Drama Women in Black Review

The same applies to a dramatic scene where the music may be deep and frantic to convey to the audience the feeling of anticipation. A scene i would like to focus on is the scene in which Garry and his father have a final ‘showdown’, if you will, at the front of the house. The scene consists of the father imposing himself on Garry and proceeding to continually beat him down time after time only for Garry to rise up and face his father on each occasion. This scene evoked a feeling of pride and admiration from the audience as to Garry’s courage and determination to convey the message to his father that he is ready to stand on his own two feet and defy him. This is a very powerful scene within the movie which initiated powerful emotions within the audience. All of this was accomplished with the notable absence of music of any form. The omission of music in this scene created an atmosphere in which the dramatic affect was amplified due to the silence.

The costumes were also quite beautiful and wonderfully tailored to each character. The many different

Stephen Mallatratt’s adaption to play of “The Woman in Black” portrays the story of a man named Mister Kipps, who is a solicitor who has been sent to an abandoned home in the East of the country in order to collect the legal papers of a recently deceased woman. However, the audience learns that the woman living in Ell Marsh House was haunted by a spirit known as The Woman in Black. Being based in the turn of the previous century, the play tackles the themes of how the fear of the unknown can transform a man of science into a man fearful of the dark and every single creek; and how the concept of revenge can cause an embittered woman to seek vengeance and claim the thing she lost: Children. The play is set during the time where superstition was surpassed by science and where a rational explanation was being required for how everything occurs but how science can be destroyed by the unexplainable…

Lorraine O’Grady uses her essay “Olympia's Maid: Reclaiming Black Female Subjectivity” to address the issue of how the black female body is portrayed within art. She discusses the racist portrayal of the black female body compared to the white female body in art, explaining how the black body is only their to accentuate the white one, in the contrast of colors and subject matter. The black female is presented in art often as a slave only their to serve the white female. Lorraine O’Grady explains how the black female body is given no individuality and is objectified. She describes how the black female is presented in the back or shadows of art as a supporting role to the main focus of the white female. Lorraine O’Grady uses this essay in order to reclaim how the

The props and costumes the Kenneth Branagh version used are very modern and unique while the Mel Gibson version of Hamlet costumes are more old and traditional. In the Kenneth Branagh version the costumes are very elegant while the costumes worn in the Mel Gibson version is seen more as rags. For instance, Ophelia is seen wearing old rags covering her when she acts insane in Act 4 Scene 5. In the Kenneth Branagh’s film the director uses flashbacks as a way to illustrate scenes like the scene where Gertrude explains Ophelia drowning in the river. Camera techniques in the Kenneth Branagh version of Hamlet were creative as the camera slowly pulls back in Act 4 Scene 4 of Hamlet’s soliloquy. However in the Kenneth Branagh version the scenery and props adapt more to the Shakespeare’s play Hamlet.

The costumes used in Luhrmann’s film are very modern as using the original Elizabethan style costumes would make the film more historical and therefore would not appeal to a younger audience. Luhrmann has used two distinctive costume styles to help the audience distinguish the difference between the two families. For the Montague family, Luhrmann has put the characters in unbuttoned, bright coloured Hawaiian shirts and given the males short blonde hair to link to these characters beachside lifestyles. For the Capulet family, Luhrmann has used stylish but sinister looking costumes such as vests, and silver heeled boots to show the audience how these men are similar to Mexican drug

The origin of this novel stems from a time with great attitude changes within the African-American way of life. Tensions between gender specifically had begun to emerge, women, who were thought of as subservient, belonging to the house as well as to their husbands. During the timeframe of this story, women had been beginning to emerge with dignity, grace, and authority. The play takes place in Pittsburgh, during the 1950’s when the gap between genders had been shrinking, as women had been introduced further into society as more than just mothers. To most, this diminishing gap, to most would be a seamless concept, however, to the characters of this play would be a deciding factor for many conflicting scenes. The main characters of this play

The first element of this production which influenced our piece was in terms of structure. Within both our play and Frantic’s a phone call is used as the opening scene. A character hears upsetting news but the audience do not; they only see the character reacting. Later on, the phone call happens again and the information is revealed. Rearranging scenes in this way (so a dramatic scene precedes the setting of the story) created a hook for the audience. This intensified the second phone call, as the audience knew what Sierra’s mum was about to find out. It made the

The production elements of the show were magnificent. The costumes were great and helped to establish the childlike quality of the show and characters. During the transitions, the characters wore clothing that would best suit a child in play. The

Sound has a strong effect on the portrayal of the scene. The scene is introduced by sharp and unpleasant music, which suggests discomfort, negativity, and darkness. Furthermore, sinister laughs, hisses, and thunder are present as the scene continues, which indicates evil. It is apparent by the witches’ destruction of the graveyard that they possess the thought or intention of death, as evident when they influence Macbeth’s actions by

The production spearheaded with a solemn poem by Langston Hughes entitled "Harlem." Preparing for an emotionally empowering theater piece, the poem quieted the audience and placed a serious blanket over us. While appropriate for me, I found it extremely coincidental that the poem's title, ties in directly with James Baldwin and his extensive writings on the 1943 Harlem race riots. With the lights off and just a solitary voice reciting the poem, it gave us, the audience, an immediate notion of play's melancholy style.

With the director’s decision to keep the film in black and white, the most important aspects of the film were up to costumes. The setting clearly displays the contemporary aspects of a Shakespeare play but leaves a tough job for the director because color cannot be seen in a black and white film. With this knowledge Shawna Trpcic had to delicately select various fabrics and patterns to grasp the

They used large abstract screens that moved scene to scene, creating different shapes and sizes of the stage. The different arrangements of the screens for each scene were used to provide a spatial representation of Hamlet's state of mind or to underline a dramaturgical progression across a sequence of scenes, as visual elements were retained or transformed Innes (1983, 165–167).In doing this Craig was able to form the most important visualization of the production. In regards to the costumes of the actors Craig and Stanislavski had differences. Craig wanted the actors to wear oversized masks, but Stanislavski didn’t agree he thought it didn’t transition the realistic style of acting .They then compromised by allowing the actors to wear makeup, and lavished beards/ wigs. Craig’s interpretation of the monodramatic was evident through the play. He used various lighting to create dark shadows and highlight specific actions or screens. Also by using the gauze affect, a scrim (material), earned great response from the audience. For example, it was loosened during Claudius exit-line whilst the others remained in their place making it appear as though the court was melting in front of the audience, emphasizing as it was through hamlets thoughts. The actor that was chosen to play Hamlet, Vasili Kachalov, was announced as a great success of replacing

Kemble broke with tradition and wore a costume suggestive of Elizabethan dress, the so-called Vandyke costume, that included […] a sleeved doublet, trunk hose, tights, and a lace collar, with a baldric to support a sword. To this he added for crucial scenes the

After reading the chapter, I believe drama is a genre of film that exposes tension, raw emotions and feelings, sensitivity, pain, anger, and hidden details. Thus, drama is the act of acting out and releasing emotions, feelings, and details to the surface to expose deeper meanings and to contribute to the storyline. For instance, a boy proposes to a girl and she says yes but cries and has a look of sadness. However, she is just overwhelmed by her emotions and is really happy for the engagement. Moreover, comedies, musicals, love stories, and action movies can also fit into the category of drama too because they explore relationships, fights, affairs, and scandals that result in dramatic scenes and drama components. For example, a few drama components are screaming, crying hysterically, slashing out at loved ones, and letting raw emotions (anger, pain, grief, and love) pour from the heart.