Comparing your reading of Antony's soliloquy to the 1953 film version, directed and adapted for the screen by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. (This links to the IMDB page).
1. Print the soliloquy. If you have trouble printing, you can write it out, but double space to leave room for marking. What does Antony sound like when you perform this soliloquy in your head? This will be your interpretation.
-Mark the shifts in tone.
-Which words are emphasized?
-What is the overall effect?
2. Listen to mp3 of Marlon Brando's performance: Brando's "Dogs of War" mp3. Don't read along.
-Listen and concentrate on the sound. Notice the long silence before he begins speaking. Brutus has just left with the conspirators to address the public. Antony is walking over toward Caesar's corpse.
-Listen again with the handout. Mark shifts in tone. Which words are emphasized? What is the overall effect?
3. Make predictions about the film. What actions will Brando do while he is speaking? How will the director capture this scene?
4. Watch the clip.
Film: Brado's Dogs of War (This is a link to a .mov file. You need Apple Quicktime to play it. You can also use the YouTube link if this doesn't work for you. If you are watching this somewhere that blocks YouTube, I wanted you to have a second option.) Film: YouTube link.
-What is the total effect? Consider Brando's performance, the stage, Mankiewicz's choices with the camera.
Just for fun: Comedian and impressionist Jim Meskimen performs Antony's funeral address in the voices of actors and famous people: Sir Ian McKellen (a.k.a. Gandolf the Grey & Magneto), JFK, George W. Bush, Napoleon Dynamite, and some other people you probably won't recognize. Jim Meskimen's Antony
Here's the whole film, if your interested. There's probably easier ways to watch it at home. I'm sure you can "borrow" it somewhere on the Internet. This link will take a while, so click it, and go make some pop-corn, or take care of some chores you parents have been begging you to do.
Complete 1953 Film: William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
1. On the soliloquy that I printed out, I marked two different types of emphasis; I underlined words twice for a heavy, harsh emphasis/tone and I put quotes around words for a lighter emphasis/tone.
ReplyDeleteWords I underlined twice: "...bleeding piece of earth...butchers...ever...Woe...hand...shed...beg...light...all...mothers...choked...in these confines...groaning..."
Words I put quotes around: "...I...meek...gentle...like dumb mouths...Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge..."
The overall effect of the emphasis was that, when read aloud, the reader almost makes the listener lean forward in interest and almost feel the emotions in the soliloquy.
2. Words emphasized in the performance: "...butchers...Woe...costly...curse...all...dreadful objects...smile...choked...ranging for revenge...Havoc...let slip...foul deed..."
The overall effect was that the performance got the listener interested and sympathetic.
3. When Brando is speaking during the film, he would makes hand gestures and his face would twitch with emotion.
The director would capture this scene by having the camera close to Brando's face to show the emotion on his face and a view of his arms and hands to see his body language.
4. After watching the clip, there was sympathy for Antony and more hate/anger towards the conspirators who murdered Caesar. The choices with the camera was great, because the camera captured Antony's entire body language and emotions.
Sabrina,
DeleteYou have a good start for describing effect. It seems that you "listen" well for key words when you are reading.
1. Do you notice any patterns for the two types of tone you describe: "harsh" and "light"? Who/What does Antony describe with a light tone? Who/What does Antony describe with a harsh tone? What does this tell you about Antony's opinions and feelings toward these people?
2. What were you interested in? If you are interested, you want to know something in particular.
3. Describe the hand gestures. Give me a mental picture. For example: Does he clench his fist at a particular word? Does he clap his hands or snap his fingers?
4. Here you successfully use observations to describe effect: "After watching the clip, there was sympathy for Antony and more hate/anger towards the conspirators who murdered Caesar." (The next question is: Why does Mankiewicz make those choices? But this is difficult to answer without watching the entire film.)
-Mr. Shellhase
1. I did not really notice a particular pattern for the two types of tone I described... When Antony uses a light tone, I am not exactly sure what he is describing, most likely his sadness about Caesar's death. However, when Antony uses a harsh tone, he seems to be describing his anger and the conspirators. This tells me how strong Antony's hate is against the conspirators and Antony thinks of the conspirators as "butchers."
Delete2. I was mainly interested in Antony's diction and how he explained his feelings, since I am not accustomed to the diction of his time period and culture.
3. I imagined Brando clenching his fist at the word "butchers."
4. Mankiewicz made those choices to show the difference in friendship and loyalty between Antony and Caesar and the friendship and loyalty between Brutus and Caesar. The audience feels sympathy for Antony because he remains as Caesar's loyal friend, while there is hate for Brutus because Caesar considered Brutus as his best friend yet Brutus ended his life.
1. On the handout that I printed I noted some of the words that I thought were emphasized.
ReplyDeleteEmphasized words: "...bleeding piece of earth...", "costly blood", "A curse", "fury", "civil strife", "smile", "revenge", "hot from hell", "'Havoc'".
These emphasized words allow the reader to picture the scene and Mark Antony's emotions. For example, from "A curse shall light upon the limbs of men..." to "Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the dogs of war..." I can envision a crescendo leading into a decrescendo. Antony's voice raises in volume until it reaches a climax and eventually the volume falls to a whisper as he says, "let slip the dogs of war". Just from Shakespeare's wording and I can imagine what the soliloquy might sound like.
2. Words emphasized: "butchers", "noblest", "that ever lived", "A curse", "fierce", "blood...destruction", "dreadful objects", "smile", "hell", and "'Havoc'".
The overall effect of the emphasis is to capture Antony's fury over what has been done to Caesar. The audience is able to feel the raw emotions of the actor.
3. During the film Brando may throw up his hands in exasperation or during the beginning he may show despair in his eyes. The director will probably show a close up of Brando's face when he finds Caesar and later the director will show Brando's body motions.
4. After viewing this scene from the movie, I felt each of Antony's emotions: anger and hostility towards Cassius and the other murderers, and grief over Caesar's death. I think the purpose of this clip is to get the audience on Antony's side rather than the conspirators' side. Also, the clip evokes a strong sense of emotion.
Additionally, Mankiewicz's choices with the camera were well thought-out because I was able to see Antony's facial expressions and at other times his physical motions such as walking. The camera choices show the audience the crucial parts of the scene such as Antony's hands.
1. On the soliloquy, I highlighted qoutes with heavy emphasis and underlined quotes with light emphasis.
ReplyDeleteWords I highlighted: "...bleeding piece of earth...butchers...shed this costly blood...wounds...A curse shall light upon the limbs of men...Domestic fury...fierce strife...cumber all the parts of Italy...Blood and destruction...dreadful objects...hands of war...pity choked...Caesar's spirit,ranging for revenge...Ate by his side come hot from hell...dogs of war..carrion men"
Words I put quotes around: ...meek and gentle...noblest man...like dumb mouths...to beg the voice...mothers shall but smile...infants quarter'd"
The overall effect of the emphasis was that, when read aloud, the reader understands what the charcter wants or desires. Also the reader knows how the character feels.
2. Words emphasized in the performance: "...butchers...Woe...costly...curse...all...dreadful objects...mother...smile...choked...ranging for revenge...hot from hell...Havoc...let slip...foul deed..."
The overall effect shows how mad Antony is and makes us feel bad for him as well as be scared by his reaction.
3. When Brando is speaking during the film, we would probably see him with sympathy at first but, as we get later on in the film he would get angry and start screaming and use various hand motions.
The director would capture this scene by having the camera capture brando's body movement but make sure there is a good view of brando's face with his emotions.
4. After watching the clip, I noticed how the director had always shoed us Antony's face during the clip. Also we could see the anger in Antony thnaks to the actor. Finally I liked how the camera was set so we could see Antony's every moves.
1) From my interpretation, I highlighted the emphasized words: butchers, noblest, woe, costly blood, beg, curse, fury, fierce, blood, destruction, hands of war, ranging for revenge, hot, hell, Havoc, dogs of war, and groaning.
ReplyDeleteRegarding tone shifts, I marked that Antony spoke sadly and regretfully from lines 1-2. Then, from lines 3-4, I imagined Antony to speak in a laudatory tone. From 6-19, Antony would speak in a hateful or vengeful tone, full of conviction for the conspirators. Next, for lines 20, I though Antony would speak in an enraged voice, beckoning for destruction to occur because of Caesar's death. Finally, Brutus would speak in a quieter tone in lines 21-22.
Overall, Mark Antony uses strong and descriptive words that create an image in my mind. He condemns the conspirators for their deeds and urges for destruction to occur. In my perspective, the speech increases steadily in speed, backed by a burning drive. The speech has a huge impact and clearly demonstrates Antony's feelings of vengeance and contempt.
2) Marlon Brando's Mark Antony emphasizes the following words and phrases: "butchers, lived, woe, curse, limbs of men, dreadful objects, smile, choked, ranging for revenge, hot from hell, Havoc, and foul.
Brando also has various tone shifts in his portrayal of Antony. From lines 1-2, Brando's Antony speaks softly, but with an undertone of contempt. From lines 3-4, he speaks in a somber tone. For line 5, Brando speaks in a similar tone to line 3-4, but with a disdainful edge. From lines 6-8, Brando's Antony begins using a more commanding and domineering voice. From 9-20, Brando's Antony speaks louder, and in an extremely furious tone. Then, from lines 21-22, Brando's Antony lapses back into a more quiet tone, with hints of hate remaining.
Marlon Brando's furious cry of "Havoc" caught me off guard its its power. Brando seemed to start softly, gain momentum as he spoke, reached a peak, then started speaking more calmly again. Throughout Brando's entire performance, his emotional voice demanded attention. The soliloquy had a memorable effect on the listener.
3)When Brando is speaking at the beginning, I imagine him kneeling by Caesar's body for part of the performance, sadness in his face. When Brando says, "A curse shall light upon the limbs of men," he would begin to gradually rise to his feet. When he yells "Havoc," I imagine Brando shaking a fist in the air. The camera would zoom in on Brando's face as he spoke.
4)Brando's performance of the soliloquy was even stronger with is facial expressions. His face displayed a riveting blend of emotions, ranging from fury to solemnity. Mankiewiscz angled the camera to display Brando's movements and face, which helped add to the emotional effect because of Brando's body language. The shot of Brando screaming "Havoc" was especially influential, as the director made good use of the spacious area to emphasize Brando's resounding voice.
1) By rereading the passage after I circled all of the underlined words, I was able to understand more clearly how Antony felt. This exercise allows you to see the different sides of Antony. His tones change many times throughout this excerpt. It goes from being sorry, hoping, cursing, melancholy, and then just scary. The way I looked at this excerpt made me see Mark Antony's fire kindling.
ReplyDelete2) Antony shifts tone by starting off very monotone and then by the line,"Blood and destruction shall be so in use," his voice started to become louder, making him seem angry. He emphasized words such as, butchers, blood, destruction, smile, choked, ranging, confines, and havoc. The overall effect was like a slow rise up a mountain for the climax, which is where Antony gets angry and begins to shout. He stresses certain words, like "woe". In addition, the pauses he takes helps the audience picture what he thinks is important. The effects went well with Antony's voice lowering and raising at certain points too.
3)I think Brando will start off calm at first and then get up and really raise his voice. The raising of his voice will allow him to emphasize the important aspects of his lines. In addition, I think Brando will raise his arms in fury when he shouts, "Havoc!" When Mark Antony gets mad, the director probably had to mess with the atmosphere, like dimming the lights to make it more dramatic. These actions were probably hard to capture.
4)The total effect was very strong in my opinion. I noticed that the scene was mainly on Antony. This is because Caesar was not important in the scene, even though he was dead and lying on the ground. Mark Antony also walks away from Caesar as his climax of what he says begins. When that occurs, the camera follows him and even cuts out Caesar's body. During the last line, the camera zooms into Antony's face too. I think Mankiezicz's choice with the camera was smart, because it made the scene dramatic and help portray the important aspects.
On the handout I printed I placed emphasis on certain words and less emphasis on other words. some words i emphasized are as follows:
ReplyDelete"costly blood", "fury", "smile", "revenge", and "hot from hell".
The reason for this emphasis is because it shows the readers understanding and allow them to picture and visualize. For example, fury, and smile are to totally different things. When you think of fury you imagine fire and anger, on the other hand if you think of smile you picture light and other things.
Now if we move on to different words like costly blood and revenge we see that Antony is mad and furious. The reader is suppose to feel the pain and to feel Antony's anger. Words like revenge point this out and really express his anger.
During the film, Brando is probably showed to be compassionate, but as the film goes on, he shows us another side in which he expresses anger and shouts.
1) I marked the following shifts in tone: disrespectful (to Caesar’s corpse), affectionate (by complimenting Caesar’s greatness), avenging (vowing that there will be war), immoral (stating that there will be massive destruction as mothers smile when watching their infants die), and finally hopeful (the last two lines show that Antony actually wants this to happen). When I read the soliloquy, I felt that Mark Antony would probably place emphasis on the words: bleeding, butchers ruins, tide, blood, wounds, ruby, curse, fury, destruction, dreadful, war, pity, revenge, hell, havoc, foul, and groaning. All of these words from the soliloquy emphasize darkness and murder. This is the first time the reader experiences the words of Antony when he’s all alone. This soliloquy displays Antony’s real desires and plans. The reader realizes that Antony, like others, craves for power, and now, with Caesar dead, he has realized his chance. The reader also begins to understand Antony’s motives. The reader is engaged, as he/ listens to Antony’s predictions of a war that will engulf Rome. This depicts, what would eventually be, the final outcome of the play.
ReplyDelete2) When I finished listening to Brando’s performance, I realized that Antony places special emphasis on the following words: meek, noblest, tide, woe, costly, tongue, curse, fury, civil, cumber, dreadful, but smile, choked, ranging, confines, and havoc. The performance shows the real fury of Antony, and one realizes why Shakespeare marks him as a dangerous character in the beginning of the play, when Cassius is afraid of Antony. The performance, unlike the script, creates a frightening mood as Antony emphasizes words relating to murder and destruction.
3) By listening to Brando’s performance, I predict that as Antony walks over to Caesar’s dead corpse he feels horrible. As he rages about his fury, he walks around. The sounds also suggest that Antony uses some sort of hand gestures, as he raises his volume to a loud shout and then lowers it to a mere whisper. While listening, it was made clear that Brando had acted in a way in which Shakespeare would have wanted Antony to.
4) By watching the performance, the silence in the beginning was made less awkward. The true emotions of Antony were revealed. Brando doe a great job taking care of his body positioning and his facial expressions truly depict his fury. He looks upwards, as if talking to the gods. The director captured Brando’s whole body. What Shakespeare foreshadows in the play is clearly foreshadowed in the clip, a murderous war as the final outcome of the play.
1. The words I believed were emphasized were costly blood, cumber, dreadful, Havoc, and dogs of war. The overall effect of these emphasized words are to show that Antony is in deep hatred and anger over the death of Caesar. I picked these words because you can create a picture in your mind of Antony yelling while strongly stressing these words.
ReplyDelete2. After listening to Marlon Brando's performance, the words that showed emphasis were butchers, costly blood, blood and destruction,dreadful, mothers, ranging for revenge, and Havoc. The effect of these words was the same as my interpretation, to show anger and a deep hatred towards the conspirators.
3. I predict that Brando will speak strongly and fiercely with him standing in front of a crowd of people. Since Antony is an important figure, he will be standing on a high podium to address the citizens. Also, whenever Brando yells, he might point towards the crowd to show they are also part of Caesar's murder.
4. The total effect of the performance is to show that Antony is more angry than he is sorrow. Brando kneels down towards Caesar's body and talks to it as if Caesar was still alive. Also, when Brando yells, he looks up and stares towards the camera. It is as if Brando wants me to feel his pain as he stares into my eyes.
1. Shifts in Tone that I marked:
ReplyDelete“That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!”
“Woe to the hand that shed this Costly Blood!”
“…Domestic fury and fierce civil strife shall cumber all parts of Italy;…”
“Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;”
“…Cry ‘Havoc,’ and let slip the dogs of war”
Words I thought were emphasized:
Bleeding
Butchers
Woe
Beg
Fury
Fierce
Smile
‘Havoc’
Emphasis and shifting tone gives the soliloquy different meaning. It changed my understanding of the piece and helping me understand a little more what Mark Antony was feeling.
2. Emphasized words/phrases:
“bleeding piece of earth”
“butchers”
“Woe to the hand…”
“prophecy”
“…domestic fury and fierce civil Strife”
“And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile…”
“..Ranging for revenge..”
“… shall cry ‘Habov’…”
The emotions the performer portrayed left no confusion of what Mark Antony would have sounded like when Caesar was killed. Emphasizing the words of the piece greatly increased my understanding of the scene.
3. Brando may parade himself around in an angry manner. He also may incorporate use of hand gestures to emphasize his rage and sorrow.
4. The director made sure to capture the emotions on Brando’s face and draw attention to his hand and body language. Moving and angling the camera around Brando differently throughout the scene made the watcher feel like he was standing in the very halls where Caesar was killed.
Adham,
DeleteCan you be more specific? For #1, to describe a shift in tone, you must first describe two emotions. In Tiffany's comments below, she writes: "Antony’s tone was melancholy and mournful (Lines 1-5). As for the rest of the soliloquy, Antony’s tone turns into hateful and loathing (Lines 6-22)." So the question is, what tone does Antony begin with, and what other emotions does he me to.
"It changed my understanding of the piece and helping me understand a little more what Mark Antony was feeling." What did you understand before? What do you understand now? What is Antony feeling according to your understanding? (Remember this is interpretation, meaning, you make a claim based on your opinion, which you support with evidence from the text.
-Mr. Shellhase
Oh my apologies. When i said shift in tone, i was referring to a shift from calm and firm tone to a more hostile and angry tone.
DeleteIt changed my understanding because reading Shakespeare's play (which is a dialect I'm not familiar with) is different from actually seeing and "experiencing" the events that took place on the ides of march. I may have placed emphasis on words that were not emphasized in the audio, which can give the piece a completely different meaning. I understand now that Antony is grieving over Caesar's immediately after the conspirators make their attempt on Caesar's life.
1.In Antony’s soliloquy, I noticed a shift in tone from the beginning to the end. In the beginning, Antony’s tone was melancholy and mournful (Lines 1-5). As for the rest of the soliloquy, Antony’s tone turns into hateful and loathing (Lines 6-22). Words that would be emphasized would be butchers, curse, but smile, all pity choked, ranging for revenge, hot from hell, havoc, and foul deed. The overall effect would be to show the audience/reader(s) how much Antony cared for Caesar and his desires.
ReplyDelete2.Marlon Brando tone shifts from soft and emotionless to laudatory, frustrated, and furious. The words emphasized by Marlon Brando are "butchers, lived, woe, curse, limbs of men, dreadful objects, smile, choked, ranging for revenge, hot from hell, Havoc, and foul”. The overall effect would be Antony expressing his anger over Caesar’s death, allowing the audience/reader(s) to sympathize or pity Antony.
3.I predict Marlon Brando will be lifeless and stiff in the beginning. But slowly, line after line, he’ll start showing frustration and anger. I can imagine him with a red face, eyes twitching, possibly punching the floor, and bad body posture.
4.When watching the clip, I felt the anger portrayed by Marlon Brando emitting. The soliloquy was more anger than I imagined. Brando was speaking to Caesar’s corpse, then the ceiling, and finally to the door. Since the camera was positioned in front of Marlon Brando, the audience will be able to completely feel the expressions expressed by him.
The marks that I made for shifts in tone:
ReplyDelete-"That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!"
-"Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!"
-"Cry 'Havoc', and let slip the dogs of war."
Some words that I felt were emphasized:
-Bleeding, Butchers, Woe, Wounds, Curse, Fury, Destruction
The overall effect on the reader is that the emphasis on certain lines and words, and the shifting tone gives the soliloquy a different aspect. This soliloquy changed how i thought of the piece and how Mark Antony felt.
#2
The emphasis on words and lines:
"thou bleeding piece of earth"
"noblest man"
"costly blood!"
"A curse shall light..."
"Blood and destruction..."
"that mothers shall but smile when they behold..."
"shall in these confinces come hot from hell..."
Cry 'havoc' and let slip the dogs of war..."
The effect of this audio recording is that it makes the reader feel exactly what Antony felt of Caesar's death. His voice was very serious and somewhat scary.
#3
I predict that Marlon Brando will be very serious with a stern look. I imagine him kneeling down and being frustrated over what has been doen to Caesar. I imagine him furious and red and impulsive during this scene.
#4
The video clip leaves no room for confusion. The director angled the camera precisely where the audience would stand. Marlon Brando sounded the same as the audion clip. However, his body language was aslmost disappointing. I was expecting a bit more fury from his facial expression but i do not think that was portrayed as well as it could have been .
1) On the soliloquy, I marked the shifts of tone as the tone changed from sorrowful, from loathing, and from distress. The words I emphasized were: butchers, noblest, woe, blod, beg, all, dreadful, ranging, Ate, cry, Havoc, and groaning. The overall effect was the monologue became more passionate, dramtic, and interesting.
ReplyDelete2) The words emphasized were: bleeding piece of earth, costly blood, a curse, fury, civil strife, smile, revenge, hot from hell, and Havoc. The overall effect is to show Mark Antony's anger towards the conspirators.
3) I predict that Brando would use many hand gestures and facial expressions while speaking. The director would capture this with different shots of Brando.
4) The total effect of the performance really let the audience know what Antony was feeling. Having Brando moving around to face certain objects while saying certain lines was very dramtic.
1) I emphasized the following on the soliloquy:
ReplyDelete"That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!"
(Reason: The "!" shoes emphasis and intense emotions)
"With carrion men, groaning for burial."
(Reason: This is the last statement, ending in a period. The rest of the lines are continuous, by using semicolons and commas.)
"Cry 'Havoc,'"
"like dumb mouths..."
"Blood and destruction"
The effect is to show suspense and emotions. The effect gives us an in depth on how the readers should or will perceive Mark Antony.
After I listened to the soliloquy, I highlighted most of the right side of the paper. The absence of Mark Antony's voice in the beginning increased our suspense and eventually showed the frustration he was facing. His words were strong, powerful, and firm. He spoke what was in his mind and was able to be "solid."
3.Marlon Brando will be kneeling next to Julius Caesar's corpse. He will be sobbing, releasing all his inner emotions. He will be pounding his heart and cry. He will stand up near the end, around the lines "hot from hell" to "Cry 'Havoc.'" "Cry Havoc" was the strongest point from the audio, the loudest and most forceful.
4. After viewing the short clip, I may see the fury Mark Antony was being furious. It told the audience, the feelings of Mark Antony. Mankiewicz's angles shows the emotions. When Antony is at his pitch, it gives us a close up. Similar to how a jimmy jib may work, zooming in.
1. The words that I thought were emphasized on the soliloquy were: "bleeding piece of earth, woe, utterance of my tongue, blood and destruction, ranging for revenge, groaning for burial". The overall effect of the emphasized words was to evoke emotions such as anger or misery and to help the reader visual what Antony is saying.
ReplyDelete2. The words I heard emphasized in the audio were: "butchers, woe, costly blood, blood and destruction, shall but smile, choked, hell, havoc". The overall effect was to demonstrate Antony's sadness towards the death of Caesar and his hatred toward the killers of Caesar. In addition, it helps to imagine Antony's gestures as he speaks.
3. Brando would probably raise his voice and make extravagant hand/body motions to show his emphasis on certain words or parts of the speech. He would also use facial expressions to indicate his feelings of anger, sadness, and pain.
4. The overall effect that is given by the performance is that the viewer can connect with the emotions that Brando is portraying as Antony. In addition, the camera movements help to emphasize the most passionate parts of the speech.
1. For my interpretations of the emphasized words, I underlined. When I felt there was a shift of tone, I placed a star in front of the sentence.
ReplyDeleteWords I underlined: "butchers", "ruins", "ever lived", "woe", "blood", "mouths", "beg", "curse", "fierce", "blood", "smile", "pit", "ranging", "hell", "'Havoc'", "war", and "foul deed".
I placed a star in the beginning of: "Thou art the ruins...", "Woe to the hand that shed...", "And dreadful objects so familiar...", and "And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge..."
The overall effect of Antony's soliloquy about Caesar's death shows Antony's sorrow. Parts of the soliloquy also shows how mad Antony is towards the men that killed him.
2. Words emphasized in the listening selection:
"meek and gentle", "butchers", "noblest", "lived", "woe", "costly blood", "curse", "blood and destructions", "dreadful", "but smile", "choked", "ranging", "hot from hell", "confines", "'Havoc'", "dogs of war", and "smell".
I thought the overall effect was anger, hatred, and sorrow.
3. I think Brando, in order to capture the emotions of this scene, will present it dramatically by flailing his arms and using hand gestures.
4. Brando DOES use hand gestures. He also touches Caesar's dead body, talking to him as if he were still alive. Also, the scene shows that the statue behind Caesar's body is Pompey's. Brando's anger can be seen building up within the performance, chest heaving. Brando also clenches his fist and stands up as he is talking about Caesar's spirit "ranging for revenge". The camera does a close up on Brando as he walks away from Caesar's body, when his soliloquy is about to end.
The words that showed emphasis in my interpretation are: "bleeding", "meek", "gentle", "costly", "fury", "fierce", "dreadful", "quarter'ed", "war", "choked", "spirit","ranging", "revenge", "hot", "'Havoc'", and "groaning".
ReplyDeleteThe overall effect is this sense of slightly tamed but visible rage within the character's lines.
In the recording the words that were emphasized were:"piece", "meek", "gentle", "butchers","noblest", "tide","times","Woe", "prophesy", "tongue", "curse","ranging", "monarch's", "'Havoc'", "deed", "smell", and "earth".
The overall effect of these words gives the recording a sense of explosive power that surges out of the voice of Brando's Anthony.
I predicted that this scene might be shot in the Capitol with Anthony standing solemnly over the body of Caesar, with a mixture of sadness and anger in his voice, and yet also a sense of calm.
The director might have made the scene jump between the body of Caesar and the tall body of Anthony.
On the actual clip from the film:
The total effect of this scene is moving and powerful. Brando causes Antony to demand respect from the audience and the other characters in the play. Here, the director moves the camera out creating a grandiose panorama of the Senate room.
Samuel C.
ReplyDelete1. When Antony first speaks, his tone is solemn. The words that are emphasized in this tone are “bleeding piece of earth”, “meek”, “gentle”, “woe”and “costly blood”. Then, Antony seems to become infuriated and speaks of the curse that will happen because of “Caesar’s spirit, ranging for revenge”. The words that are emphasized here are “curse”, “Domestic fury”, “cumber”, “blood and destruction”, “hot from hell”, “havoc”, “dogs of war”, and “groaning for burial”. These words give an effect of fury in Antony’s monologue. These words help to make the meaning of Antony’s words more emotional in the reaction of Caesar’s death.
2. While listening to the monologue, Marlon Brando emphasized the words “meek”, “woe”, “costly blood”, “tongue”, “curse”, “blood”, “destruction”, “smile”, “choked”, “ranging for revenge”, “hot from hell”, “havoc” and “slip”. At first, these words described the rush of somber emotions running through Antony’s body as he saw Caesar’s dead body lying on the floor. Then, these words transformed into describing the anger and resentment that Antony felt towards the conspirators, and how they will feel the wrath of what will come since they killed Caesar.
3. While Brando is speaking, he might get down his knees and try to comfort Caesar’s dead body. Then, as the tone shifts and Brando becomes infuriated, he might slowly rise up until the point that he shouts havoc, in which he will jump in the air with desperation, and then disappear into the shadows with a scheme plotted in the depths of his mind.
4. The total effect shows Antony’s anger about the death of Julius Caesar. The crowd seems to have no interest in Caesar’s dead and rotting body and neither does anybody else, leaving Antony alone with Caesar. The camera gives a full body view of Antony to show his sorrow on his crouching position, and then slowly closes up in his face to show the fire in Antony’s eyes. He then walks into the crowd to knock some sense into them.
According to my interpretation, the words that showed emphasis are: bleeding, noblest, blood, dumb, curse, fury, fierce, blood (repeats), destruction, dreadful, war, choked, revenge, hot, hell, war (repeated), and groaning.
ReplyDeleteThe overall effect of my interpretation is how Antony shows his devastation toward the death of Caesar. He also shows anger and hatred towards Caesar's killers.
According to the listening selection, the words that showed emphasis are: meek, gentle, butchers, noblest, lived, woe, prophesy, tongue, curse, fierce, blood, smile, hell, havoc, and war.
The overall effect on the listening selection was a bit similar to my interpretation. Similarly, it expressed the sorrow of Antony towards Caesar's death, and I observed the emphasis which showed Antony's extreme anger towards the killers of Caesar.
My predictions include that Brando is expressing his sorrow over the corpse of Caesar, crying in tears of sadness because of his intense devestation, but also tears of anger, due to his anger towards Caesar's killers. In addition, I predict his face turning red, with his eyes turning puffy, and perhaps some steam exploding from his ears? Brando may also be doing many hand gestures, which may better ELEVATE our understanding of his emotions, should we see it visually. The director may portray this scene as being powerful, both emotionally and physically.
The overall effect of the video selection was very intense! I actually saw him use hand gestures, especially when he touches Caesar. Usually, one touches a dead person only if he/she has deep feelings for the dead individual. What seemed a little strange was that he actually try 'speaking' to Caesar, almost as if he was alive. This showed me that Caesar may be dead in the real world, but he always remains alive in Brando's heart. I also saw him clench his fist in the air, "ranging for revenge." In conclusion, the total effect was very powerful; it was emotional for Brando, and it was definitely emotional to me.
1) On the printed soliloquy, I highlighted words that I interpreted to be emphasized by Antony. Some words that I interpreted to be emphasized are: “bleeding piece of earth”, “…butchers!”, “… that shed this costly blood!” The overall effect of this emphasis creates a sense of anger, and tension. It allows me to peer into Mark Antony’s emotions, at certain points, it seems as if he scolds, or commands, while at other points, it seems as if he is angry, or sad.
ReplyDelete2) The long silence gives the reader a sense of suspense. However, when Mark Antony starts speaking, it is sort of expected and not startling because of the sound of footsteps (assumedly Antony entering the scene). The emphasized words are: “bleeding… butchers…noblest… woe… costly blood… curse… civil strife… blood and destruction… cry havoc “.The overall effect of this emphasis is that it allowed us to experience the pure anger and fury of Antony when he talks about what has been done to Caesar. The emphasis makes Antony seem very angry.
3) During the film, I think that Brando will stare at Caesars corpse at certain times, or clench is fists and wave them at the sky to show how mad he is. The director will probably capture this scene by showing many close-ups of Antony’s face and Caesars corpse.
4) The overall effect of Brando’s performance, the stage, and the camera choices, is that it made me feel Antony’s hate toward the conspirators. Brando’s tone made me hate the conspirators as well. The camera choices and the way the stage was set up made me feel very sympathetic toward Antony because of all the drama put into this scene. Looking down on Caesar body on the floor allowed me to feel Antony’s pain. Also, the camera choices were great, as it allowed me to see clearly the dramatic steps Antony takes toward Caesars corpse.
1.I highlighted the words that should emphasis in order to demonstrate strong emotions. The words were “…bleeding piece of earth…”, “… butchers!” “…costly blood!” “…fury… fierce civil strife…” “… all the parts of Italy” “Blood and destruction”, “… hands of war”, “…ranging for revenge”, “hot from hell”, and “Havoc”.
ReplyDeleteMost of the highlighted words guide the listeners to vision death or bring forth deep emotions. The overall effect of the speech is to stirred emotions of the listeners. Encourages the public to recognize Caesar as a great leader, who’s death should not be forgotten.
2.The words Antony emphasized were, “… butchers!” “…noblest…” “That ever lived…” “A curse…” “…fierce…” “blood…destruction…” “…dreadful objects…” “…smile…” “…choked…” “… ranging for revenge…” “…hot from hell…” “…Havoc…”
Effect: allows the listener to have those words stand out in their mind. The emotions are evoked. And Antony’s feeling can be understood clearly. It paints clear pictures.
3.I could imagine Antony pointing at Caesar to evoke emotion for this dead man. If there is a stage, he might pound his hand on the table. There might be some eye contact with the audience when saying the “butchers.” Antony might also show fury in his eyes by glaring during some parts of the speech.
The director will make sure that Antony stands out. The director will show Brando’s solemn face and dead Caesar. The slow movements of Antony dragging his foot onto the stage might be recorded. The camera would catch Antony’s glances at Caesar. Antony’s face and body posture might be zoomed up on.
4.Antony’s words are strong and they stand out more because his tone matches with his actions. Antony makes his hand into a tight fist showing anger. He stares at Caesar body, and seems to be talking to Caesar’s body at the beginning. During the duration of the film the camera was focused mostly on Antony and Caesar’s dead body at the foot of Pompey’s statue.
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Delete1.I highlighted the words that should emphasis in order to demonstrate strong emotions. The words were “…bleeding piece of earth…”, “… butchers!” “…costly blood!” “…fury… fierce civil strife…” “… all the parts of Italy” “Blood and destruction”, “… hands of war”, “…ranging for revenge”, “hot from hell”, and “Havoc”.
Most of the highlighted words guide the listeners to vision death or bring forth deep emotions. The overall effect of the speech is to stirred emotions of the listeners. Encourages the public to recognize Caesar as a great leader, who’s death should not be forgotten. As a reader these words impacted me strongly. It enabled me to feel Antony anger towards the conspirators who killed Caesar. There were many tone shifts evident in the soliloquy. Antony seemed to begin his words, filled with sorrow because he refers to the earth as a “…bleeding piece of earth…”. But, as the speech progresses so, does Antony’s tone shifts. Around line 20 Antony seems vengeful and raged because the conspirators killed Caesar. It seems like Antony is almost hopping for Caesar to come from the dead and kill the conspirators. Antony’s true anger is felt when says “…let slip the dogs of war.”
2.The words Antony emphasized were, “… butchers!” “…noblest…” “That ever lived…” “A curse…” “…fierce…” “blood…destruction…” “…dreadful objects…” “…smile…” “…choked…” “… ranging for revenge…” “…hot from hell…” “…Havoc…”
Brando also shifts in tone and actions. While kneeling near Caesar’s dead body he speaks softly and very calmly. And again near the ending he is furious and his eyes are filled with wrath.
Effect: allows the listener to have those words stand out in their mind. The emotions are evoked. And Antony’s feeling can be understood clearly. It paints a clearer picture of what Antony is trying to portray.
3. I could imagine Antony pointing at Caesar to evoke emotion for this dead man. If there is a stage, he might pound his hand on the table. There might be some eye contact with the audience when saying the “butchers.” Antony might also show fury in his eyes by glaring during some parts of the speech.
The director will make sure that Antony stands out. The director will show Brando’s solemn face and dead Caesar. The slow movements of Antony dragging his foot onto the stage might be recorded. The camera would catch Antony’s glances at Caesar. Antony’s face and body posture might be zoomed up on.
4. Antony’s words are strong and they stand out more because his tone matches with his actions. Antony makes his hand into a tight fist showing anger. He stares at Caesar body, and seems to be talking to Caesar’s body at the beginning. During the duration of the film the camera was focused mostly on Antony and Caesar’s dead body at the foot of Pompey’s statue.
1. I think that Antony's tone was angry at first. The word i emphasized were : "thou bleeding piece of earth", "meek and gentle with these butchers", "ruins of the noblest man", "shed this costly blood", "like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips", "A curse", "Domestic fury", "Blood and destruction", "That mothers shall but smile ", "hands of war", "ranging for revenge", " hot from hell", "confines with a monarch's voice", "Cry 'Havoc, ' and let slip the dogs of war", "carrion men, groaning for burial". These words show Antony's emotions about Caesar's death.
ReplyDelete2.In the monologue, the word emphasized were “woe”, “tongue”, “curse”, “destruction”, “havoc”, and “slip”. The words emphasized showed the angry tone of Antony, then it shifted to a somber tone.
3.I think that Brando will emphasize words that express anger throughout the film, and the director will capture the scene by shooting it while Brando is standing still and while the camera is still.
4.The effect is shows Antony's anger about Caesar's death. Brando's performance has the same effect. The director's effect showed how it looked during the scenes after Caesar died.
1)In the soliloquy, my interpretation of Antony was that he began the dialogue with a mournful and sorrowful tone. Words that were emphasized that gives this tone are meek, gentle, butchers, noblest man, fury and fierce. As the dialogue continues it shows the shift in Antony’s tone, changing from mournful and sorrowful to an angry and raging Antony. This could be emphasized words such as hands of war, ranging for revenge, Havoc, and dogs of war.
ReplyDelete2)Words that Marlon Brando emphasized were: butchers, lived, woe, curse, limbs of men, dreadful objects, choked, ranging for revenge, hot from hell, and Havoc. The overall effect of emphasizing these words gave the audience a clear concept of how Antony was feeling. Toward the end of the dialogue he used a louder and commanding tone to show the fury Antony had.
3)I predict that Brando will also emphasize some words within his speaking to give off the tone of Antony’s anger and rage. He also may use a range of body movements and hand gestures to emphasize his point more. He may also use facial expressions in which the director will capture the scene by having the camera man close up toward Brando’s face which will clearly show Brando’s anger.
4)The total effect of Brando’s performance was done well for he used hang gestures and to emphasize the mood/tone. Such as when he touches Caesar’s corpse and when he talks to him as if he was still with him. Brando also would express his emotions through his facial expressions in which Mankiewiscz had angled the camera toward Brando giving a more dramatic effect of Brando’s mood/tone.
1) While reading this soliloquy, I realized several shifts in tone which included tones of darkness, fury, revenge, and those of affection and remorse. In my interpretation words such as “bleeding piece of earth,” “butcher,” “blood,” “curse,” “domestic fury,” “hands of war,” “ranging for revenge,” “Havoc,” “dogs of war,” “carrion men,” and “groaning for burial” reflect the dark, wicked, and revengeful tone of this soliloquy. Words such as “meek,” “gentle,” “dumb mouths,” “that ever lived in the tide of times,” and “over thy wounds” reflect tones of affection and remorse. The overall effect of the emphasis grabs the listener’s attention, and evokes emotion. The listener feels closer to Anthony because for the first time Anthony reveals his plans, wants, and desires. The emphasis in a way forms an emotional bond between Anthony and the listener.
ReplyDelete2) Words that are emphasized in the audio are “butchers,” “meek,” “noblest,” “tide,” “woe,” “curse,” “fury,” “civil,” “smile,” “hell,” “fierce,” “dreadful objects,” “confines” and “Havoc.” Also you hear a change in volume in Brando’s voice. For example in line 3 - 4, Brando uses a soft, comber tone while in lines 8-20 Brando uses a louder, commanding, powerful voice thats reflects his plans of revenge. Th audio truly embraces Anthony’s fury and its impact causes the listener to connect with Anthony, although inflicts fear into the lister as Anthony focuses on revenge and words pertaining to murder, cold blood, and fury.
3) I predict that Brando’s body language would drastically change from the beginning to the end of this scene. In the beginning, Brando might kneel down by the corpse and have remorse over his eyes. The director would probably focus in on Brando’s face. Then Brando would have tension build up with in and he would get up and begin to walk around the room he is standing in. Brando might throw his hands up in rage and maintain a quick pace.
4)Brando’s performance of the soliloquy was impeccable. I could feel the tension, rage, and any other emotion that Anthony felt in me. I felt more sympathy towards Anthony. I believe the total effect of this performance was to get the audience to be on Anthony’s side, and support Anthony rather then the conspirators. Also, Mankiewicz's choices with the camera were well thought-out and complimented Brando’s body positions and facial expressions. In my opinion, the part where Brando screams "Havoc" was most captivating.
1) In the soliloquy, I underlined the words emphasized in purple. The words I underlined were "piece", "man", "lived", shed", "wounds", "dumb mouths", "lips", "voice and utterance", "A curse shall light upon the limns of men...", "hands of war" and many other words. The shifts in tone that were marked were mainly a shift of sorrow to anger and disgust.
ReplyDeleteThe overall effect of this was that it made the dialogue more realistic i my mind. It was not just words on a piece of paper because it came to life in my mind. The change in Antony's tone and his emphasis on some words made him seem like a great orator who knows when to emphasize some words to mark his tone of choice. For example, I imagine him putting emphasis on the words "Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the dogs of war..." to emphasize his anger.
2) In Marlo Brando's performance, he emphasized the words "piece", "...meek and gentle with these butchers!", "noblest man", "Woe...shed this costly blood!", "prophesy", "dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips", "voice and utterance", "A curse shall light upon the limbs of men...", "Domestic fury..." up to "...custom of fell deeds", and "Cry 'Havoc', ad let slip the dogs of war...".
The overall effect of this recording of Marlo Brando's performance was that you could hear Mark Antony's anger from his words and you could only imagine what his actions are. His performance was loud and full of dark emotions like disgust and anger towards the conspirators while sorrow to Caesar's body. When he yells out the word 'Havoc', I nearly jumped out of my couch because I was so shocked at what Brando did. Brando also rushed through some lines to show his disgust and anger.
3) I believe Brando will pace next to Caesar's body as the camera follows him at the beginning of the scene. "Woe to the hand..."- Brando will look at his hands. The camera mainly focuses on Brando not the body because Brando is the one that is speaking. I believe when certain lines are said, Brando will have his arms spread out or will clench his fists in fury. Brando might also look at the sky when he clenches his fist. When Brando yells out 'Havoc', he will clench his fists in the air. The camera should capture that image well.
4) The stage only consists of the base of Pompey’s statue, Antony, and Caesar’s body lying next to Pompey’s statue. The stage is very bare so the audience is more focused on Antony rather than the scene. Mankiewicz's choice with the camera is to focus more on Antony. This is depicted when Antony kneels next to Caesar’s body and the camera only shows part of Caesar’s body while it has Antony in the center. When Brando is about to scream ‘Havoc’, the camera moves away from him and it, in a way, shows the power of Brando’s performance. When Brando yells out that word, the audience is immediately captivated by him. Before Brando says anything, he paces to Caesar’s body slowly and kneels next to his body. “Woe to the hand…”- Brando looks at his hands and clenches it. He also slowly shakes his head as if he was disapproving an action. When Brando rises, he is full of anger and rushes through his lines which soon lead to the yelling of the word “Havoc”. The camera also zooms out so the entire stage is seen.
When performing this soliloquy in my head, I noticed that Antony seems to bes insecure, and unsure of himself. He has alot of conflicting feelings, that changes the tone as the soliloquy progresses. Words I emphasized were: me, I, ruins,ever, this, thy, I, beg, my, fury, fierce, blood, and destruction.
ReplyDeleteThe overall effect, leads you to believe that Antony is unsure, yet, determined to make whoever/ whomever killed Caesar, pay. His town shifts from numb, and grieving, to this angry, deceitful, and conniving tone.
When listening to Marlon Brando's performance, more emotion is evoked. You really hear his anger, and fury which makes you feel for him, and the situation he is in. When reading it alone, you can sense the angry, and furious point in the soliloquy, but aren't let on to what EXTENT it the anger is.
Brando was angry. He was probably shaking, and ready to go on with some impulsive actions. He's lost a close friend, and uncle, so you can imagine the hurt, anger, and conflicted feelings that are all going on at once. In this scene, the director would probably have Antony stone-faced mad. He'd most likely, have Antony knocking over things, trying to find anyway to get rid of his hurt. Searching for ways to punish the people who had killed Caesar.
The short film, allows you to visualize, and physically see the emotions being depicted in the audio. Antony, is kind of loosing control. You can physically see him talking to Caesar's corpse. It kind of gives you another perspective of Antony, and an insight to just how angry he was.
1- Antony has alot of conflicting feelings, such as: anger, hurt, vengeance, unsure, determination, and hope. Hope for justice to be brought to order.
Delete2-When listening to Marlo Brando's performance, more emotion is evoked. Just reading soliloquy, allows you to feel Antony's grief, pain, hurt, maybe even anger. However, watching the film gives you this different perspective of Antony. He goes from somewhat calm, and a hurt close friend, to this harsh, mean, and angry man who will do anything to seek the justice, Caesar so well deserves. This film, really let's you see to what degree Antony is willing to go.
3- He was probably shaking, from his anger with the conspirators who had commit this horrid offense, against his friend. His impulsive reactions, could have lead to a lash out at the awaiting crowd, or the immediate urge to pronounce death among the conspirators.
4- Physically see the emotions being depicted by the audio. The feelings of grief, hurt, anger, fury, and determination for justice to be served is clearly seen in the film.
1) When I read the soliloquy, Anthony sounded mournful while angry at the same time for what Brutus and his conspirators had done to Caesar. A very prominent and swift shift of tone is quickly noticed upon reading the first and second lines where Anthony sounds sorrowful at first and then angry at the second line. After the second line, the third and fourth line shows a softening in Anthony’s tone because of the praise he is giving Caesar. All the other lines after the fourth line are filled with rage with Anthony cursing what has been done. Overall the whole soliloquy makes Anthony sound angry at the conspirator’s deed. The words that seem to be emphasized are the few words at the end of every line and the adjectives and adverbs to express Anthony’s rage.
ReplyDelete2) After listening to Marlon Brando's performance I can tell that verbs are more prominently stressed rather than the adverbs and adjectives I have predicted. Again, the various emphases on certain words such as “choked”, “raging”, and “smile” shows how enraged Anthony is over the assassination of Caesar.
3) I predict that Brando will be mourning and lying besides Caesar’s corpse while expressing his grief and anger. His grief and anger can be heard in lines 13-19 where he yells out certain words to express his fury over the death of Caesar. He might also yell out towards a group of people because in the audio file they seemed to be very close by.
4) Brando’s gesticulation and movements intensifies the scene’s mood and atmosphere. It almost looks like as if Brando wants revenge or even wants to avenge Caesar. Overall the camera movement combined with Brando’s location throughout the scene seems to elevate his desire for what seems to be revenge.
1)As I read the Soliloquy, I noticed that Antony shifts to a hateful tone at the ed from a melancholy one at the beginning. The words I thought Antony emphasized were: bleeding piece of earth, butchers, ever, woe, curse, fury, and cumber. The overall effect is to understand Antony's feelings, his sorrow and hate, from everything that has happened.
ReplyDelete2) Words that Antony emphasized in the audio are: butchers, a curse, domestic fury, noblest men, and choked. The overall effect is to feel Antony's anger as he talks of Caesar's murder and his hate towards the murderers.
3) In this scene, he is full of anger. At first, I think that he is leaning over Caesar's corpse. However, later in the scene, I think he stands up and maybe paces while he says these words of anger. The director might attempt to capture his scene by showing us Antony's body movements.
4) The camera was positioned excellently for this scene. I could see Antony's facial expressions and his body movements as he said his lines. This helped to portray his anger in the situation.
Frishta A.
ReplyDelete1)When I read the soliloquy some words that were emphasized were Butchers, Noblest Man, Costly Blood, Dumb Mouths, Curse, Limbs of Men, Fury, Civil Strife, Blood, Destruction, Hands of War, Groaning, Havoc, Raging for Revenge.
The overall effect that the words had was that it established many different tones throughout the lines of soliloquy, which made it more convincing and more appealing to the audience. The words were more expressed and had emphasis which gave a better vision of what the narrator was typing to implant in our minds. It drew a picture and gave us a sense of realism in Anthony's feelings towards Caesar.
2) The moment I listened to the audio, the first thing I heard was chatter in the background and then it died down in an instance.Anthony begins with a slow tone as he praises Caesar. But in an instance his tone is fast passed when he says "Costly BLOOD," this sounds harsh because the words Costly sounds stern and emphasized. Thens he whispers Domestic Fury which gives me a somber tone almost like shivers running up and down my spine. But suddenly his tone shifts to rage and full of anger as his voice gets louder and louder. The most loudest part or the climax of his monologue is when he screams the word HAVOC. Then the tone again slows down and when he is done speaking the chatter comes back on.
The overall effect now that the audio had was that I could see Anthony's overall shift in tones. This made me almost envision myself part of the story.
3)The film in my opinion will probably be very detailed and be more focused on the words said rather than his movement.I think that Brando will put more emotion into very important parts of his monologue to express Anthony's anger and emotions. The director will probably capture the monologue in different angles because he wants to show the emotions and hand gestures the character is performing.
4) After watching the clip I saw the whole point of different shifts of tone. I thought that the different tones gives us a better view of Anthony's feelings. It shows his mental breakdown how he feels emotionally like a roller coaster starting of slow and then full or rage and anger.
Frishta A.
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In the soliloquy from lines 1 though 8 the tone is mornfuk and sad. From lines 9 to 21 they are enraged and angered. The only main consept I was able to grasph from is was the shift of the tone but it was not as storng because there really is no emphises in anyspecific word, unless we imply the conotations we know of today. However the audio, was more focused on Anthony;s shift in tone. His voice started out smooth and becomae more angered and loud. Especially when he screams ,"Cry, Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war." The audio shows the way Anthony's voice shakes evry time he changes tones or has a shift of emotions such as when he says, "A curse shall light upon the limbsa of men" the emotion and tone is angerered. Then when he says "Domestic fury and fierce civil strife," his tone is somber as he wispers this part. In the video however, Joseph L. Mankiewicz starts of focusing the camera on Caesar's body as Anthony approaches it. Then he zooms in on Anthonys face as he sasy ,"Gentle with these butchers," Anthony looks up toward the door at which he closed. This sybolises that those "Butchers" are still alive and are enjoying themselves in that direction. The when Athony says "Costly Blood" Mankiewics focuses on Anthony's hand as he squishes it into a fist. Showing that he has just become angered and his anger is building up. Whne he screams "Havoc" he lets out all of his emotion and he calmes down.
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ReplyDeleteAfter watching Brando's soliloquy on Antony, I noticed how angry Antony was. The full effect of Brando's performance showed two shades of Antony; a compassionate side and a side of anger.
I saw the angry shade of Antony at the latter part of the soliloquy. In this part of the soliloquy, Antony's anger was highlighted when he started to put emphasis on certain words and also raising the volume at certain points. Especially when he said, "Havoc," he was very loud and seemed very angry. Also, I want to note his anger in the line when he says, "And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, with Ate by his side come hot form hell..." He sped up the line while ascending his voice to show anger.
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It is evident that Antony was compassionate because he seemed to be mourning for Caesar in the movie clip. He was encircling Caesar and spoke slowly which suggests some sadness and compassion. One line that reinforces what I mean is when he said, "O pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,that I am meek and gentle..." While he said these words, he was looking at Caesar and I could see in his face that he was sad (Brando' sgood acting)
1. i marked Shifts in tone around " A curse shall...", "Blood and Destruction..." , "That is Foul.."
ReplyDeleteand i emphasized words such as "bleeding", "costly blood", "upon the limbs of men", and "Blood and destruction". For the shifts in tone i marked where i believe the tone changed from passive to aggressive because of all the speak of death and evil. the words i emphasized painted a very red and dreadful image of murder, death, and revenge.
2. In Brando'd recitation of this part of the play i marked much more shifts in tone because his tone constantly shifted from Low, and menacing, to loud, accusing, harsh, and angry. the more he talks about Caesar's death the more the more angry tone is portrayed. he also emphasizes words and phrases that are evil in a sense, such as "hot from hell". this helps to portray Brando's character Antony's dislike and loathing towards the conspirators.
3. . I predict that Brando will not use to much movement. However for the little action he does to their will me tension in the movements, due to the sound of his voice. I believe his actions will be done slowly too, because he speaks in a very slow, steady, and loud voice. I think the director will most likely use a series of wide, medium and close up. In addition I think he will use shots to emphasize Caesars death from his point of view.
4. The way Brando performs in the clip, has the effect of making you emphasize with his anger and hatred felt towards the conspirators. My prediction was right about the frames used y the director, but I didn’t think he would use so much movement with the camera. There was a lot of zooming in to catch Brando’s expressions.