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Katie Aspinall 10V
The film ‘Shakespeare In Love’ aims to create a fictional account of Shakespeare’s inspiration for his writing. Analyse the methods used in the film to explore the creative process, both in what it says about Shakespeare and as a piece of cinema. You should consider such things as:
· Plot
· Parallels between the film and Shakespeare’s own work
· Cinematic techniques such as lighting, sound and camerawork
· The use of visual affects
The film ‘Shakespeare In Love’ gives the audience watching an insight into Shakespeare’s life and what inspired him to write such interesting plays. The director of the film has made many of the scenes link to ‘Romeo and Juliet’; one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays and one that is well known by many people. ... The title of the film is written on the screen in the writing that Shakespeare would use for his signature and looks as if it had been written with a feather and ink, as most people did use that in those days. ... Henslowe’s last excuse is that Shakespeare is writing a play called ‘Romeo and Ethel the pirates daughter. ... This is a small in-joke for the people who know of Romeo and Juliet
Moving on in this scene Henslowe goes to see Shakespeare about the play he is meant to be writing. Shakespeare is talking in poetry telling him that his muse is Aphrodite. ...
Next in the film, people are auditioning to be in Shakespeare’s play; ‘Romeo and Ethel the pirates daughter’. Most of the actors used lines from one of Christopher Marlow’s plays, as at that time he was a very famous play writer before Shakespeare. ... As Kent begins to start, Shakespeare is sitting up were the audience sit in the theatre and is just expecting to hear another line from one of Marlow’s plays. ... Here we don’t have a close up of Viola’s face because the director wants us to feel how Shakespeare feels as he does not yet know that this is really a woman. Viola delivers the speech with passion, which makes Shakespeare want to know who this person is. ... Very loud music is played to create the tension that is going on as Shakespeare runs after her through the crowded village.
Following this scene Shakespeare is so desperate to find out who this actor is that he follows Thomas Kent to his house and gives the nurse (Viola’s nurse) a letter asking for him to play Romeo. ...
Moving on in the film a party is taking place and the two rivals for Viola are here: one being Lord Wessex who she is being forced to marry and one being Shakespeare. Lord Wessex notices that Shakespeare is also interested in her so he pulls a knife out and says, ‘keep your hands off my property’ as if he is already married to her. ... Lord Wessex asks Shakespeare’s name but because Shakespeare is not trained to fight he’s says he is Kit Marlow. We now know the two differences between the two men, as Shakespeare is very warm and Lord Wessex is very ornate. ... This is were Shakespeare and Viola describe their love to each other by using lots of quotes from Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare has now found something, which will inspire him to write; love. ... The directors technique of visual effects let us know how inspired Shakespeare is, as the camera shows one page fading into the next and so on. ... Also we come to realise that Shakespeare is influenced by the world in which he lives as we notice that lines he has heard before become lines in his play. This leads onto the next scene were Shakespeare is giving the scripts out to the actors. ... Shakespeare takes one look at him and straight away objects to him playing this part. ... This is until Shakespeare goes outside to talk to him and John starts to tell him that he likes plays involving blood and people getting hurt.
Approximate Word count = 3256
Approximate Pages = 13
(250 words per page double spaced)
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