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Twelfth Night Comparison Essay
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Twelfth Night is written by William Shakespeare. The play has been transformed into multiple movie versions including a BBC version, Hollywood version and a modern version called She’s The Man. The BBC movie was directed by John Gorrie, Hollywood version was directed by Trevor Nunn and She’s The Man was directed by Andy Fickman. Media techniques, characters, and plot are compared throughout the numerous versions of Twelfth Night show that She’s The Man is the best version for students learning Shakespeare for the first time.
She’s The Man has great sound quality, good use of music, and camera work compared to the other versions. She’s The Man has a great sound throughout the movie; you can hear all voices clearly, neither too loud nor quiet. In the BBC version and the Hollywood Version of Twelfth Night the sound quality is poor, and the voices are very raspy and unclear. Andy Fickman did an excellent job of directing She’s The Man. The camera angles a perfect. She’s The Man has lots of difficult camera angles to execute, multiple sports scenes where the camera needs to follow the play and be focused on the person with the ball. The BBC and Hollywood version have easy camera angles to capture yet; they do not do a great job of capturing the characters emotions and feelings. In the BBC version the camera quality was very poor; John Gorrie didn’t do a great job of having the cameras necessarily in the right areas. The Hollywood version had better media skills with multiple special effects but still did not compare to She’s The Man. After a comparison of the BBC version, Hollywood version and She’s The Man, it is clear that She’s The Man has the best sound quality and camera work.
She’s The Man has by far the best acting and characters in contrast to the other films. She’s The Man has convincing characters that can play the part perfectly. In Twelfth Night twins are confused for each other. In She’s The Man the twin

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