In Farewell, My Queen (2012), director Benoît Jacquot employs variations in camera shots and lighting techniques to convey the difference in social class and change in mood throughout the film. A recurring pattern that distinguishes the royal class from the common folk is the movement of the camera. In the beginning of the film, there are fast transitions and the frames move quickly from one character to the other. Fast horizontal pan shots trail Sidonie as she moves across the room and the camera seems to lack stability in its movements. Suddenly thereafter, the shots become much steadier and camera movements more stable as the vertical and horizontal pan shots present a panoramic view of the palace. Instead of moving with the characters, the camera stays at the same location as the marching band parades into the palace. In contrast to this, the scene that follows immediately thereafter has a hand-held news camera immediacy as Sidonie sprints past the trees on her way to the palace. Another noticeable instance that differentiates the royalty from the common folk can be seen in the maids’ interactions with and around the queen. The maids can be heard talking when they are not in the frame and focus is on the queen. These voices don’t seem to matter to the queen and go unheeded, showing that only the characters that the queen can see (i.e are in the frame) matter and others have no significance.
Similarly, effective use of lighting also allows for differentiation between the two classes. Jacquot uses bright fill light in scenes in both inside and in the courtyard to express the opulence and superficial serenity of the royal family. On the contrary, cameo lighting is used in the quarters where Sidonie sleeps where a small window...
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...job of telling the story in a natural and realistic fashion. The cast is largely female and there are recurring vertical pan shots that scan cleavage throughout the film; subtly hinting a lesbian intrigue that would otherwise be perceived as friendship. The costumes of the females close to the queen are overall flesh-revealing and slightly point towards the queen sexual desires for the females around her. The casting of the queen, played by Diane Kruger, is of great attention as well. During the events depicted in the film, Queen Marie Antoinette was almost 34 years old. Kruger was 35 years old during the making of this film. The queen was Austrian; and Krugar is German. Krugar is fluent in French but the mere fact that she is not French represents her as foreigner for the people of France and in this context makes her seem vulnerable even before she utters a word.
While it may be easier to persuade yourself that Boo’s published stories are works of fiction, her writings of the slums that surround the luxury hotels of Mumbai’s airport are very, very real. Katherine Boo’s book “Behind the Beautiful Forevers – Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity” does not attempt to solve problems or be an expert on social policy; instead, Boo provides the reader with an objective window into the battles between extremities of wealth and poverty. “Behind the Beautiful Forevers,” then, exposes the paucity and corruption prevalent within India.
The lighting is used as colour symbolism through Priestley’s decision to imitate the emotions in the act, ‘the lighting should be pink and intimate until the Inspector arrives, and then it should...
The purpose of this essay is to analyze and compare and contrast the two paired poems “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning and “My Ex-Husband” by Gabriel Spera to find the similarities presented within the pairs. Despite the monumental time difference between “My Last Duchess” and “My Ex-Husband”, throughout both poems you will see that somebody is wronged by someone they thought was a respectable person and this all comes about by viewing a painting on the wall or picture on a shelf.
During her entire rule, Elizabeth I allowed for England to reach an equilibrium in its religious affairs through “The Elizabethan Settlement”, or her religious compromise. The Book of Common Prayer, issued by the Edward VI’s advisor Thomas Cranmer, was restored by Elizabeth....
Henry VIII wanted a male to take the throne when he passed away. He paved the way for his son Edward. After Edward died in 1553 Elizabeth found herself once again in political intrigue. [Elizabeth’s older sister, M...
Elizabeth the first, born on September 7, 1533, is the most different and intriguing monarch in the English history (Dunn). Elizabeth is known as the Virgin Queen all of her reign. She used that image to keep out of marriage, prevent war and become one of the most beloved monarchs of the people. This image helped her also fend off Mary Queen of Scots claim to the throne. Between her vivacious and often volatile personality she led her kingdom well up until the day she died on March 24, 1603 (Alchin). The kingdom went into genuine morning for their queen of The People who had made herself loved by all of her subjects.
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Marie Antoinette and Louis Auguste were pledged to marry each other in 1765 just months after Louis Augeste’s grandfather, Louis XV, the emperor of France, died. Marie Antoinette set out for France to be married, escorted by fifty-seven carriages, one hundred and seventeen footmen and three hundred and seventy-six horses in May of 1770. They were married on May 16th, 1770, although she was not ready for the marriage. She often wrote home saying that she was homesick, and felt uncomfortable with some of the practices in France. She was made queen at age nineteen. As far as personalities went, Louis and Marie Ant...
Elizabeth Tudor is thought to be the greatest ruler in English history. She was born on September 7, 1533. She lived to be sixty nine years old and ruled for almost 45 years.
Throughout the historical literary periods, many writers underrepresented and undervalued the role of women in society, even more, they did not choose to yield the benefits of the numerous uses of the female character concerning the roles which women could accomplish as plot devices and literary tools. William Shakespeare was one playwright who found several uses for female characters in his works. Despite the fact that in Shakespeare's history play, Richard II, he did not use women in order to implement the facts regarding the historical events. Instead, he focused the use of women roles by making it clear that female characters significantly enriched the literary and theatrical facets of his work. Furthermore in Shakespeare’s history play, King Richard II, many critics have debated the role that women play, especially the queen. One of the arguments is that Shakespeare uses the queen’s role as every women’s role to show domestic life and emotion. Jo McMurtry explains the role of all women in his book, Understanding Shakespeare’s England A Companion for the American Reader, he states, “Women were seen, legally and socially, as wives. Marriage was a permanent state” (5). McMurtry argues that every woman’s role in the Elizabethan society is understood to be a legal permanent state that is socially correct as wives and mothers. Other critics believe that the role of the queen was to soften King Richard II’s personality for the nobles and commoners opinion of him. Shakespeare gives the queen only a few speaking scenes with limited lines in Acts two, four, and five through-out the play. Also, she is mentioned only a few times by several other of the characters of the play and is in multiple scenes wit...
The 1936 film My Man Godfrey begins with two rich sisters picking up a “hobo” at a dump to win a preposterous scavenger hunt and ends with that same man living happily ever after in a mall that he created out of that same dump.This impressive man named Godfrey explains that his reasoning for first going to the scavenger hunt was “to see how a bunch of empty headed nitwits conducted themselves.” Godfrey’s insult at the crowd aligns with Christopher Beach’s reasoning in his work,“Working Ladies And Forgotten Men” that the main movie going population are drawn in and comforted by My Man Godfrey’s negative portrayal of the extremely wealthy. Beach states, “Given the generally hostile sentiment toward the wealthy few expressed by both the working
Elizabeth: The Golden Age is a historical film about the reign of Elizabeth I during the Renaissance Era. It is a sequel to the film Elizabeth and is directed by Shekhar Kapur. This film was pleasing and enjoyable to watch despite its historical inaccuracies and goriness. The costumes and makeup and hair design were absolutely gorgeous and stunning.
Queen Elizabeth the First took on the formidable task of becoming queen at the young age of twenty-five. Despite her age, she ruled over England with all the wisdom of grace that one should. It has been argued that Queen Elizabeth I was a big part in Europe not being involved in the religious wars that tore apart many European states during the 1500’s.
The leadership of Queen Elizabeth I was a multi-faceted reign, she not only ruled a country but also navigated through a time where religious tensions were high. It was not just about England, but there were other countries involved. Elizabeth needed to have a variety of leadership styles to deal the different events that were taking place. It was through her education and wisdom of watching her father’s reign that she has been revered as “one of the greatest monarchs ever to rule England”. (A Great Monarch, 2010, p. 147). It was through her strengths and her weaknesses that she succeeded and was feared as a great political figure. “Elizabeth’s blend of shrewdness, courage, and majestic self-display inspired ardent expressions of loyalty and unify the nation against foreign enemies”. (Britannica, 2013). It was apparent that “She was very vain and could be extremely temperamental. She had a furious temper, and many of her courtiers lived in fear of her rebukes”. (Collinson, Margaret, & Collinson, 2004p.431). It was also known, “She could also be very indecisive, a trait that frustrated her close advisers”. (Collinson, Margaret, & Collinson,
In this 2009 photograph, Fallen Princess, by Dina Goldstein, the artist is clearly questioning the idea of a fairytale ending. Dina creates this inquisitive tone by showing her assumption of how might the princesses live after they have married a handsome prince. For additional information, Snow White is a princess, married a prince who kisses her after she was put to sleep by a poisonous apple. In this picture, Snow White takes care of three babies, two in her arms and one grabbing her leg, while her husband leaves a remaining child alone, and watches TV as he drinks a beer. This picture depicts what happens when the prince comes and brings reality with himself. Naturally, she would have to encounter challenges that all modern women deal with.