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Cinematography in Macbeth

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Cinematography in Macbeth

Cinematography In MacBeth

When I first watched the two episodes of MacBeth I noticed several differences in the was

the two directors portrayed the settings and characters in witch scene. In the first movie I found the witch

scene to be very dark and mysterious which made it easy to tell what the witches were doing and the fog

and lightning gave me the impression that bad things were yet to come. This atmosphere is totally different

from the second video though because the second one takes place on a clear beautiful beach which seems

to be very peaceful. They way the second video started out it was kind of difficult to determine what was

going on, but as the scene progressed it became easier to understand what was going on. By the was this

scene was shot the viewer really has to follow because it seems really strange. It does not follow the typical

stereotype of most witches and it is very irregular. The first movie just had a way creepier image to it with

the scary music, the witches weird voices and the lightning and stuff going on in the background. At the

beginning of the second movie scene I'm given the impression that the witches are almost regular people

until they start pulling out the arm and rope and stuff. I enjoyed the second movie scene more because

it seemed more casual and it really caught my eye because you don't know what is going to happen next.

I

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