Ahmed's+Macbeth+Outline

Introduction Original- 1971- Japanese Modern-
 * Shakespeare's play- Descriptions to describe. (Hard to do many things without the props.)
 * As the movies get more and more modern- the use of special effects and props that were available during that time periods can be seen.
 * Darkness shown in forms of- mist, sky changing color, clothes of the young witches in 2006 version, description.
 * Superstition- witches, single Asian soul, and 3 school girls appearing in front of Macbeth and foreshadowing. In all cases the predictions come true.
 * Weather- is shown in all movies as rain or mist- play used descriptions.
 * The audiences can't really see all the murder scenes and the darkness because its hard to show all those when on a small stage. So like in Scene one the Sergeant describes what happened in the e battle without really acting it out. They also don't show some of the killing like that of Duncan, but have Macbeth come onto stage with blood stains in hands make it look like he committed the murder.
 * This was the version that was probably intended by Shakespeare if he were present in the 20th Century. The location was in and around Scotland and England, as said in the play looks more original because the audiences can see the outside. Same dialogues used, added a few more scenes to the more for the audience, but wasn't overdone.
 * This version was in Japanese and the subtitles were exactly to the script of the original. But this version took the main parts of the plot and mixed it up with a bit of the local culture to suit audiences mostly in the region where it was made. This version showed blood, weather, and superstition quite well. There weren't three witches, but instead and old Japanese soul that foreshadows. There were also a lot of mist to show when bad things happen. The best part in this movie was probably, when the wood comes to the castle. It look really realistic even though it was a camouflage of the soldiers. The death of Miki was different from both the other versions.
 * This version had most of the dialogues from the original, the plot was similar. It had quite a few differences like how Macbeth dies, what sort of a person Lady Macbeth was, like only Macbeth hearing the future when in the original both Macbeth and Banquo do, and witches being young school girls wearing dark-colored clothes amongst other. This version also had a lot of special effects to match the time period it was taken during. The worst part of this film was the forest coming to Macbeth's house, unlike in the previous version when its was used to camouflage in this version it was just there to match the original.

Most Successful-
 * I thought the 1971 version was the best because as i said, that would have been how the play would have been portrayed had it been written, and acted during the 20th century. Even though the movie had a few flaws, it had lesser flaws than any of the other three version, and made the point it was supposed to make.