Comparing the Production of the Crucible to the Film

Comparing the Production of the Crucible to the Film

My task was to compare the production of the crucible to the film.

The things I had to compare were lighting, camera angles (only applies

to the film), dramatic parts, characters and atmosphere effects.

Lighting

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In the play, at the start, the lighting was used to create a spooky

atmosphere, which I thought was very good as the crucible is a spooky

play. Lanterns hanging from the ceilings with a dim light made this

effect. The audience would feel shivers as they could only see the

actors faces. The rest of the body of each actor and actress was

covered by the darkness, by the rest of the stage.

The second scene was well done using the light effect. The whole of

Proctors house was dark and gloomy. The light source came from a

burning fire, which was at the front of the stage and an open back

door at the back. The effect was that the audience would feel cold, as

the stage temperature looked cold, and this was done as a symbol to

show how Goody Proctor felt when she was accused of being a witch. The

darkness matched the atmosphere.

In the third scene, the light was coming from two windows in the

courtroom. This meant that the light was just strong enough for the

audience to see. This matched the stage atmosphere as things were not

looking too bright for John Proctor. The darkness reinforced the

gloominess. The outside light was also gloomy, which shows nothing is

right around Abigail.

In the final scene, only the centre of the stage was lit. This again

shows gloominess. Prison cells are supposed to be dark so they don't

look pleasant, and with the di...

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lines.

Abigail - dramatic, pale skin colour shows spookiness. Audience would

hate the way her character was.

Goody Proctor - good when lying in court and the way she trembled when

she was shouted at. Made eye contact with the audience.

Goody Proctor - again good when lying in court. She seemed more scared

of dying.

Proctor - made loads of eye contact when asked to turn his back by the

courtroom judges. We could see his expression. He had a deep, forceful

voice.

Proctor - he had a deep voice again. Showed anger and emotion at the

same time, as he kissed and pushed Abigail in the space of 30seconds.

Betty - woke up and shouted when least expected. Shocked the audience.

Betty - when getting bullied by Abigail, viewers would feel sorry for

her as she is only nine years old.