MACBETH AGENDA ACT 1

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MACBETH AGENDA ACT 1

• Explain 10 Quote Assignment
• Share Shrink Lits
• Watch two different witch scenes and discuss
• Small/large group discussion of Act I
• Begin reading Act II as time allows.

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Video Clip-Another Form of Literacy

• Orson Welles Clip
• Expressionistic
• Camera shots
• Set design
• Lighting
• Voice-Over Dialogue
• Music Sound Effects
• Adaptations

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VIEWING QUESTIONS

1. By showing so many close-up shots at the
   beginning of the clip, what effect does the
   director create for viewers?
2. The basic setting is stark, consisting of craggy
   rocks and barren trees, and seems somehow more
   confined than a realistic landscape. Identify
   another feature of the set design that gives the
   scene its surreal quality.

• 3. Shakespeare begins his play with a
  thunder-and-lighting storm and the sinister
  scheming of otherworldly characters. In the film
  adaptation, how does the director use lighting
  techniques to portray the characters and the
  setting?

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VIEWING QUESTIONS

• 4. When the witches first speak the name of
  Macbeth, there is an abrupt change in the music
  and sound effects. Why do you think the director
  might have made this choice?

• 5. Of the elements in this clip, including camera
  shots, lighting, set design, and sound, which one
  contributes to the mood of this opening scene?
  Explain your choice.

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Orson Welles Opening Scene

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vZ1_I36qHDts
• Viewed in class on video tape

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MACBETH CLIPS

• BBC ANIMATED MACBETH PART 1
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vLC9G_CZVAL8
• Macbeth Rap (and student extra credit)
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vE4cMHnWIR9k

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Macbeth superstition

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vh--HR7PWfp0

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MACBETH AGENDA

1. ACT ONE QUIZ-Clear desks, be ready! Timed-10
   minutes.
2. Take out scheduling form for signature if have
   it.
3. Sign-up for extra credit projects.

• Take out your Shrink Lits Acts 1-3 and staple
  them together.
• Share shrink lits turn in.
• Listen/read selected scenes.
• Form groups and work on discussion agenda.
• Large group sharing