rhythm can re-establish a character; music is the most omnipotent of all arts.” It can be argued that Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello may be a greater work of art than Shakespeare’s play Othello. Otello is so much more than just a translation from Shakespeare’s play. Verdi took Shakespeare’s 3,500 line play and turned it into a masterpiece of operatic literature with…

Moore uses this footage to create a sense of an enemy closer to home and realism to his story line. A good example of when Moore uses archival footage to convey his message is in the final few scenes after he has interviewed Heston. This scene starts off with a voice-over from Moore and has “What a Wonderful World” playing as non-diegetic sound. This is very ironic as Moore is cutting between various archival footage of the war on terror, a man selling a gun and…

biographical film Raging Bull, remains as one of the genre’s most highly acclaimed films, and also one of the genre’s most challenging. The film does not follow the inspirational uplifting feel highly known for in the genre. The film has highly violent scenes that are not relegated to just the boxing ring. The film has extreme profanity. The film has a highly serious tone. If anything, the film behaves as a bit of a tragedy. The main character Jake LaMotta becomes victim to his own self-imposed…

everyone to share responsibilities; However, towards the end we agreed on roles based on what occurred in production. The idea behind not giving each other roles was to offer different perspectives, a new set of eyes with the desire to improve the final product. In a larger project, switching roles frequently would not work, but because we are…

Juliet are willing to die for each other. In Act 2 Scene 2 , Romeo says “ I have night’s cloak to hide me from their sight; and bit thou love me, let them find me here. My life were better ended by their hate than death prorogued, wanting of thy love” when Romeo says “ My life were better ended by their hate than death prorogued, wanting of thy love” he means he rather them kill him then to live without Juliet's love. It is evident from this scene that love is shown to be stronger than hate…

In the film Ten things I hate about you (directed by Gil Junger) an important scene that helped me understand the character of Kat was the opening scene. Some techniques used in this scene that helped my understanding were the use of lighting, props and music. These film techniques were used to set up the rest of the film by giving the me an understanding of Kat. The first technique I noticed used was lighting. This technique directly compares Kat to the four girls in the other car. The…

suicide because they feel like they can’t live without each other. In the play, Shakespeare suggests that young love can make people do irrational actions; as shown in acts 1, 2 and 5. My first example of young love as irrational is in Act I, Scene 2. In this scene, Romeo is talking to Benvolio about how difficult it is to be in love with someone who doesn’t feel the same way. Benvolio tries to help Romeo get out of his funk by suggesting that…

Juliet Character Analysis Act II scene II is one of the most famous passages of all of Romeo and Juliet. In this scene, dubbed the balcony scene, Romeo and Juliet declare their love for each other. Upon Juliet’s suggestion, they also plan to marry. Throughout this scene, Juliet begins to show signs of increasing confidence that leads her to take her own path rather than the fate that had been imposed upon her by her family. Juliet is the one to bring up the idea of marriage and even makes…

explain the mood of the scene rather than the lack luster attempts at the same material in the 1968 version. Mercutio’s death, a crucial part of the story, is a great example of why the 1996 version is clearly better than the 1968 version. The 1968 version of this scene goes as such, Mercutio is accidentally stabbed and killed but keeps the fact that he has been stabbed hidden from his friends until the final reveal. He also jokes around stalling for time which just made the scene drag on way…

In the movie High School Musical there are many different types of angles and shots that they use to make the move look good. In this film they used a shot called canted angle, they used this angle when Troy is trying to find who he is and what he wants out of life and he is walking throw the halls at the school. The halls start to turn to represent how his mind and thoughts are spinning in his head. In this movie they also use high and low angles to make shots look better or to show more…