Adaptation of Shakespeares: Much Ado About Nothing - Assignment Example

Part 1: Review 150
I loved how the script was able to keep the humorous tone of the story and the depth of screenplay and characterization. I would highly recommend this light-hearted movie to those who love romantic comedies, Shakespeare’s stories, and a strong script.

Part 2: Character Examination 150
Dogberry is the character in the play which is the comic incompetent figure. The character who particularly plays the comic part in typical Shakespeare’s plays is Dogberry, the police constable who is responsible for the happy conclusion as he builds a bridge between comedy and tragedy and restores the social and emotional order. The character has many differences and similarities when it is about the text and the film. In the film, Whedon has adapted the 16th-century play with modern dresses and looks of the characters. Dogberry’s character comes in the film quite later and he is a person with a swaggering persona and wears dark sunglasses, and he sounds smart. The film shows his witty humor and a lack of vocabulary, unlike the play where he is full of humorous sentences. The characters are different as he has modern dressing and props and as similar as they are comical character that leads to a happy conclusion.

Part 3: The Entrapment of Benedick and Beatrice
3A
Act 2 Scene 3 and Act 3 Scene 1 is companion scenes where Benedick and Beatrice’s friends are tricking them to fall in love and make them realize that they are already in love. As the film is different than any other form of art because it is continuously in a visual movement, the quality utilized in these two scenes is supposedly hard to portray. This is because the two scenes comprise various transitions that take place one after another. However, the screenplay and the elements of transition in these two scenes have helped in maintaining the quality and purpose of the scenes. In films, there are many times where scenes can be redone or broken into parts and then being shot, however in a stage production such scenes can be problematic as they tend to be shot in a single chance in front of a live audience where there are no chances of retakes or mistakes.

3B
Whedon portrayed both the scenes very effectively using the techniques of filmmaking including transition, motion, and point of view. The portrayal of the scenes was effective as they were in continuity and transited from one part to another with changing characters and emotions. This is a very hard task as it included many parts but it was to be shown in continuous form. Thus, Act 2 Scene 3 and Act 3 Scene 1 was shot very technically and critically with an in-depth screenplay and visual impact that caught the eye of the audience very well.