Hamlet: Film Comparison ​ Use this graphic organizer to take notes on how each version uses the elements of film to interpret the source text. Film Elements Franco Zeffirelli [1990] Kenneth Branagh [1996] Michael Almereyda [2000] Sound Elements ● None ● Dramatic music that ● Dramatic music ● Sound effects begins on line 76 throughout the soliloquy ● Music ● TVs with explosions ● Background ● Gunshots outside noise Language Elements ● Soliloquy is transposed ● Minimal pauses ● Omitted “Th’ oppressor’s ● Lines omitted with Ophelia ● Emphasizes “the dread wrong” (79) ● Lines confrontation. of something after ● Accent changes at line 79 emphasized ● Emphasizes “To die, to death” (86), “Ay, there’s ● Changes order of lines sleep” the rub” (73), “pale cast 80-83 ● Lines 79-82 are delivered of thought” (93), and ● Says “were it not” faster than the rest “lose the name of instead of “But that” ● Many pauses throughout action” (96). (86) the soliloquy. Physical Elements ● No props ● Props: knife, mirror ● Character is wearing a ● ● Props Dark clothes that ● Character is wearing a modern, dark suit and a ● Costumes represent the setting of dark suit that is formal winter hat ● Setting the play attire ● Setting: the inside of a ● Setting: dark, in a room ● Setting: formal ballroom Blockbuster video store with tombs Dramatic Elements ● Actor: Mel Gibson ● Actor: Kenneth Branagh ● Actor: Ethan Hawke ● Actor ● Delivery: closes eyes ● Delivery: intense ● Delivery: beginning is a ● Delivery when talks of sleep, ● Mood: voice over then at line 73 ● Mood becomes more agitated ● tone: vengeful he begins speaking. ● Tone at certain points ● Mood: almost nonchalant ● Mood: dark, depressing ● Tone: defiant ● Tone: contemplative Camera Elements ● Minimal lighting ● Bright lighting ● Minimal lighting ● Composition ● Moves from close-ups to ● Camera slowly moves ● Camera follows Hawke ● Lighting him walking then leaning from long shot to a as he walked around the ● Close­ups against a tomb close-up during the video store ● Long shots soliloquy ● Camera moves from ● Transitions behind him to in front of him Grade 12: Hamlet ​ Grade 12: Hamlet ​.