There are many of instances where editing provides viewers with that kind of impact. Macbeth switches back and forth between watching the people chanting for him and a night where he knifed King Duncan to a bloody death in the bed on top of that, Fassbender seems almost sickly already with paranoid guilt, and this makes things all more powerful. The film’s editing was perfectly done in the coronation scene. It is notable that Lady Mcbeth was praying while it was raining outside, which gives the viewers mixed feelings. Further, Kurzel employed parallel montage technique in (00:36:52-00:37:32) to shoot when Macbeth was killing Duncan. Also, Justin Kurzel utilized hand movement to shoot the knife into Duncan\’s body, which made the viewers feel immersive like they were on the scene witnessing Macbeth killing Duncan. In the scene, Killing Duncan (00:36:14-00:00-37:42), Justin Kurzel utilized cut transitions while in the shot (00:36:41-00:36:55) he employed high angle medium close distance to shoot the expression of Macbeth (Boyce, 2015). The scene “killing Duncan” is a key scene in the film Macbeth. This essay will analyze the technical production elements, the themes, and representation of the film “Macbeth” (2015). A brilliant depiction of the play, with excellent acting, beautiful cinematography, and a haunting soundtrack. It's an added-value experience.Macbeth (2015) directed by Justin Kurzel brilliantly describes the tale of a man who is corrupted by his ambition and ultimately comes to his demise by his tragic flaw. "What's done cannot be undone." See the full play in a live theater, somewhere, and then see this movie for its distinctive ambience. Another effective touch, an interesting director's interpretation, is that Lady Macbeth slides over into madness specifically because of her husband's brutal murder of Macduff's family - she was willing to push him into assassination as a career move but didn't bargain for what it led to, which was outright destruction even of women and children and a reign of blood. If they don't have their own children to live for, it maybe makes it easier to understand why they would go ahead and do what they do. One added touch I thought was interesting came very early on where we see the Macbeths burying an infant daughter (who's only referred to obliquely in the play) and then losing a teenage son in battle. The various captains and soldiers with speaking parts are hard to tell from each other, but that's another reason to know the play before going in. David Thewlis (Duncan) and Elizabeth Debicki (Lady Macduff) are also notable, as are the three witches. Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard make a first-rate pair of leads. But this too adds to the atmosphere, as if the actors are standing outside themselves both watching and taking part. Second, most of the dialog is (appropriately enough) in thick Scottish accents but often almost whispered, as if the characters are speaking only to themselves or someone right beside them. I got the feeling that the director Justin Kurzel essentially assumes that his viewers will already know the play and are deliberately looking for a different, postmodern take on it. Otherwise, you might be lost not knowing who's doing what and to whom. Two reasons: first, a lot of the text has been cut (even though the complete play is not that long) and it will help a lot if you already know the plot and characters. I won't worry about giving away spoilers here because this is one of Shakespeare's best-known plays, but if you haven't seen it before, then this is maybe not the best place to start. Life is brutal, violent death is never far away, and the supernatural world is always just offstage. Hardscrabble peasants and soldiers dot the landscape, sometimes strangely motionless, sometimes lining the roads, but always enhancing an air of strangeness. The three Weird Sisters (who look superficially like peasant women but convey a genuinely creepy otherness) stand in fog-shrouded fields as they utter their cryptic warnings and prophecies to Macbeth and lurk in the background off to the side of the battles. That austere and foreboding setting underlies just about every scene. We're placed right into a medieval Scottish countryside with its strikingly beautiful landscapes, lochs, and mountains. This version of one of the greatest plays in the English language is worth seeing for the visuals alone.
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