As we begin to watch a film version of the play we’re reading, it is important to understand how we’re supposed to watch the film, and what we’re supposed to be doing. We are used to passive watching, i.e. simply watching the film without too much thought. But we should be active viewers, bringing questions to the film. Explore one or more of these questions. [Example: One question is “How is this film DIFFERENT from the play, and WHY?”] Please don’t repeat ideas here.
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By actively watching the film version of the play we're reading, it is very important to pay attention to little details and put a lot of thought into what we are viewing. Asking ourselves questions throughout the film not only help us to understand it better, but it also helps us appreciate and truly recognize the significance of the play. Some questions that are vital include, "How is this film different from the play? Why?"; "How is this film alike to the play? Why"; "Why do you think so-and-so is reacting this why?"; "What do you think is going on in this character's head?"; "What does this symbolize? Why?"; and many other questions. By answering these questions we know how to analyze the play and the video, and understand even the most complicated of the parts of it.
Being an active viewer is very important becuase if you pay attention to the film and question or compare and contrast to the play, it could help you to further understand what you are reading about. In order to be an active viewer, it is important question the film. An example of a question you can ask could be something along the lines of comparing the settings of the book and play, the characters, or the general storyline. For example, " Were the charatcers, setting, and plot portrayed better in the play or movie, and why" Asking questions like this is important while seeing the flm because it can help you to learn more about the play, or it can keep you on topic and keep your attention.
Asking questions to yourself as the film goes by, can really help you understand what's going on. It also helps you compare how the movie is similair or different to the play. As you watch, many different questions should come to mind. You could ask yourself " How will it end? will there be an event that foreshadows and gives away the ending?" If you ask yourself this question, at the end you will be able to see if you were right in your predictions. You could also ask yourself questions based on the characters perspective. You could say " if i were in this characters situation, what would i do?, or " how are they not reacting differently" to something dramatic. Asking questions during a movie could really help you out in terms of understanding and differentiating between the play.
Some ways the film is different from the play, is that the director fot the film made the appartment a much better living enviroment. The furninture was not as beat up as it was desribed as in the play. Also in the play there was only one window, which was lighting the entire appartment. In the movie there were at least three windows filling the appartment with light. The window were also much bigger than they were described as. Although some similarities were that they had to share the a bathroom with their entire floor, and had to run in there to get there first. Also the family was tight with money. The film also show Walter actually drivng and being a driver. In the play they just tell the reader that he drives a car for someone else.
From experience I know that the book can be completely different from the film. However certain movies can give you a detail sense of what we are reading especially for somewhat confusing books like this one. However despite this you still need to pay attention to the detail of the movie and see if they match up with the story. However asking questions about what you are watching can comfirn the similarities between the two expressions of the story. Examples would be how are they similar? How are they different? How are the characters alike? How are the setting alike? and so on. These questions can help us get a good feeling of the movie compared to the story.
Raisin in the Sun is a play that requires as much or even more attention when watching the play as apposed to reading it. There are many confusing scenes in the film that you would not understand if you were passively watching it. This is because of the language that is used in the play. We are not used to this kind of speech. The film is different than the play because of how much easier it is to get a point across visually as apposed to verbally, or in text. As a result of this, the director of the film has left a lot out that is crucial to the book. We must be active viewers to understand many of the things that go on in The Raisin in the Sun.
I ask "why does this film choose to use different settings?" It is apparent by watching the film version of A Rasin in the Sun that not all of the story is kept within the confines of the home, as the story goes in the book. I think that the producer (or whoever decided where to film the story) wanted a change of place merely because it would be more interesting to watch than just having the entire play in the small house. For example, we see Walter in the bar in the film, a setting never visited in the play. It seems that the makers of the film version wanted to use the setting to change the prerspective of the viewer, and to go deeper into the character's lives. In the book there is mare detail, I think, into Walter's thoughts on his job than there was in the film. This is also why I believe that the film actually shows Walter at his job. It in a necessary change in setting that is probably needed in a film version.
When we watch movies, we often don't put too much thought into what we're watching because we can hear the way someone says something and we automatically know how they intended to say it. For example, if they are being sarcastic, we will know by facial expressions or tone in their voice. When reading a book or a play, it can be interptreted in more than one way depending on the tone of the character's voice when he or she says something. SO when we watch a play or movie, we need to think, 'is this the way the author of the book intended the actor to say this. Because they the tone in which a character says something can give away a lot about them. However, the tone may also trick us in which case we must ask, 'what is the character really thinking?' When watching a movie we still need to ask the same questions we would when we're reading, 'does this foreshadow something?' 'is this important to know'... Whening watching amovie we need to ask ourselves these questions and many more to fully understand the play or movie.
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