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Post #15 Hamlet Act 3

Soliloquy   

Hamlets Perspective: Is it worth it for my mind to suffer even more than it already has from my fathers death? I don’t want to leave a bad mark on my name or make my mother suffer. Life has so much beauty, but right now everything is so corrupt about my fathers death that its so hard to know what is right. I want to avenge his death, but that goes against all of my morals.If I just take my own life I can just go into a peaceful sleep. The only thing I worry about is life after death. My conscience is really getting the better of me.  

Mis En Scene 

The 1996 Keneth Bronagh version of the scene does not do it any justice.  The actor playing Hamlet overacts and over pronunciates everything making it very uncomfortable to watch. Also the scene starts with a medium shot while hamlet is whispering which doesn’t portrey the dramatic effect the scene is supposed to have. The very old scene did the scene more of a justice because of the extreme close up. The scene that truly made this video unique was when an image of Hamlets brain was displayed transparent over the ocean as he poured out his "To be or not to be" speech. My favorite scene that truly expresses the debate Hamlet is having about dieing or not is scene with  Mel Gibson. The atmosphere of the scene was a dungeon type basement where some where taken to be killed and stone statues were made. This gave off an earie death like vibe that non of the other scenes were able to accomplish. In addition Mel Gibson was the most convincing as Hamlet. He didn’t over act and his facial expressions truly came across the screen and you can feel the argument that Hamlet is having with himself. For the majority of the scene it was a close up except for when Gibson walked towards the light at the top of the staircase. I believe the light at the end of the staircase was a symbol of  reassurance from Hamlets father. There for my ranking in order from my favorite version of hamlet to least favorite version is 
1.Mel Gibson 

2.Olivers version 

3.Bronagh

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Uggh I cant take this anymore. I need my father very dearly, and I think I have a plan to divert all of this attention off of myself…well maybe two ideas; they are hard is in their own ways, “But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue” seems to be the theme of my suicidal first idea. I mean it would just be so much easier that way I wouldn’t have to see any of my father’s friends who expect so much from me. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense because I don’t even like it here, “O, that this too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew.” Thought taking my life may seem easier acting as though my father is reaching out to us from beyond might just be fun in a twisted sort of way. I could make my father appear however I want project my image as a hero, “But to my mind, — though I am native here
And to the manner born, — it is a custom
More honour'd in the breach than the observance.” The thought of making my fathers “ghost “ say whatever I want sounds amazing and I think I am going to do it. All I have to do is say attention-grabbing things to take attention off of me such as, “The serpent that did sting thy father's life
Now wears his crown.” All I am after is sympathy in which will buy me time to figure out how to fulfill my role. But I am in need to sell that, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”

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Setting & Props
The setting always has this dirty feel. It is placed in the past  somwhere in hispanic territory because they are speaking spanish. It is in a forest and then transports to a heaven- like place

Costumes
The costumes were very simple, but dated to the past. All of the colors were dull and worn away. When she dies there is a vibrant color red shoes. The dull costumes represent the death that has occured.

Facial Expressions & Body Language
At first the girl and the woman are both devastated because they have sad and defeated looks on their faces. The woman's body language is also very sad because she is hunched over, touching the little girl while she is in pain. The little girls face expresses fear because her eyes are wide ope and her mouth is open working hard to catch her breath.

Lighting/Color
While this girl is dying there is almost a blue undertone. The light is very cold and expresses a sad undertone. when she gets a glimpse of heaven the light and bright and golden. Everyone and gold and red pouring out hope which is the complete opposite of the world she is living in.

Positioning of Characters Within Frame/Camera Angles
The scene starts out with a medium shot then moves into an extreme close up of her bloody hand. Then, moves to a close up of the woman's face to show her emotion (sad). After the girl sees a glimpse of heaven, it transitions to a high angle shot to show the amazing gold palace. Next, a close-up of the girls face to show how excited she is about the gold palace. when she enters the gold palace there is also a close up of her red shoes. The Girl and woman were in an intimate distance/position because they knew each other very well.

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I chose a very simple and modern color scheme thats easy on the eyes, that way people can view the page and read it with out it bothering their eyes. This embodies my personality because I like to dress somewhat modern and let my work do the talking. Its almost an element of surprise like when the smallest kid on the track team happens to the the fastest on the team. According to the article the color green induces jealousy. I do not want people to be jealous of my blog, I would like people to respect and appreciate my blog so I didn't include that color green. I also didn't include the color green because it is the color of Hulu Plus which is a medium in which users can watch tv shows and movies. I wanted my color scheme to be orange and black because it kind of separates the two subjects which are writing and video. Orange and black will be associated with writing, green will be associated with hulu. In addition the article says that green is soothing and I don't want users to fall asleep while reading my blog. My color scheme will be inviting and easy enough to view without putting users asleep.