Hurricane Hits England
In the first cluster of shots, the director immediately establishes
the setting by showing the wallpaper and swaying chandelier in the
room. The swaying chandelier is shown for a few seconds, and then the
camera immediately focuses on the swinging swings. The director has
shown the strength of the hurricane by using inanimate objects, moving
without anyone pushing them.
In the background, a narration of the poem by Grace Nichols is heard:
"The howling ship of the wind". This is shown by a ship in a glass
bottle falling, and smashing. Once again, this represents the strength
of the hurricane. Moving on from the close up of the ship in the glass
bottle breaking, the director shows the hurricane's "gathering rage".
This is shown by fast pace shots, from one shot to another, showing
objects around the house breaking, and moving at free will. Tension
begins to build as the hurricane's rage gathers, and builds up a sense
of fear and panic to the viewer.
After showing a series of fast pace shots, the camera shows a close up
of masks, hung up by strings, swinging. "Talk to me Huracan
Talk to me Oya
Talk to me Shango
And Hattie" These are the Caribbean gods, and are being represented by
the masks. The reason the director has chosen to show the gods in this
manner is because the gods are said to have a secret identity.
In the visualisation of the poem, the speaker is shown by a young
mixed race girl, "Tell me why you visit
An English coast?" When this is said, the camera shows the speaker
filling a glass of water, however, the water spills out. This is
representing the English coastal sea being ...
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...e director shows this by
using a high angle, top shot. This makes the viewer seem more superior
to her, and therefore the viewer feels that they are the Caribbean
gods, and the speaker is talking to them.
The speaker wants to ride the "mystery of your storm" and the director
shows this using the speaker to wave her arms around, letting herself
feel free as she is reminded of her homeland.
"Ah, sweet mystery,
Come to break the frozen lake in me,
Shaking the foundations of the very trees within me,
Come to let me know
That the earth is the earth is the earth." At this point, the speaker
lies down on the bed, with a smile on her face. She feels content,
gladdened and relaxed that she knows where she is. We see a close-up
of her face smiling, as once again, her face is illuminated by the
lightening.
First, I will cover the actual weather conditions of that night and how they may have impacted the ship. Some believe th...
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“The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation.
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system, or one making landfall just a few nautical miles further to the north, would have
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As you walk in the front door you find yourself standing in front of a glass
image used is the window. The window represents Mallard’s desire to be free, however she can
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would be a jet boat. If it was possible to see through the hull of a jet boat
Davidson, Frank. "The Tempest: An Interpretation." In The Tempest: A Casebook. Ed. D.J. Palmer. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1968. 225.
Fear has taken a hold of every man aboard this ship, as it should; our luck is as far gone as the winds that led us off course. For nights and days gusts beyond measure have forced us south, yet our vessel beauty, Le Serpent, stays afloat. The souls aboard her, lay at the mercy of this ruthless sea. Chaotic weather has turned the crew from noble seamen searching for glory and riches, to whimpering children. To stay sane I keep the holy trinity close to my heart and the lady on my mind. Desperation comes and goes from the men’s eyes, while the black, blistering clouds fasten above us, as endless as the ocean itself. The sea rocks our wood hull back and forth but has yet to flip her. The rocking forces our bodies to cling to any sturdy or available hinge, nook or rope, anything a man can grasp with a sea soaked hand. The impacts make every step a danger. We all have taken on a ghoulish complexion; the absence of sunlight led the weak souls aboard to fight sleep until sick. Some of us pray for the sun to rise but thunder constantly deafens our cries as it crackles above the mast. We have been out to sea for fifty-five days and we have been in this forsaken storm for the last seventeen.
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