Alejandra Flores

There where many differences and similarities between the first film version of Macbeth starring Ian McKellen and Judy Dench, and the more modern film version starring Sam Worthington and Victoria Hill. One of the many similarities was the plot. The characters in both of the films had the same plot. The plot contained the mood and dialogue. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's purpose was to make him the guy that is on top of everyone else and rules every single person, the king, the boss. They all had the same mood, which was ambition and did everything it took to accomplish what they wanted, but was all temporary. The characters spoke the same language and spoke the same things in both of the films.

The differences in these two films were the setting, costumes, and most importantly the camera angles. The setting in the second film was modern compared to the first film. It contained music but most of all it had action. The first film, or play, had a black background and they had access to limited things because it was a drama so we had to use our imagination for most of the parts. Costumes was also a big difference. In the first film they used repeated close most of the time and only wore dark colors to match with the background and also so that the character could stand out in front of the audience. In the modern movie, the actors used different fancy clothing for different scenes to make it neat and more attractive. The camera angles in the play were simple, had the object centered, and had almost no movement at all. In the second film, the camera angles made the film more enthusiastic. The camera moved along with the music and made its focus on the main object. It had zoom in and zoom out with different angle measurements, which showed the action parts more exciting to the audience. In my opinion, I liked the second film better than the first one since the scenery made a huge difference between both of them.