Use Of Mise-En-Scene In The Fellowship Of The Ring

Frodo, the protagonist of The Fellowship of the Rings, is given his call to adventure at the Shire. It occurs when Gandalf realizes that Bilbo Baggins’ ring is in fact the One Ring of Sauron, the dark lord. This ring contains great power and evil within it. Gandalf realizes the artifact’s true danger, and realizes it must be taken from the peaceful Shire. He entrusts the task of its transportation to Frodo Baggins, the nephew of Bilbo, calling Frodo to his adventure. Hobbits such as he are ideal for this mission due to their natural aversion to power. Coupled

Lord of the rings is one of the most famous work of J. R. R. Tolkien. The best adaptation of Tolkien work is the film “The Lord of the Rings” The Fellowship of the Ring of (2001). Basically, the plot of this film is centralized in Frodo. He is described as a: “Christ-figure in the trilogy who reflects Tolkien's strong religious beliefs, struggles against incredible odds and his doubts and temptations to do what he knows must be done” (Biography source). Moreover, Frodo’s goal is to destroy the ring, and prevent the ring reaches his master. The author makes this story a fantasy novel that contains epic characters of mythology. In the fellowship of the ring, Tolkien uses different type characters who later became heroes and are all equally necessary to complete the

“I am glad you are here with me, here at the end of all things, Sam.” Frodo reaches out his hand over the flaming mouth of Mount Doom. The ring slips from his fingers and into the flames. The world returns to where it was before the evil eye had taken over. The Lord of the Rings chronicles the journey of Frodo Baggins to destroy the ring. It follows his transformation from a weak young hobbit to a hero who saves Middle Earth. Frodo is an archetypal hero because he follows the hero’s journey.

The mise-en-scène in Hell or High Water reveals character and shapes the audience’s emotions by the overall visual aesthetic that the film makers accomplish. The mise-en-scène can be broken down into many different aspects, but for now I am only going to touch on a few. Starting with the costumes, the audience can infer that the brothers are not well off due to the worn button-down shirts, sweat-stained cowboy hats, and faded jeans. The hair also ties together the notion that the brothers do not have much because their hair, including facial hair, is quite scruffy and dirty looking. The visual effect of dirt and sweat also create the impression that the men do not cleanse themselves on a regular basis. Opposite of the brothers are two Texas Rangers, Marcus

In the essay, “The Corruption of Power,” by Agnes Perkins and Helen Hill, their primary focus is proving how The Ring entices some characters, and not others, from wanting power. At the beginning of their essay, the authors pose a question, how does the ring impact the morality of Tolkien’s characters? Their quest in this article is to explore this question. Therefore, Perkins and Hill psychologically evaluate J.R.R. Tolkien’s characters, then place them into categories which classify how much influence the ring and the desire to obtain ultimate power, has over them. In their essay, the authors use this opportunity to explore the dualities of good versus evil, strength versus weakness, the glorious versus the humbled.

Archetypes are a significant literary device in any story. They are characters, actions and situations that are stereotypically in every story. For example, any story you think of has a hero, an innocent and a villain. For Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, based from the book series written by J. R. R. Tolkien, these characters would be Frodo Baggins, SamWise Gamgee and Sauron the Dark Lord. These characters are known for their archetypes throughout the novel and movie.

It symbolises the hidden evil in mortal men and how easily they are corrupted and twisted away from their ‘original’ selves. When Frodo first discovers the ring he seeks advice in the form of Gandalf the Grey. When talking to Gandalf Frodo asks what Gandalf cannot just keep the ring safe himself. When asked this Gandalf explains to Frodo that “with that power I shall have power too great and terrible. And over me the ring would gain a power still greater and more deadly.”. As Gandalf says this Frodo begins to realize the extent of the rings power and why he must now destroy it. As the ring can take control of a being very mind and warp it so that it only wants the power that the ring wants. When Frodo hears that the ring can also take control of a wizard as great as Gandalf he realizes how easily the ring can corrupt mortal men and thus starting his journey to destroy

The ring was known to corrupt the mind of its wearers making them extremely attached to the ring, such as Smeagol/Gollum. Initially the ring has no power over Frodo but throughout the trilogy the ring begins to possess Frodo’s mind and he becomes possessive and attached to the ring. This creates a problem towards the end when he is faced with destroying the ring and can not bring himself to do it. Frodo Baggins can be considered a failed hero due to the fact that at the moment of achieving the quest he abandons it and caves into the powers of the ring. This makes Frodo appealing because he is a relatable character and has to face everyday challenges like the average

“One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them,” (55). The One Ring controls Gollum, Bilbo, Boromir, and Frodo in attempts to return to Sauron, Its Creator, the Lord of the Rings, and the utmost evil present in J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels. But the Ring never achieves Its goal because each character possesses a unique set of skills which resist the evil temptations of the Ring. Gollum is the first victim of the Ring, with no knowledge of Its powers or guidance away from Its control. Bilbo is the second ring bearer, with an almost complete knowledge of the Ring’s power still has difficulty resisting the Ring’s temptation. Gandalf guides Bilbo to constantly resist the evil of the Ring.

The mise-en-scene in controlled completely by the director. The film has the mise-en-scene and everything in the scene for a specific reason whether it be symbolic or something that will come back to later on in the film. One example is when he first gets the typewriter he sees and opportunity to escape he notices a hair pin on the floor as Annie leaves the room. As she goes to the store he escapes the room after making a key out of the hair pin. He look around the house to see if he could escape as he moves around he hit a little penguin decoration which made it fall, but he caught it before it fell and put it back facing the opposite direction then it was initially in. Realistic films have open form where they have the camera just their

Throughout The Lord of the Rings Tolkien maintains a balance of power between Frodo and other hobbits however, Peter Jackson reimagines significant aspects of the novel in Fellowship of the Ring. Under Jackson, Frodo obtains a valiant characteristic that presents him as a bigger hero than once written by Tolkien. This is apparent through Frodo’s hesitation to start the fellowship and later when the company arrives at the Gates of Moria. Frodo, as Tolkien created him, is an ordinary fellow without distinctive courage. Afterall he is a hobbit, which means he appears short and lacks strength comparing to humans like Gandalf.

A symbol in “The Hobbit” is the One Ring. Rings normally symbolise eternity, and longevity because a circle has no ending, but the One Ring symbolised both good and evil characteristics, like power and commitment, but temptation and having no control. In the story, one example of someone who had no control was Gollum, the corrupted hobbit. Gollum started out as a nice hobbit named Sméagol, but he inadvertently found the One Ring and became addicted to it. He had no control over what he was doing, and was tempted by the ring’s power and kept on using it.

191). During this event Frodo is being attacked by enemies. At the same time the power of the ring is tempting. He gives in because he is already corrupt with the power of the ring. This shows that when he has the power he abuses it and becomes corrupt.

"Three Rings for the Eleven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his Dark throne, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One ring to find them, One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie(Tolkien)." Master of storytelling J.R.R. Tolkien continues the lives of the fictitious creatures that he introduced in The Hobbit, in his modern classic The Fellowship of the Ring. He artfully illustrates the truths of the evil that plague the hearts of man. He tells a story of greed, destruction and how mortal men are enslaved by

The objective of the creative project is to familiarize with the aspects of mise-en-scene by means of implementing them in a practical form. The creative project two will showcase how certain degree of changes made with respect to features of mise-en-scene can bring about a differentiation in genre and scenic atmosphere without any alterations brought about in the script. Following aspects such as settings, props, décor, actors, lighting, costume, makeup, space, time, and focusing on the rules that bind these commandments together, effort will be made to bring across authenticity in describing the genres as well as in the creation of scenic atmospheres.