Tuesday, 18 December 2012

How might elements of porduction affect the audiences interpretation of scene and character in A2S4?

To start with the first thing that affects the audience are the actors and characters. All of the characters are played by male actors. This does get slightly confusing when male actors play female characters who are pretending to be men. This could create confusion for the audience as well as it being somewhat humourous. The all male character also allows the actors to mock the females by using whit creating more humour for the audience.

In version one of 'As You Like It' with Helen Mirren the audience doesn't feel very convinced about the storyline, this is because it feels as if the actors are just reciting their lines with no emotion. This would mean that the audience would become more disconnected from the storyline because it isnt believable or acted out as you would think the play should be.

I think that this is in contrast to the second version of 'As you like it'. The actors in this version are a lot more connected with their lines, showing more emotion where neccesary. This interacts to the audience because they know when to laugh or sigh ect, which means they can be involved with how the play is meant to be expressed. 

The setting in the 2nd version is also a lot better because the Forest of Arden looks beautiful and naturalistic, which is how it is meant to be portrayed as a way to show how the characters of As you like it would want to go to the Forest of Arden and enjoy it there. Unlike the Helen Mirren version which resembles more of a weedy park than a beautiful forest. 

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Christina Rosetti's Goblin Market- A childrens poem?

we know that Goblin Market was made as a childrens poem. there has been a lot of speculaiton on wether the poem was appropriate for children. from reading the poem I found that some of the contect of the peom bordered on being interpreted in a sexual way.
the peom is about Goblin men who own fruit stalls and try to get women.. preferably 'innocent' women to purchase their fruit. There is a reluctancy from the women to purchase their fruit. This is because the goblins were bad.
Rossetti could have chosen to publish the poem as a childrens peom because they would only see the black and white picture of the women not going near the goblin men because they are bad people. As older teens and adults we are more likely to look into the poem and analyse it.
The other reason why it could be classed as a childrens poem is beacause Goblins are a fictional character, children would be able to relate to the poem and be interested in reading it.