Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Here are some decidedly shaky clips of some of the older film versions. They might give you some idea of the different design concepts that directors have had over the years.

As you watch, you can think about how you would direct a film version.


Puck's closing speech, re-interpreted:



Act II, sc 1; Puck, Oberon and Titania


Compare with this version (it cuts, suddenly, to the closing scene):



Titania wakes to Bottom:



The 1935 movie; dream sequence before Oberon lifts the spell on Titania:

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