Summary: The Comedy Of Errors

The Comedy of Errors(1983) I viewed the BBC’s production of The Comedy of Errors. The film first began with an opening of red and white, the white being the background and the red reading The Comedy of Errors. Shortly after followed into a scene of people dancing at a distance from the camera. These people were dancing on top of what looked like a world map. I sincerely believe the director, James Cellan Jones, purposely did the dancing from the distance of the camera to slowly invite film viewers in and had the world map intricately painted so audience viewers could see the exact locations of Ephesus and Syracuse. After, the people danced the camera continued to move and zoomed into a closer view of the town and the townsfolk.
As the film started to take off, I once again saw red and white. Many individuals were wearing red masks and white garments. The duke rode on a white horse and was dressed in gold and red. Commoners even wore red masks. Throughout the duration of the film, a man had appeared in a red mask; a mask similar to the devil’s face. A fortune teller, dressed in red had appeared approximately appeared three times in the film, once before Act 1 scene 2 took off and in parts of Act 3 and 4. Sometimes, before and after a scene, a red and white clock tower would appear.
Analyzing the red and white, my notion was

When we accept Christ, there’s a new beginning for us; a cleansing of our sins. Nativity shouldn’t be a terrible concept because we are encouraged to have a child-like faith. White is the goodness of Christ dying for our sins. The red is again adventure and danger. There’s adventure in going out and sharing faith, but for Christians around the world, it can be dangerous because that sharing my result in death. I’m pleased that the film touched upon these colors and as a Christian was able to pick up the meanings of these colors and cultivate them into my Christian