Navarre Klint
The characterization, setting, and music establish the mood in the film for the viewer and this helps to stress the strong and important themes in the text.
The characterization in the film relates directly to the text, and it shows theme in the story in general. For example, the way that the filmmaker characterizes Odysseus is important to the movie. Odysseus is made in the movie to look strong and royal. His hair gives him the look of a king. Also, the way that Odysseus speaks is important to his character. Odysseus uses big words and shouts when necessary to show his emotion for the event such as when he wanted to leave Calypso’s and he shouted for the ship. Odysseus’ word choice, looks, and the way he shows emotion
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The setting of the movie is important for the viewers understanding. The different islands that Odysseus travels to give the viewer a better perspective about what is going on. The viewer gets to see the places and how they may have drawn Odysseus and his crew near. The setting of Circe’s island is very important. The men get to think they have found food, but the food is actually their fellow crewmates that have been turned into animals by a witch. The climb to Circe’s castle like structure plays a huge role in the film. The climb gives Hermes a chance to speak to Odysseus and advise him on how he shall make a deal with Circe to get his men back. Hermes also advises Odysseus to eat molly so that way she cant turn him into a pig. The setting of the mountain plays a huge role in portraying the common theme of the gods are all powerful over the mortal beings in is important. The setting of Circe’s home allows the filmmaker to better point out the theme to the viewer. The same theme is apparent in the book. Another important setting is Calypso’s island. The waterfalls and the women there make the viewer feel distraught and afraid when Odysseus has to either choose to stay and be Calypso’s immortal husband and live with her forever. Odysseus chooses to go home and return to what Calypso calls his “old” wife. This causes the viewer to understand his …show more content…
The music is almost any film can develop a mood, but in this film the music is very important because of how dramatic the film is. Most events in the movie of the “Odyssey” are very dramatized. The music helps to make this more dramatic. The music and sounds in the underworld can really give the viewer a creeped out or eerie mood. The underworld itself is creepy, but when the filmmaker adds in the music that he or she chose, it makes it even more dramatic. The music is also very effective to the mood the filmmaker is attempting to portray on Calypso’s island. The music basically is the mood there, on Calypso’s island. Based on what is going on there is how the beat of the music goes. When Odysseus was crying about his men, the music was slow to go with his sadness, and when Odysseus was having a good time it was upbeat for the party that was going on. Also when Calypso was told she had to let Odysseus leave because Hermes told her that Zeus was unhappy with him the music stopped. The music stopped because of the mood. The mood the stoppage in music was stressing the sadness Calypso had. This then could give the viewer an alike mood because they realize that Odysseus’ life of the party is over and he is now free to return home, and he is going to be back to reality; even though, Odysseus has wanted this for a long time. The music plays a key role in developing
are very similar, but the movie portrays the book in a unique, interesting way. The movie has most of the characters the book has, but some of the characters do their part in a different way in the movie, that is what makes this new way of the book intreging. For example, the god of the sea, Poseiden is associated with water, the twist the movie puts on this character in the movie is instead of using water the Poseiden character, the sheriff, is associated with fire. These characters display irony because water and fire are opposites, which makes the movie have their own twist on the book. The Odyssey in a certain order. For the movie to be unique, it has the events in a different order. When readers read The Odyssey one character that appears in the middle of the piece is Teiresius. What makes the movie different from the novel is that the character Teiresius shows up closer to the beginning. Another example that makes the two pieces different from one another is the crew they travel along with. Odysseus’ crew actually all die off, but Pete and Delmar never die and stick by Everett for the whole movie.
The roles of the characters are particularly useful when comparing and contrasting Oedipus to Darker Face. Oedipus can be argued to be a sympathetic ruler of his people, "my heart must bear the strain of sorrow for all..." (4). He shows a strong desire to rid the land of its despair. Yet as the reader captures a more in-depth glimpse into Oedipus' soul, we find him to be a jealous, stubborn, "blind", guilty, and sinful man. Oedipus' character outwardly seems to want nothing more than to find the guilty persons involved in the murder of Laius, yet when given obvious clues he turns a blind eye, not wanting to know the truth behind the prophecy.
Music plays a major part. Whether its something like making someone happy or sad, it brings that sense of emotion. A movie without music would be boring and dull. It takes the boring and dullness away with a music of suspense or terrorizing. Music has its value in the movie. In the scene where Ron is telling his wife of all his investigation, the music begins slowly when he begins saying, " If I hadn't been out that day, I could have easily gotten myself and everyone else in that room killed." Then, the music gradually increases as he continues to tell his tale. The music is soft and heartfelt. It could also bring anyone to tears because of the emotion set from the music. Later on in the movie, the last scene of where they are at church, Ron walks over to a room where all the children in the elementary school were singing. They were singing a known song for children in the LDS church. The song is titled " A Child's Prayer". Its played at the end and leaves a powerful message. The music grows and swells and orchestral music from the same song continues the
Throughout the Odyssey there are many themes that Homer uses to portray different people and events. To name a few, there are the themes of Betrayal and Revenge,Greed and Glutony, Hospitality, Role of the Gods and Wealth (the amount of money one had determined the status he held in the greek society, and this explains Odysseus's love for plunder).
Odysseus (Ulysses in Roman) was one of the great Pan-Hellenic heroes of Greek mythology. Famous for his courage, intelligence and leadership he was most recognized through his resourcefulness and oratory skills. Throughout classical literature and through many authors Odysseus’ characteristics have changed as much as the stories that surround him. The epic and tragedy I will focus on in particular is The Odyssey by Homer and Hecuba by Euripides. The defining characteristics of Odysseus ranges widely as is shown in Homer’s The Odyssey and Euripides’s Hecuba. The figure of Odysseus in homers The Odyssey is the antithesis of the Odysseus in Euripides Hecuba due to their historical contexts and respective audiences.
This tale coincides with the times in Greece. This was a time that art and Philosophy were extremely important and respected by the people. Odysseus was a new type of hero that didn’t win by overpowering his opponents, but by using his mind to outwit them. Manners also seemed to play an important role to Odysseus, as he was learned to be polite and generous to strangers and in the end punished those who weren’t.
The quality of being larger than life, or a royal figure, is one main aspect of a tragic hero. Oedipus is the king of Thebes, appointed there after solving the riddle of Sphinx, a supernatural creature that once held the city captive. He is born into a family of the highest social rank: King Laius and Queen Jocasta, and is adopted into the family of King Polybus and Queen Merope. In being royalty, Oedipus is an important figure. Without the aspect of an important man that the viewers could recognize, Oedipus would not be held in such light. Oedipus is the “peerless king” and the “first of men,” as referred to by the priest. Oedipus knows his fame, as well: “Here I am myself— you all know me, the world knows my fame: I am Oedipus.” He declares this in the prologue, showing that he has a high notion of himself, shared by many others. The entirety of the world is aware of Oedipus, according to him, and they shoul...
Music can decipher a narrative event by indicating a perspective. To unify a set of diverse images and provide rhythmic and formal continuity and momentum, a film’s structure is more often than not, directly articulated by a musical structure. Music can assist the dialogue and visuals of film and often is inaudible (e.g. music is meant to be heard unconsciously, not consciously). Music has been used by directors to reinforce or strengthen certain weak scenes in film and then on the other hand when music is not needed to reinforce a scene
He was excited to become a father. When he knew he had a call for a journey to the Trojan War he had no other choice other than to go. When he left and was sitting in the boat to go Athena appeared to him saying that he will have a journey. He was not sure what it meant but he said, he would not fear if she was with him. After that war he was so close to war until there was wind that blew them out to another path that was when his journey had begun. He went through a lot of battle and hard times. Some of the places he stayed in were hard to get out from. In other times, he had to do something for his peers. At the end of his journey, he had to fight one last time to get men from his house to take over again what was his. Overall, this movie was great, however; there was too many challenges that the character had to fulfil. There was times that I thought that it was the ending but it was not. It took too long to accomplish his journey. Some stages took long to get over with and brought desperation. When his peers and him were sailing it took too long to get to places where they had to go. In the place where Circe was, it took long for Odysseus to go and help out his peers away from
on many things. Odysseus grows as a person and as a leader. During the whole trip Odysseus misses his wife Penelope and realizes how much she means to him. After being reunited with her he can finally continue on with life as a father, husband and ruler. Odysseus learns how to love his family and kingdom again. Many of the trials Odysseus faces are enriching for him as a person. A few of the situations alienated him and gave him a new perspective
Odysseus’ and Telemachus’ journeys or nostos were both very similar and different. They parallel each other in some ways but they are also completely different at other times. Telemachus starts as a younger, less mature boy, and without the presence of his father during his childhood, he becomes a timid, shy and spineless boy who is greatly pampered by his mother. He has even more to achieve, being the son of a world-famous father, and this is a very difficult reputation to live up to. His journey, and after that the killing of the suitors who took advantage of him really show how his journeys and problems throughout the book mature him from being a shy, timid boy into a mature man. Odysseus’ journey also taught him about many things which he had never really experienced before, including suffering, poverty, and other things of that nature. Telemachus and Odysseus have parallel, but different journeys, which drastically change them throughout the epic and they are influenced by many different forces, both human and supernatural. Telemachus matures into a man while Odysseus becomes more wise, and both journey through Greece in search of one another.
...successful collaboration of sound, colour, camera positioning and lighting are instrumental in portraying these themes. The techniques used heighten the suspense, drama and mood of each scene and enhance the film in order to convey to the spectator the intended messages.
Some of the major relationships in the story are the relationship between Odysseus and his men, because they view as a hero and are willing to do anything for him. Odysseus also has a very close bond with Telemachus, his son, and his loyalty to his father can be seen when he travels to Sparta to look for his father when he has been absent for so long and near the end when he helps his father defeat the suitors. An important negative relationship that Odysseus has is his relationship with the suitor Antinous. When Odysseus returns, Antinous and his men are trying to take over his house, ...
... music to set the mood. When times were depressing, there would be dark and sad music playing. One example is when Tom accidently broke one of Laura’s glass figures. Laura was astonished and disappointed which made Tom feel horrible. Another example was when Laura and Mr. O’Connor were dancing, there was waltz music playing.
Characterisation is hugely important to a plot just for it to make some sort of sense. The characterisation of key figures in the plot, however, has huge significance as it helps you to understand why the characters perform certain, (often unthinkable,) actions. If we only have one dimensional characters described to us then we are unable to immerse ourselves into a highly complex plot. Intense characterisation makes us form connections with key figures and actually empathise with some of them, especially in the case of the “Thyestes.” As a rule, characterisation is vital to make any plot evoke any sort of feelings except the enjoyment of reading a pleasurable story. Methods of characterisation include appearance, personality and behaviour; which all can be split into two categories, direct and indirect. Direct characterisation is when a writer describes a character in a certain way, so they are ‘directly’ helping us to visualise the character in a certain way. Indirect characterisation is, for example, when the expressions of a key figure makes us expand on their personality. These techniques are needed to be used to help the overall impact of any plot, especially in the case of main characters. Seneca’s characterisation of Thyestes adds impact in many different ways, each of which I will now discuss in this essay.