cat tasks a and b

[kourpo]

Part A common assessment task

Line 98 to 149 Act1, scene 1
This scene I thought was a vital one to keep in the movie and in the play for it introduces Romeo and it does it in such a good way. This scene shows Romeos mysterious character well and with the conversation between Lord Montague, Lady Montague and Benvolio discussing him, it show that he wants to be alone and is showing that Romeo has a sense of being tired of his own company. The lighting in this scene is excellent for how it also portrays Romeo as a person who does not want to be seen. When the car pulls up and the camera starts at Romeo’s feet and works up to his face, you can just see his figure in his suit smoking and when the camera reaches his face you can see that the sun is blocking it out. You can tell that it is Romeo but you cannot tell what he looks like and this makes you curious to find out. With the music along side of the scene, when Montague opens the window of the car and you see a figure making out to be Romeo in the sunset with a wide angel shot and him walking away showing his need to be alone. I thought this scene was splendidly made and I would watch it over and over again.

Act 5 scene 3 did not seem like one of the best scenes in Romeo and Juliet. For a film being expected to respect the roots of the play and the modernization in an appropriate fashion this scene did not work out so well. In my opinion it was the worst scene in the play. The lines in the movie miss out many vital lines form the play. Such as Juliet’s last line in the play. The music and the discovery of Juliet being dead are done to slowly and not very well. The filming and the acting were really poor when Romeo takes the poison. It seemed unrealistic when Juliet woke up and she did not even realise what Romeo was doing. The location of this scene is one that you do not believe would seem right while reading the play. There are to many candles and her body looks as if she was buried in a wedding dress. The actors do not portray the tragic conversations in this scene. It seems as if the climax of the scene is calm and suspended. There were a lot of things they could have done to improve this film and for a vital scene like this it should have been a number one concern.

Part B
Friar Lawrence’s Back-story.

Friar Lawrence has been a close friend to hundreds for many years. He has lived in Verona for his entire life and has never chosen to leave it for he and the rest of the people there think that if he were to leave the whole of Verona would crumble. As a boy Friar Lawrence grew up in a wealthy respected family. They were family friends with both the Capulet's and the Montague’s. Yet the feud between these two families still stood ferm. Friar’s parents did not live to see him turn twenty. The young man later becoming a priest and had wondered for many years why these two families have had such an ancient hatred for one another. With all his money, Friar Lawrence built a church were he held services every morning and night. This church has been in Verona for years and is a major asset to the cities peace. It seemed that whenever the Montague’s or the Capulet's went inside this church for forgiveness that they would put their differences aside and respect Friar Lawrence decisions and listen to his pearls of wisdom. Friar Lawrence never found true love either, his dedication and love was for his church and his children of God. However one day during the Christening of Juliet, an earlier fight had happened between some drunken Montague’s and Capulet’s. This fight ended badly for some Montague’s, whom sorted out to take revenge on the Capulet’s in some sort of way. Some Montague’s drove past the church at the time of the Christening and threw a brick through the window of the church. Frightened and horrified Friar Lawrence evacuated everyone until he was alone in the church. He sat there, in the church. Not angry, not upset, but disgusted. For a couple of years Friar Lawrence closed the Church and did a degree in chemistry, while doing this he became and expert in the use of seemingly mystical potions and herbs. After having much time off, Friar Lawrence devoted him self to helping everyone in Verona with any problems. Through out the years he has become very close friends with the off springs of Capulet and Montague. He accepted to secretly marry the two impassioned lovers Romeo and Juliet because he believes that their love might eventually bring peace to Verona and this Feud. Although he has not spoken to Romeo and Juliet since they were married this happy and jolly priest has many tricks up his sleeve to make sure that these two star crossed lovers are together forever.

[DowSey-]

Kourpo, I enjoyed reading your Part B, I thought all the events that occurred in what you said sounded completely natural, and it's easy to believe this could of happened. I thought how you explained the Friar's meddling with potions and what not could of been better. Maybe it was a hobby or something? However well done!

[Nick E]

Not to shabby kourpo i only really read part A as im trying to write my cat part C atm. One thing i do have to point out though is the flow of it. It seems like your just stating issue after issue with the film (in your disliked scene) this would work much better if it had a smoother flow from point to point.