Artistic license often comes into question when an existing text is translated into another medium; it can equally be relevant when a piece is reproduced in its original medium.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC9G_CZVAL8
Watch the animated version of Macbeth at the link above.
Make a comment as to the extent to which the creative team have used artistic license in their interpretation.
Comments on the design of the characters; what they have chosen to highlight in the characterisation; the design of the locations; the potential use of pathetic fallacy; the level to which the theme of the supernatural is developed or the scenes and lines that have been omitted would be suitable.
For many students technology is an advantage in their learning,this video is no exception has technology has advanced videos enable students to have a clear understanding of plays. Changes have been adapted so the play is able to be understood by more modern audiences. Archaic language has been replaced by more of modernized language,so the students are able to interpt the play in their own way.
ReplyDeleteThe video develops on the theme of the supernatural,this plays an important part in the killing of King Duncan. In the video were enabled to view the killing as a part of Macbeth future for example the three witches are able to see the future of Macbeth,so the audience views are changed and start to believe this Macbeth destiny to be King. Again the theme of the supernatural is more relevant in the video. Stage directions;of the dagger rising in the air,the audience become more aware of Macbeth wish to be King.The video enables us to see the characters in a different views for example Macbeth is shown has powerful and determined to be king.Whereas Lady Macbeth and the witches both have magical powers and enbaled to change in to different animals and creatures.
In the video chanes have been made I believe to justify the murder of the King and to relieve to the the audience that Macbeth believe it was in destiny to commit the murder.
Nicole Hall
The characterisation of the witches can be seen as stereotypical in this video as because of the society we are in witches are portrayed as ugly old hags just like how it is expressed in the cartoon. As Nicole has pointed out the cartoon video has been modernized via language this therefore appealing to the younger generation as they are then able to understand the play more. Although i think that this short video is a good way of showing younger children the story of Macbeth i also believe it to be a bad representative as some of the scenes use are completely irrelevant and exaggerated.
ReplyDeleteThe theme of pathetic fallacy is clearly shown throughout this technique would be good for a younger audience as it would allow them to become engaged with the play.
I think the supernatural feeling within the video plays an important role as it make the killing of Duncan and the presence of the three witches more believable.
Sarah Pettigrew.
The language used in this interpretation of Macbeth is more modern and more easily understandable then the archaic form it usually takes in the actual book, I think this is beneficial as it introduces one of Shakespeare's master pieces at a young age. It has been shortened significantly and has missing parts which indicates the purpose of the series.
ReplyDeleteAs mentioned above the witches are presented in stereotypical fashion, the way they are portrayed is how they have been seen in other cartoons this includes their voices. In this interpretation Lady Macbeth is shown to have magic powers identical to the witches. The pathetic fallacy used will help children understand the characters a lot better and will help them associate emotions with characters and thus helping them in the future.
Aaron Chung
Well, there's only so much I can say here before I start to repeat what the others have already said and I agree with a lot of the points they have made. However, I thought that the actual dialogue of the characters was pretty close to the actual text, it was only the narrator that they added who was using modern language consistently. As far as the witches are concerned, I felt they were portrayed as too over the top, they fly around and shape-shift constantly making them oviously supernatural. I felt this forced the audience to see the witches as these inhuman beings, whereas, when read as a text, the reader is left guessing as to what other powers these witches could possibly have. It was the same with how Lady Macbeth was portrayed, as a text it would be a fair assuption that there is something supernatural about her, some people, however, might prefer to believe that she's just being dramatic, this can't be done when watching the animation as she explodes and some demons fly out of her. Where I come from, this would definitely be seen as supernatural. I think that because of those two examples some of the pathetic fallacy is lost as the supernatural becomes obvious rather than just implied. Another thing that puzzled me was the fact that none of the characters have a scottish accent, which took away some authenticity for me as I always imagine the characters with scottish accents when reading the text. I also imagined Duncan and Macbeth to be around the same age but here Duncan appears to be much older. I believe this would be a useful teaching tool for GCSE and earlier but there isn't enough freedom to explore alternative perspectives to be of much use after GCSE.
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