Enter Ophelia

ENGL 276 (Shakespeare On Film) midterm project.
Music: "Ophelia" Natalie Merchant

Seriously though, how lucky did I get being assigned a vid for Shakespeare on Film? (The text frames were required, not my doing. Apologies in advance for the cheese factor.)

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[epiphanie]

May I ask which movies were used for this video?

[ophelian]

Sure, this is all from the BBC's "Gormenghast" miniseries.

[DaBunne]

....wiping a tear.... :')

[hiswhitesky]

Genius! I love how you switched the original clip from Fuschia watching Steerpike swim towards her, to the clip of him on the horse. beautiful editing.:)

[pu3nadira]

wish i could read gormenghast....

[DTmcgill]

Loved it!!!

Amazing job!:)

[Spike1885]

this isnt cheesey, it actually helps me understand this.

[xEngulfingDarknessxx]

Actually there aren't all that many similarities between Fuschia and Ophelia. The film enhances these similarities. Like Fuschia didn't actually kill herself and Steerpike didn't actually even toutch the twins' skulls. But i love Gormenghast and you video is amazing. I prefer to think of Fuschia as the Lady of Shallot.

[princezitza]

oh thank you!well i looked for the original but it can't be purchased where i come from..=(

[seraphikat]

Wow; I can't imagine reading Gormenghast in translation. I hope whatever you read does justice to the original. Reading Peake is a singular experience; he's very nearly his own genre.

I don't want to ruin the whole story for you, but Steerpike is wearing a mask because he got burned when he was committing a murder in order to become Master of Ritual.

[seraphikat]

Beautifully done! I loved Fuchsia in the book, but I don't like how she's portrayed in the BBC series (though I haven't seen the whole thing). But with your choice of clips combined with the song, I think you capture someone closer to the character Peake imagined. Nice work.