Film Analysis of Dracula by Bram Stoker

Film Analysis of Dracula by Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker’s Dracula was filmed and produce in 1992 by Francis Ford

Coppola. Based on the infamous vampire novel Dracula in the 1890s. The

film stars Gary Oldman as Dracula throughout the film, the hero Harker

is played by Keanu Reeves. Winona Ryder play two parts of the film,

one is the wife of Dracula the opening sequence and later plays the

fiancée of Harker reincarnated. And Anthony Hopkins play the priest of

the Christian church of the opening sequence and also does the

voice-over for the film.

Plot

The film starts out in 1462 where Muslim Turks try to invade

Transylvania with a massive army. Dracula, before becoming the

vampire, is the commanding officer of the defending Christians of

Transylvania. The eve before the battle Dracula says farewell to his

wife, Elizabeta. They battled on long and hard but in the end

Dracula’s forces ceases victory over the Turks. But the Turks wanted

revenge; they did this by shooting an arrow with message saying that

Dracula was killed in battle. And after reading the message she lunged

herself into the river thinking that there is no point in living with

your love.

As Dracula returns from the battlefield unknowing that his wife has

committed suicide for false reasons he shocked and then over whelmed

by rage. With this rage flowing through him he shout out that he

renounces God and will revenge or bring back Elizabeta with the powers

of darkness. He then stabs the cross of Christ with his bloodstained

sword. Just as Dracula does this, the cross starts to spurt out blood

and the candle fire turns from orangey red to midnight blue. Dracula

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... slow threatening music that

gets louder and louder until there is a voice-over of a foreign mal

which show that you could be from a different country.

During battle

During the battle there are a number of dark chords or discordant

which are loud and repeating. Together with this and battle sounds

this makes the audience feel the violence and emotions of the battle.

Dracula’s return

As Dracula returns to the church the music rhythm stops. This makes it

sound like someone’s heat has stopped beating. Then just silence until

he is overwhelmed by the shock of his wife’s death. This is to

emphasis to drama and horror of it.

When Dracula stabs the cross a female’s voice or females’ voices

chanting a religious or holy type of music. As the title appears the

music gains volume until complete and utterly stop.