Thursday, March 22, 2012
Previewing the 1953 film (Periods 8&9)
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
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Delete--------------------1. At the beginning of the soliloquy, Antony sounded like he was asking for forgiveness. Then, he sort of becomes angry and desperate with himself in his tone when he said, “That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!” In the next line, Antony seemed as if he was praising Caesar. I noticed how he emphasized the word noblest by using it in repetition. He sounded pitiful after when he said, “Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!” The moment he began giving his prophecy, Antony sounded foreboding in kind of a dark and grave tone. I also noticing how he was degrading the assassins by saying that they were like dumb mouths. I detected the use of the symbol “light” in his line, “A curse shall light upon the limbs of men.” So, I thought that he meant a curse that will “awaken” upon men. Then I also noticed how he emphasized “Blood” and “destruction” strongly and later on, Antony associated many terms with these words. His examples of mothers seeing their infants killed and Caesar’s spirit revenging appeared as if he was using a cruel and harsh tone. Near the end, he said of carrion men, groaning for burial. It made me picture a bloody battlefield with men dying and groaning. His whole soliloquy was far from being calm and it appeared to me that Antony was angry at everyone. His tones were mostly angry. I felt like he was actually real in giving his prophecy.
ReplyDelete-------------2.At first, Antony took a long pause of silence and then slowly began his speech. He sounded like he was silently angry with everything and everyone. Then he quickened up, emphasizing the word noblest and woe by shouting them louder than the other words in his lines. Antony kept quickening in his lines which made him sound like he was desperate to get everything out of his mouth. After the next few lines, he emphasized the words “Blood” and “Destruction” and I was having a moment of epiphany when I remembered, “That was our lesson on blood symbolism!” So… I kept noticing a lot of the terms associated with the word “blood,” that we went over in class. When Antony said how the mothers “smiled,” he was extremely loud which scared the heebie-jeebies out of me. I thought he was good in convincing. He also cried out “Havoc” and repeated the word “Deed” a lot. Most of the words he emphasized were associated with destruction and blood. Overall, I thought the performance was much frightening and shocking than the text that I read.
-------------------3.I think Brando will shake his hands in fury when he will emphasize a word. I also think he’ll raise his fists clenched and yell out loud. Since it’s a soliloquy, I don’t expect him to do a lot of actions with his body. The director will probably capture this scene by focusing on his hands and the reaction in his eyes. That way, people can see how he felt.
-------------------4.I think the effect on the audience was supposed to be frightening but I thought Antony was nearly going mad and insane. At the same time, he also sounded like ….a martyr perhaps. Antony seemed so depressed over Caesar’s death that I nearly felt sorrow until… I realized this was just a performance. Overall, I thought that my prediction was almost right and that Brando as Antony did use hand motions in fury to emphasize his point. The director focused on his face and his hands to capture his emotions. Another thing was that this was my first time seeing the statue of Pompey. Antony’s robes looked Roman and basically all the props were designed like Rome. It was cool, I guess. The props made me feel like I was actually in Rome. Pretty realistic, huh.
I agree that the effect on the audience was supposed to be frightening. We also both agree that Antony was nearly going mad. It's interesting that you thought Antony sounded like a martyr. I guess I can see him as someone who is willing to sacrifice his life for the sake of a cause, which is to avenge Caesar's death.
Delete1.) I also noticed in the lines of the soliloquy, how Antony was degrading the assassins. It made me think that Antony was extremely furious and disgusted with the assassins.
DeleteWhen Antony used the symbol of “light” in the soliloquy, I thought that it was ironic and weird because light is usually associated with good and enlightenment.
When Antony emphasized the words “Blood” and “destruction,” I felt a little frightened because somehow, these words forebode the consequences that will happen later on.
2.) When I listened to the soliloquy, I heard Antony taking a long pause of silence and then slowly beginning his speech. I assumed that Antony was trying to build up the momentum of Caesar’s death and the eagerness of the audience.
3.) That way, the people can view how angry Antony felt at Caesar’s death.
I don’t expect Brando to do a lot of hand movements with his body.
4.) The director focused by zooming in on Antony’s face and hands to capture his anger. Antony’s robes looked ornate and heavy, pretty much like a Roman robe. When I saw the props, I felt like I was actually in Rome. The props looked pretty realistic.
1) In the beginning of the soliloquy, Antony sounded so sad and sorry. He sounded like he wants Caesar to forgive him. The in the next line, he spoke the words more slowly and calm but when he said, “these butchers!” his tone quickly changed quickly changed into an angry tone. Then he said, “Thou” in a loud, but not angry voice as if he wants the corpse of Caesar to give him the full attention. After saying, “Thou” his tone went softer. He also emphasized “noblest man” as if trying to make his opinion sound like a fact. When he said, “Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!” he sounded like he was going to cry and lose himself in grief. After this line, there seems to be silence. But then the moment he started talking about prophesy, he sounded like a scary, dark angry person who can give you chills of the night of the dead with just a look. It’s like he transitioned from a sad, vulnerable person to a total nightmare. To me, when he talks about the speechless wounds (dumb mouths) he is showing his hatred toward the assassins. He seems to be mocking the wounds which in effect mock the assassins. I noticed how Antony uses the symbol “light” not in a good way but he uses the symbol to show how curse will fall upon the bodies of men, which I translated to as death. A also noticed how most of his soliloquy was about destruction, blood, gore, and wars. When he talked about things related to these terms like infants being cut into pieces by hands of war in a harsh, angry, and dark tone he sounded like a madman. Overall, Antony didn’t calm and it appeared to m that Antony was very sad but mostly angry at the world around him. He sounded like a dark villain, giving me these scary, cold chills.
ReplyDelete2) There was a long silence before he began his speech. He was probably looking at Caesar’s corps while there’s feeling of chaos inside him, which he will release in words hence the soliloquy. His voice is low…a voice with no emotions until he emphasized “these butchers” in a disgusted tone. He complimented Caesar in a low voice as if he’s remembering a good memory he had with Caesar while looking at the corpse. From the lines starting with “Woe” and ending with “Italy” he had a low, scary voice. He sounded like he’s struggling and trying to control himself. The he emphasized the words “blood” and “destruction” and his tone shifted to an angry, maniac-like tone which showed me that the most of the words he emphasized later in the soliloquy was related to blood and destruction. When he cried out “Havoc” in such a loud and angry tone, my heart nearly jumped out of chest. Brando really knows how to act. Overall, I think this performance was really scary and shocking and I was surprised that Brando was able to speak almost like the Antony in my head. His performance sounded more realistic than the text. It seemed like as if Antony was raging at me.
3) I think he will stare at Caesar’s body a lot and show a lot of agitated hand gestures. In the beginning, he may show signs of despair in his eyes. There probably won’t be a lot of actions since he’s only talking. The director will probably will focus on Brando’s chilling and angry face and his hands gestures to capture Antony’s emotions.
Delete4) The total effect was scary and frightening. No doubt that the performance was intended to scare the audience. Brando perfectly acted the Antony I had in mind, especially when he acted the madman Antony. I really thought Antony was mental and mad. He also sounded viscous especially when he was describing war. In the beginning, he was lovingly stroking Caesar and speaking in low voice which indicated how much grief Antony has over Caesar’s death. Brando used hand gestures when he was angry to emphasize his point. Brando clearly showed emotions on his face and his eyes were the most intimidating. The director focused the camera on Brando’s face and hand gestures to show the emotions Brando is portraying as Antony to the audience. I expected the statue of Pompey to be bigger. Brando’s and the other actors’ clothes looked Roman and the stage was designed in Roman style, especially with the marble statues that are proportional and realistic. However, I expected the Roman Forum to be much bigger. To me, I think the purpose of this performance is to get the audience on Antony’s side and go against the conspirators. This scene conveys so much emotion and power, even though it is a short scene.
Lol, I agree that Antony was mad and maybe even insane (I might be wrong.) However, it's the same kind of emotions that wins the audience. First time seeing Pompey's statue!!! However, I didnt think the real Roman Forum was that big.
Delete1. In my head, Mark Antony's soliloquy was powerful and strong. I felt that Mark Antony shifted his tone a few times throughout the reading. The first shift in tone that I felt occurred in the second line when he mentions butchers. I feel he said that with resentment, while the previous lines were filled with guilt. I also feel he explodes when saying "Domestic fury and civil strife shall cumber all the parts of Italy," and says it with fury. His shifts in tone go from quite rage to loud fury throughout the rest of the text. When reading this soliloquy, I felt Antony emphasized "butchers" when describing the conspirators, when he says "monarch" to describe Caesar's voice, and when he says 'Havoc' is the third to last line. The overall affect of this is that Antony seems angry, grief-stricken, and full of revenge.
ReplyDelete2. The this actor's interpretation is similar and different to my own interpretation at different instances. His long pause in the beginning really builds suspense for the listeners. I didn't incorporate this pause when interpreting it my own way. Marlon Brando also stressed different words and phrases than I did. He also stressed "butchers" and "Havoc" but I didn't stress many of the other text that he did. He stressed "Woe" in "Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood," "smile" in "That mother shall but smile when the behold their infants quarter'd with the hands of war, "ranging for revenge" and "monarch" which was said before the screaming of the word "Havoc." At first I was surprised by the words he decided to emphasize, but eventually I realized the importance of the words, which I previously didn't fully understand. The overall effect of the shifts in tone of varying angry and word emphasis, Antony was portrayed as a very powerful and furious force, which shouldn't be reckoned with.
3. My predictions about the actions that Brando with do while speaking is that he is going to be facing Caesar at the beginning, but than will face away from Caesar and will be shaking his hands in fury. The director might capture this scene with Caesar crumpled on the floor at the foot of Pompey's statue. Mark Antony will dominate with a loud, booming voice. The room will be beautiful with marble and columns and other aspects of roman architecture.
4.The total effect of Brando's performance, the stage, and Mankiewicz's choices with the camera is a tremendous wave of emotion. With Brando's acting, the stage, and the camera choices, I felt like I was really looking at Mark Antony: the grief-stricken, raging, and strong man that was robbed of a precious friend in ancient Rome. All the factors of this scene complimented each other to create an unforgettable, genuine interpretation.
1) In Mark Antony's soliloquy, he sounds angry in the beginning. He sounds as if he is apologizing for himself over the fact that he was amicable with the men that murdered his friend. When Antony says "Thou art the ruins of the noblest man that ever lived in the tide of times," he would sound incredibly sad and broken. He once again returns to rage with "Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!" He seems to be determined - but still very angry - when he says his prophesy. He sounds grim and almost pleased with the prospect of the horrors that would come to the conspirators. He sounds foreboding when he talks about Caesar's spirit ranging for revenge and letting slip the dogs of war. Then back to determination and rage at the end. Antony seems to put emphasis on words such as "war" or "blood" and "revenge" and words associated with them. The overall effect was of Antony being heartbroken and incredibly angry and ready to extract revenge.
ReplyDelete2) In the MP3, the actor's interpretation is both similar and different to my own. He put a huge amount of emphasis on the word "havoc" which sort of relates back to my assumption that he would be pleased or excited over the prospect of war. At certain points it does sound as though he's having trouble speaking, almost as if he was trying not to cry. He did sound very hurt and filled with grief. His interpretation made it seem very life like and left me thinking he did indeed feel these things.
3) I predict that Brando will maybe kneel before the body and then stand up whilst raging. He also may cry a little bit. The director would capture this scene with Caesar on the floor, just sort of lying there in his own blood, and Antony grieving over him. Pompey's statue should be there.
4) The total effect of Brando's performance, the stage,and Mankiewicz's choices with the camera brings a huge amount of emotions. Brando really brought Antony's soliloquy to life. He seemed to emulate the feelings of grief, rage, betrayal, and the need for revenge. The stage was set up nicely, and the camera choices worked nicely with the acting and stage.
1) I felt that he was strong and bold but also a bit conflicted. Shifts of tone can be seen in "That I was meek and gentle with thee butchers?/Thou art the ruins of the noblest man" and when he moves on to "Shall cumbers all the parts of Italy;/Blood and destruction shall be so in use", making me feel that he felt that the conspirators were cowardice in the beginning of the monologue but towards the end he brings in Caesar into it.
ReplyDelete2) I felt that it was very interesting that the "Dogs of War" had a long prelude of the screaming of civilian, before the actual monologue starts. Gave me a sense of disorder in the setting. With the words alongside, it gave me a different perspective of how he emphasized the word "smile" and "Havac". It gave me that sudden jolt of excitement and startled me a bit of how the two words can mean something.
3) I feel that Brando is weeping when delivering this monologue, set in a crowded place.
Kind of like those romantic comedies when the couple is in Grand Central and they cry out for joy when joining together again, except in this one I he will be alone and will be set in some melancholic background.
4) I felt it was very interesting when camera is more focused on the floor. Makes me think of him as "on his knees."
1) When Antony first begins the soliloquy, he sounds very somber, apologizing to Caesar for being too “meek” and “gentle” with the conspiracy. This helps give me the impression that he is still putting on a show to deceive the conspirators, since he is acknowledging that what he is doing is wrong, in his opinion. He later gets very enraged, prophesying that Rome will go through a period of “fury” and “strife”. This makes Antony sound like he is giving an omen in itself. When I read his prophecy, I get the image of Antony raising his voice loudly and pointing/hand gestures. He also paints a bloody picture of what he thinks will happen, with the carrion men, Ate coming from hell, and infants being killed makes it sound like Antony will take his rage out not only on the conspirators, but on the city of Rome. This whole soliloquy makes Antony sound like what he is portrayed like in the play - a grieving, enraged friend who wants revenge.
ReplyDelete2) In the soliloquy preformed by Brando, he begins by emphasizing “butchers” in the second line. This shows that he has strong feelings against the conspiracy. Brando begins to raise his voice in the “blood and destruction” line, and begins speaking faster when he says “and dreadful objects...” This makes it sound like Brando is working himself into a frenzy. He goes all out when talking about Caesar’s spirit and Ate, making me feel like his words have real meaning to it. He literally screams when saying “Cry ‘Havoc’” - emphasizing that Italy will be in ruins. This performance makes Antony wound like he is furious with rage against the conspiracy and will do whatever it takes to stop them.
3) I think Brando will be mainly looking at Caesar’s body, and where the conspirators left. I also think that in the end lines, when he yells and speeds up his speaking, that he will be standing (if he was sitting) and will be shaking his fists or pointing his finger, to show the emotions that he is portraying.
4) Brando’s total effect was very moving. First he dips his hand into Caesar’s blood, kneels, and speaks directly to the corpse, making it seem like he is talking to the late Caesar. He then looks out to where the conspiracy left as he talks about his prediction for Italy, showing that he will take revenge on them. When he begins to raise his voice, Brando stands up, walks about the chamber, and shakes his fists and extends his arms. This helps show the anger that is supposed to be portrayed by Brando. In sum, Brando gives a very chilling and angry rendition of Anton’s soliloquy.
1- In the beginning of the soliloquy Mark Antony seems frustrated, but then his tone turns into a more sad and depressed tone. The words that were emphasized were "A curse", "... bleeding piece of earth...","Havoc","Hot form hell". The emphasis on these words created the tone and mood of the soliloquy. I could visualize the expression on Mark Antony's face, because of the mood created by the emphasized words.
ReplyDelete2- The words and/or terms that are emphasized are: butchers,blood destruction, havoc, dreadful objects, "ranging for revenge". Most of these words were used to emphasize the fury and the sadness he feels from Caesar's murder. The actor does a really great job in expressing the tone and emphasizing on specific words, which really captures the essence of the scene.
3- My prediction is,Brando will have mood swings while talking about the death of Caesar, he will be furious in one line, and in the next almost crying, like everyone said before,he will be on the floor at the foot of Pompey's statue. The director will probably zoom in on Brado's face and eyes to capture the drama and emotion of the scene. The director will probably catch all the hand gestures done by Brado.
4- The total effect was an excellent scene due to the facial expressions of Brado and his hand gestures.This wouldn't have been done without the director. Mankiewiscz positioned the camera to capture all of Brando's movements and facial expressions, which helped add to the overall success of the scene because of Brando's body language. The director took advantage of the large stage and really created the scene for the actors.
1)There is indeed a shift in tone in Antony’s words in this selection. At first, he sounds angry. It is showed an emphasized by exclamation points and the diction he uses. For example, there is much emphasis put on “Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!” Another example is when Antony talks about the “dumb mouths.” He is mad at himself, and seems to feel bad about it at the same time. This leads to the next tone in the end, when he turns to feeling somewhat depressed. In the end, he starts to sound angry and promising, just like in the beginning but not as much. The overall effect is to show him as angry, depressed, and wanting revenge at the same time. It gives me the impression that he is overcome with emotions, and that these emotions will take the best of him in what is to come.
ReplyDelete2)Many words are being emphasized in his words. He has different interpretations than what I had. For example, words such as dreadful, lived, curse, woe (which is one of the words I had thought had emphasis), smile, ranging, hell, and most importantly, havoc. The overall effect was quite different. For example, I thought the range of tone was angry, to sad, to angry again. This tone however, started calm and sad, then went to angry and filled with emotion, and calmed down again as it progressed.
3)The director will capture the scene by leaving him by himself with Caesar’s dead body. He will be crying in the beginning, then stops. He then starts speaking with tears in his eyes, and yells harder as tears fall down his cheeks. He will then kneel and put his head down as he utters the last words. The conspirators should not be there, the statue of Pompey should be in the background, Caesar should be in front of him with blood everywhere and his clothes ripped from the stabs.
4) The overall effect is once again, quite different. He does not seem sad at all. He seems to have a devious tone, and anger seems to just rage in the middle. This devious tone outshines all others. He also seems to make gestures with his hand as he says the word to put more emphasis on different parts of the speech.
1) There were many shifts of tones in Mark Antony's soliloquy. At the beginning of the soliloquy, he sounds very guilty and upset for being "gentle" with the conspirators. Then his tone shifts to resentment and loathe towards the conspirators when he says, " A curse shall light upon the limbs of men." In addition, when Antony states how Italy will shall be overcome with "domestic fury" and "fierce civil strife, " I imagine his voice being aggressive and strong. In this soliloquy, I think Antony emphasized on the following words: bleeding, butchers, noblest, dreadful, costly blood, curse, fury, revenge, and havoc. The overall affect of Antony' soliloquy is that for the reader to understand Antony's various emotions and his desire to take revenge.
ReplyDelete2) In the performance, Antony starts with a soft and monotone voice. However, his voice shifts to a louder, frustrated, and furious tone. The pause in the beginning shows tension and anticipation of the speech. I noticed Antony places emphasis on the words: butchers, woe, costly, blood, destruction, dreadful, smile, choked, ranging for revenge, hell, and havoc. The overall effect of this performance is to show Antony's rage and fury and portray him as a fierce character.
3)I predict that in the beginning of the performance, Brando will be facing Caesar and walking around Caesar as he speaks. The director would make a dark setting with spotlights on Brando and Caesar to make the performance more threatrical and intense. I imagine Brando's hands in fists and making hand gestures when he raises his voice. When he screams, "Havoc!" he would raise his hands and his voice would echo.
4)The total effect of the entire performance was very intense and convincing. Brando's acting made me think he was truly Mark Antony. His expressions, body language, and tone showed Antony’s rage and mourn. I noticed the camera mainly focused on Antony rather than Caesar who is lying on the floor. The zoom in of Antony made the performance more dramatic and strong. I think the camera choices and stage were perfectly done.
1. When I was reading the soliloquy of Mark Antony, I heard, in my head, him stressing the words “Pardon me”,“Prophesy”,“havoc”, and “groaning”. In my head, his tone of voice went from sarcastic to insulting and his tone of voice was very powerful all the way through. The overall effect is of how Antony presents himself in an arrogant way that makes me irritated.
ReplyDelete2. The words that Antony stressed in the recording were “Meek”, “Butchers”, "cure", and "fierce". His tone shifts, as well as the words that were stressed, were very different from the two other forms. The soliloquy starts off with him having a tone that is sorrowful, then angry, and finally, repressive. It seems that he is trying to mask or hide his true feelings because of the fact that he knew that if he didn't, he would be on a rampage. I think that the overall effect was to make the audience really think about what he was saying. He made it more deep than when I read the soliloquy.
3. I think that Brando will gesture to the sky with his hands. I think that the director will use a mid-body shot and make Brando walk around the stage at times. When he is walking around the stage, he will use a full body shot. At the words in the soliloquy that are being emphasized, or when there are emotions playing across the face that needs to be stressed, there will be a headshot.
4. Watching the video of the speech completely changed my idea of how the speech would take place. But it really puts across to the audience how Antony feels about what happened. Brando’s performance was brilliant and the stage was much larger and brighter than I imagined it to be when I was reading the book. Mankiewicz uses a full body shot all through the entire video but he used slow zoom, which allowed for more of the person’s attention to be focused on what Brando is saying but at the same time, the way that the video was shot put more emphasize on the effect that Antony wants on the audience.
1. The tone seems to be defiant and powerful throughout the soliloquy, until the end, where the tone seems to lower in a more somber mood. Antony seems to emphasize (in my mind) works that end with exclamation points, and over pronouns (thou, thy). The overall effect makes the soliloquy sound stronger and more from the heart; that this is a speech, and the words within it are Antony's true feelings.
ReplyDelete2. After listening to the mp3 of "Dogs of War," I was pleased that my prediction was correct; the actor spoke with a powerful voice, and accented heavily. However, I was surprised by tone, which seemed almost angry, as if Antony was lashing his anger out at anyone who cared to listen. He puts emphasis on butchers, blood (something that I noted from our presentation in class), dreadful objects, and the most emphasized; havoc. These emphasized words show us how deeply unsettled Antony was about the murder.
3. I believe that Brando will make many hand gestures, such as throwing his fist in the air. He will seem very distressed and desperate, and the camera might zoom in for a close-up to immerse the viewer in Antony's unhappiness.
4. As I predicted, Brando used many hand gestures and spoke strongly. However, the addition of physical movement to the clip as a whole gave me a deeper understanding of the scene; the actually emotion that Antony felt. I noticed that Antony also seemed to be calm, then become angry and loud, then calm again. These shifts in tone seem to indicate that Antony is still struggling with the loss of his dead friend.
Also, the close-up at the end of the clip added a touch of suspense, as Antony seemed very grave and troubled.
Delete1) While reading the soliloquy in my head, Anthony had emotions of sadness and rage. He seems to be upset when mentioning Caesar but mad when mentioning the conspirators (or the butchers). Throughout the beginning there seems to be more sadness but later, his anger is sharpened and seems to overflow the sadness. There was emphasis on the words "blood", "butchers", "revenge", and "war." The overall effect is the ability to understand Anthony's emotions and feelings and to be able to accurately portray his tone and audibility.
ReplyDelete2) There were many similarities in Brando's portrayal and in the one I imagined. There was more sadness in the beginning than I imagined. However, soon the anger overflowed the sadness. There was emphasis on the words "dreadful, havoc, blood, and destruction." At points, he is even screaming. The overall effect is, again, a clear portrayal of emotions, tone, and audibility.
3)I believe that during the scene, he will have angry facial expressions and will use hand gestures such as pumping his fist into the air. Also, I believe that the director will portray this scene by using certain camera angles to get a certain effect of the actor's face and by having him speak at different ranges of volume.
4)The total effect was, again, a clear portrayal of emotions and tone. The actor was successful in his role due to his ability to change audibility levels. Also, his facial expressions gave away some meaning. The camera, as I had predicted preferred certain angles to clearly portray tone and emotions. All in all, I believe that this was a successful scene.
1) While reading the soliloquy, i imagined Antony as an angry man who was also sad and I also thought that the exclamation marks emphasized Antony's anger. He uses dark phrases which i thought meant that he was going to try to avenge Caesar.
ReplyDelete2) In the audio I noticed that Antony was sad in the beginning, however his anger was growing steadily and he began screaming at the end. Some words/phrases that i heard that were emphasized were blood, butchers, limbs of men, dreadful, smile, and havoc.
3) I imagined that Antony would shake his fist in the movie to express anger, would speak at different volumes, and his face would probably be looking into the sky as he was talking. Also i would imagine that the director would zoom in and zoom out as the actor spoke.
4) In the movie, Antony shakes his fist, screams, looks into the sky as he screams, and the director helped make this scene stronger by zooming in when the actor was speaking softly. This was a successful scene and this scene portrayed the tones and emotions clearly.
1. In my head, Mark Antony's soliloquy was powerful and strong. I believed that Mark Antony shifted his tone a few times throughout the reading to put more emphasis on different parts. The first shift in tone that I felt occurred in the second line when he mentions butchers which he said with guilt. His other tone was when he said "domestic fury and civil strife shall cumber all the parts of Italy," and says it with fury. Basically throughout then, he sounded very angry. When reading this soliloquy, I felt Antony emphasized "butchers" when describing the conspirators. I also noticed how he emphasized the word "noblest" by using it over and over again in repetition. In the line when he said, “Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!,” he sounded pitiful. When he began his prophecy, I noticed that Antony sounded dark. Overall, Antony's tone seemed angry and wanted revenge.
ReplyDelete2. In the MP3, the actor's interpretation is very different than mine. I believe that the point of his long pause in the beginning really builds suspense for the listeners. When reading, I didn't really see him to the same suspension. Marlon Brando stressed "butchers" and "Havoc" unlike me. Other words he put emphasis to was "ranging for revenge." The overall effect of the shifts in tone of being angry and frustrated is to illustrate Antony as a fierce character.
3. My predictions about the actions is that the actor would emphasis on the whole angry tone and have an angry facial expression and acting all mad such as banging on things. I could imagine him waving his hands in the hair and pointing at things to show that he is portraying.
4. Brando’s total effect was interesting in my opinion. First, he dips his hand into Caesar’s blood, kneels, and speaks directly to the corpse, making it seem like he is talking to Caesar. Then, he shows how he will take revenge on them when he looks to where the conspiracy left. Just like I predicted, he started to shake his fists and extend his arms. This helps put emphasis on how angry he was and how he wanted revenge. The director took advantage and put it to use by emphasizing the tones.
While reading the soliloquy, I imagined Antony as a very angry man. I also thought that he would be crying but he wasn't crying in the part of the film.
ReplyDeleteAs I had predicted, the words that were emphasized were the ones that illustrated mass destruction and terror. He especially emphasized this line, "And Caesar's spirit raging for revenge, with Ate by his side come hot form hell, shall in these confines with a monarch's voice cry 'Havoc'..." This gave me a sense that he was very determined to avenge Caesar which we already know because we read the book.
The total effect was that Antony was a determined man and also that he was a very powerful and influential man because of all the things that he promised to do that only a very powerful, influential, and determined man could really do. After all of the analyzing, I thought the overall performance was spectacular because the words were powerful and the dramatic appropriateness complimented it very well.
In the soliloquy version of “Dogs of War” Antony seems to be sad at the beginning of his monologue but by the end of the monologue he seems angry and worried about the good of Rome. The words that are emphasized are the words that bring horror such as “butchers”, “curse”, “ blood and destructions”, “ hands of war”, and “Havoc”. The effect is to show Antony’s true feelings of Julius Caesar’s murder. Once he is with the conspirators, he seems to be sad but not mad but once the conspirators leave he expresses his true emotions.
ReplyDeleteIn the mp3 version his tone starts out concerned and then it shifts to sad and angry. The words that are emphasized are the words that have the most importance in the sentence. In the sentence “Shall in these confines with a monarch’s voice Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war,” the words “Havoc” has the most emphasize in the sentence.
Brado’s performance brings the emotions and shows Antony’s true feelings. His physical movements, his voice, and his hand gestures make him reveal his emotions.
1)personally to me, Mark Antony's soliloquy seems almost majestic due to how powerful, strong, and moving it sounded, but in it, it feels like Antony shifts tones a bit, at first he seems serene but then he grows angry (or so it sounds) and he sounds anxious, but overall he just sounded angry, he also puts emphasis on words such as "blood" and "war", so overall it sounded like Mark Antony was hurt and expressing it in his anger
ReplyDelete2)In the MP3 file I was quite pleased to see that my prediction ended up being correct because I was sure that Antony would sound eager for war and he would sound like he was in pain due to his grief.
3)I believe that during the video Brando will use many hand signals to portray his feelings, he will also have shifts in tone, Caesars body will be at the foot of the statue of Pompeii
4)The total effect of Brando's performance and the stage were that it caused a lot of emotions within the audience, I mean it was just really powerful, and the way the stage was set up complemented it and allowed it to be even more effective
I would also like to emphasize how the director of the movie caused certain emotions or feelings towards certain characters just by using different angles or certain background music.
Delete1) In the soliloquy version, I thought Antony first sounded calm and somewhat sad. Then there was a shift in tone when he said, "Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!" In my head, he sounded angry and powerful when he said this. There was another shift in tone when Antony said, "And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge." I thought he sounded very dark and gloomy. I also imagined him emphasizing "costly blood", "butchers", "blood and destruction", "Havoc", and "groaning for burial." The overall effect is to show how he feels about Caesar being murdered.
ReplyDelete2) After listening to the mp3 performance, There were a lot of shifts in tone. In the beginning, Antony sounded quite sad. Then, when he says, "Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!" he lowered his voice, creating a gloomy tone. When he says, "Blood and destruction shall be so in use," you can hear the anger in his voice emerging. During the last two lines, Antony sounded a lot more calmer. The words emphasized were "curse", "blood and destruction", "but smile when they behold", "ranging for revenge", and "Havoc." The overall effect is to show his emotions and how he feels about Caesar's murder and death.
3) While Brando is speaking, he will probably use many hand gestures, such as throwing his hands up in the air to show his anger. Then he will probably hover over Caesar's body to mourn and show his sadness. The director will probably capture this scene by zooming up to Brando's face to show an angry expression. Then the director will zoom out to show Antony hovering over Caesar's body.
4) The total effect was to show Antony's anger. When Brando screams "Havoc," the director zooms out far away to show that Antony's anger fills the whole room. Overall, Mankiewicz did a good job on his choices of the camera to show Antony's anger.
1. In the beginning I feel like Antony had a strong tone to his words and also and the reason that he changed tones throughout the soliloquy was so that he could emphasize certain parts that he found important. Some tones that I heard throughout the whole thing was guilt, and anger. I imagine the tone guilt when he was talking about the butchers and anger in the tenth line. Antony used techniques such as repetition to emphasize things like "noblest" and I also think he put emphasis on the word "butchers" towards the beginning. I think his overall tone was angry.
ReplyDelete2. I think that the actor's interpretation was different than what I expected it to be. The prolonged silence in the end was probably used to build up suspense. I expected there to be more emphasis on words in the beginning but Marlon Brando put a lot of emphasis towards the end when he started raising his voice. He screamed "Havoc" and put emphasis on words like "choked" and "raging for revenge". The overall affect showed Antony's anger.
3. I think that Brando will use a lot of hand gestures and move around a lot. He would probably also try to emphasis the anger in his voice.
4. I liked the overall performance. In the beginning, Brando dipped his hands into Caesar's blood and he also kneeled by the body and basically talked to it. He had used many hand gestures like I thought he would which did help him in the end to put emphasis on certain things that he was saying. The director mostly filmed Brando up close but there were some times, like at the end, when he zoomed out a bit. One thing was that Brando didn't use as much space as I thought he would, he mostly stayed in one spot.
1) In the soliloquy version, Antony seemed very calm and some-what depressed. There was a shift of tone as he said, "Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!" He seemed angry and I felt like he wanted revenge. This tone continued as he said, "ranging for revenge." After reading this line, he sounded dark, and evil, also gloomy. Words that are emphasized are "butchers", "blood", "pity" "Havoc", and "dogs of war." The overall effect is to show how Antony feels about Caesar's assassination.
ReplyDelete2) After listening to the mp3 performance, I felt that there were many shifts in tone. In the beginning, Antony seemed sad, as he said, "Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!" he lowered his voice, creating a gloomy, dark tone and setting up a evil atmosphere. As he said, "Blood and destruction shall be so in use," you can begin to feel the anger in his voice. As the performance came close to the end, he seemed calm. The words emphasized were "curse", "blood and destruction",, "ranging for revenge", and "Havoc." The overall effect was showing his emotion and his hatred against this act of assassinating Caesar.
3) I believe that Brando will use hand gestures to express his emotion. He would also speed up his dialogue and slow it down at times to add emotion and tone. I predict that the director will use a dim or dark room to show the gloomy tone.
4) I liked the overall performance of "Brando's Dog of War." He lay his hands on the corpse's back as he got on his knees, looking over the body and "talked to it." He did use hand gestures, which help express emotions and the space used for the scene seemed relatively small, as he didn't move much during the entire scene.
1. In the beginning Antony sounds very sullen and serious. He gradually gets angrier and wants revenge. The words emphasized were: butchers, blood, beg, curse shall light upon, destruction, pity, choked, revenge, and hell. The overall effect was to show Antony's true feelings on the conspirators.
ReplyDelete2. The tone shifted from very serious to super angry. He just started in a low voice and started shouting. Very angrily. Then he got very serious again. Words emphasized were butchers, limbs of men, fury, blood and destruction, besmile, chocked, revenge, hell, and havoc. It had the effect of showing how angry Antony was.
3. I guess Brando will use hand gestures and walk around toward the audience in the film. The director would make Brando seem important in a massive crowd of people. Maybe the scene will be shot from behind.
4. The total effect was showing how serious and angry Antony was. The director zoomed up on Antony. Brando was very serious and used strong hand gestures like a fist. He also kneeled and touched Caesar's body.
1. In the beginning, Antony seemed very sad and upset with himself that he was "gentle and meek". However, he quickly changes his tone by using words such as "butchers" and "dumb mouths". Antony seems very angry and his tone was shifted throughout the lines. In my head, I could hear Antony emphasizing words such as "butcher", "blood and destruction" and "war". Also, any words related to those would also be emphasized. It was clear that Antony is trying to show us how he feels about Caesar's death, very angry. I see that he uses the word "light" but not in a very positive way. He directs the word "light" to the conspirators saying that a curse shall come upon them for their evil and cruel ways. The overall effect is to show that Antony is very angry and somewhat sad that Caesar has died.
ReplyDelete2. In the MP3, I noticed that Antony had a very long pause before beginning his speech. Perhaps it was because he was remembering the times with Caesar. Or perhaps, it was to manipulate the crowd into taking his side, because he wants them to also feed sadness. Yet again, he could just be showing that he is very sad because of Caesar's death and is very angry that it has happened. The shifts in tone show that Antony is very angry, yet sad. He rushed the words out of his mouth. Maybe people do this when they want to get everything out before they start to cry, so maybe, he didn't want to cry. He had to rush his words out. He put emphasis on different words such as "havoc". This shows that he might be happy for the thought of a war. His voice began very soft and silent when he starts off the speech, as if it is killing him to speak. The overall effect is that it shows his hatred and anger because of the conspirators killing Caesar.
3. I feel that Brando will be speaking with such an angry, yet sad tone. He will be facing Caesar a lot and pointing at Caesar, and also reaching out to crowd. I think reaching out to the crowd will allow the crowd to know that they should grieve along with Antony. I think he will also begin by looking down on Caesar's body, crying on top of him. I think the director will capture the scene by focusing a lot on Antony's facial expressions and his hands, to show how sad and angry he is. I think they should also include a statue of Pompey, since that is where Caesar died.
4. The overall effect made the whole thing seem so real. It captured Antony's exact emotions of insanity, hatred, anger, sadness, and depression. It was able to give the audience, including myself, a sort of feeling inside that makes me grieve for Antony because he has lost a near and dear friend so special to him, and all of Rome. It was great for the director to be able to capture all of these feelings because it made the performance believable and made me actually feel sad that Caesar had to die in such a horrible way. Antony's speech made it believable as well.
1. The overall effect is that Antony seemed to be full of anger that it almost spilled out of him and made him explode. At first, Antony was upset and sad mainly about himself. However, as i read further, Antony started to get mad. I could tell by the words he used like "Butcher" and "dumb".
ReplyDelete2. I felt that the tone shifts started from sad, then serious, then to angry. At first, Antony started at a low voice and was gentle. However, as it progressed, Antony was angry and some of the words emphasized was "butcher" and "blood and destruction"
3. I predict that Brando will move his hands around while speaking and also doing some head motions like looking in some directions or just jerking it back and forth. The director captures this scene by moving and closing up on Brando and mostly his face. Also, they would show Brando's face clearer and in turn causing the emotions to be better interpreted.
4. Overall, the performance went really well. The performance captured Antony's emotions perfectly with his anger and hatred as well as the sadness and depression inside of him.
1. From the soliloquy I think the emphasis put on words like butchers, bleeding, and hell, give me a visual of the scene itself. The words I've mentioned give me a visual of a bloodied scene. These words also give me an idea that Antony is filled with anger, rage and revenge.
ReplyDelete2.The overall effect from the listening gave me an impression that Antony was furious and wanted revenge against the conspirators actions. The words I noticed emphasized were "'Havoc'" and blood and destruction. These words give the impression that Antony is angry and he really can't be swayed to any other position.
3.I predict that in the movie adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Brando will move about, shaking his hands wildly. The director may capture Antony's feelings by closing up on Brando's face or on Caesar's fallen body.
4. The performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar was excellent overall as the director did an excellent job capturing Brando's portrayal of Antony's anger in this part of the play. The body of Caesar was closed up on emphasized the tragedy that had just occurred. The base of Pompey's statue was also a nice touch as it was splattered with blood and this helped give me an idea of the brutality of Caesar's murder.
1. In the beginning of the soliloquy, Antony had a very strong and certain tone. At times, he even sounded sad and depressed. He shifted tones in the soliloquy to emphasize the parts of his dialogue that he thought would show his anger and feelings the most. Some tones that I heard throughout the whole thing were guilt, anger, despair, and betrayal. He used the tone guilt when he was talking about anger and butchers (tenth line). Antony used repetition to emphasize the word noble and he also put emphasis on the word butchers, which was a metaphor for the conspirators. Interestingly, the sentence with the word butchers was one of the only sentences to end in an exclamation mark. This is my analysis of the soliloquy.
ReplyDelete2. After listening to the mp3 performance, I felt that there were many shifts in tone. In the beginning, Antony seemed gloomy, as he yelled, “Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood". He then lowered his voice, creating a depressing, and dim tone and creating an atmosphere of bad aura. As he talks, you can literally feel his voice tremble in anger. As the performance came close to the end, he seemed more composed. This was interesting to me because I would think he would show even more anger and despair in his voice for the finale. The words he emphasized were "curse", "blood and destruction”,” butchers", "Havoc",“Raging for revenge” and “Woe”. The overall effect showed his emotions of anger, despair, hatred, and lust for revenge as he was reflecting on the assassination of Caesar.
3. I think Brando will use many hand gestures and will move around a lot, as he rants his anger. He will probably emphasize the feelings of anger and hatred that he is feeling, and he will probably cry for Caesar.
4. I really enjoyed this performance because it accurately portrayed the vision of this scene that I had while reading Shakespeare’s book. I especially liked how Marlon Brando decided to dip his hands into Caesars blood, and talk to the body. He referred to the body as it was still alive, and talked to it as an equal. During this talk, he used many hang gestures which put a lot of emphasis on certain thing that he was saying, The director decided to film Brandon up close, which I thought really emphasized what he was saying and clearly showed the emotions and looks on his face. Another interesting thing was that Brando barely moved around during his performance, and stayed in one spot. This really brought your attention to him, and didn’t distract the audience.
1) After reading the soliloquy, Antony sounds like he is pleading with someone. I imagine him on his knees, almost as though he is praying. In the beginning, the tone sounds very angry and then shifts to a sad tone. I noticed Antony emphasized buthers and blood which both have to do with killing or dying.
ReplyDelete2) In the beginning of the performance, Antony sounded angry and then towards the end went mad. This reminded me of one of Hitler's speeches. Antony emphasizes butchers, blood, dreadful objects, Caesar's spirit ranging for revenge, and cry "Havoc". The overall effect makes it seem that Antony is angry and is trying to pass it to the rest of the crowd.
3) I predict that Brando will walk to Caesar's corpse and will be whispering to him; just loud enough for everyone to hear. Then he will get up and start screaming, waving his arms, and his face will be red and sweaty with bloodshot eyes.
4) After watching the play, I did not expect Marc Antony to speak with Julius Caesaer privately. I expected him to speak to the crowd. Brado also emphasized the words very well and used hand gestures. When he was whispering, the camera zoomed in. Then, Brado got up and started screaming, the camera zoomed out. These choices with the camera created an effect on the emphasize of the words.
I would like to elaborate why I expected Marc Antony to speak to the crowd. Before I watched the play I knew that Antony was giving a speech on Caesar's death. When someone gives a speech he/she usually addresses it to a group of people. This play caught me by surprise that Marc Antony spoke privately. The choices made by the camera emphasized Antony's speech. This is so because when Antony was whispering the camera zoomed in so the audience would also be drawn in. Then the camera zoomed out when Antony was screaming so the audience would see how angry Antony is, and the audience would be propelled back in their seats by Antony's anger.
Delete1. When I perform the soliloquy in my head, I hear Antony emphasizing the words that have to do with the conspirators and the assassination, such as “bleeding,” “butchers,” “blood,” “limbs of men,” revenge,” “dogs of war,” and “havoc.” I imagined that he had a dark and angry tone. As he mentioned the conspirators it sounded as if he wanted revenge. The overall effect was to show Antony's anger and sorrow, and how he was vengeful.
ReplyDelete2.In Brando's interpretation, in the second line Brando emphasized the word "butchers" to show how strongly he had felt about the conspirators. As he reached the part that says, "Blood and destruction shall be in use," Brando begins to speak more loudly and faster. The effect of that is that it shows how he was angry and upset about the assassination. The word "dreadful," "smile," "choked," "ranging," hot," monarch," and especially "havoc" were emphasized. The overall effect was to show how Antony felt that the conspirators had to pay for their crime.
3. I predict that Brando will be standing still while staring at Caesar in the beginning during the silent part. His facial expressions would be sad until he begins to talk about the conspirators with an angry and serious face. Brando will sway and thrust his hands as he mentions Caesar's death while kneeling to honor him. The director will capture the scene as Brando's close up while having small moments where the camera is focused on Caesar.
4. The total effect of Brando’s speech was dark and intense as he makes serious facial expressions, hand gestures, and moves around the room. He also touched and looked upon Caesar, showing Antony’s close relation to Caesar. Mankiewicz’s focus during the film was on Brando, with none of Caesar’s body. I felt that the director could have gotten a scene with more sorrow if there were small moments where Caesar had been the focus, Antony was talking, and sad music had been played. Besides my divergence, the focus on Brando’s facial expressions and hand gestures suited the play well as it added emotion and drama.
1. While reading the soliloquy I imagined or visualized Antony as angry and with pain. I mark his changes in tone when there is an exclamation point. For example in the second line Anthony seems to be changing and shifting his tone to anger. Certain words that seemed to be emphasize on the words butchers in line two and the word blood in the sixth line. The overall effect of this was that the words seemed to show Antony’s anger and towards whom it was directed at. Also at what he felt pain towards.
ReplyDelete2. The emphasis seems to be on certain words such besmile in the line that says “That mothers shall besmile when they behold”. Another place emphasis on words is shown is when Antony screams/ cries havoc in the line that says “Cry ‘Havoc,’ and let slip the dogs of war. The overall affect of the emphasis is that it shows Antony’s anger towards the conspirators. It also shows what he wants to do or what actions he wants to take out towards them.
3. I predict that Antony will be standing while he is crying or screaming out. I also predict that he will be kneeling and looking at Caesar when he is talking about Caesar. I think the director will capture that by making the camera look up at Antony when he is standing and the camera look down on Caesar’s body and Antony when he is talking towards Caesar’s corpse.
4. The way the camera focused on Antony and Caesar and closed out the outside world made it made it personal to Antony. The camera look up at Antony when he stood but looked down on the body and was at about the same level when Antony was touching Caesar’s corpse. The camera also looked up on Antony when he started to yell or cry and when he began to unleash his anger.