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TWELFTH NIGHT
(Or What You Will)
Online Extra
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Channel Four Television Corporation 2003
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Contents
Introduction
 
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Curriculum relevance
 
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Synopsis
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1. Twelfth Night – read, staged and screened
 
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mportance and function of Sebastian and Antonio; the detailed analysis of a speech using a variety of techniques, including ‘active’ approaches to Shakespeare; evaluating the difference between stage andscreen Shakespeare; analysis of a film scene in detail, examining setting, characterisation and introducingthe difference between shots.
2. Twelfth Night – anticipated
 
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Evaluating the dramatic potential of the play; anticipating screen representations of characters from textualdescription – Olivia; Orsino and Sir Andrew Aguecheek.
3. Anticipating Illyria
 
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Reflecting on the setting of the play and specific ‘spaces’, including Sir Toby’s den; Orsino’s palace andOlivia’s chapel as reflections of the character, status and state of mind.
4. Anticipating key scenes
 
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Identifying key dramatic moments in the play; testing knowledge of plot and narrative; examining therichness of Shakespeare’s language – image and allusion in the Captain’s speech about the wreck in Act IScene 2.
5. Building film grammar – shot types
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Matching shot types to specific moments in Twelfth Night.
6. Building film grammar – point-of-view shots
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Exercises exploring Maria’s view of Sir Toby Belch; Viola’s attitude to Orsino and the conspirators’ attitudeto Malvolio.
7. Building film grammar – camera movement .
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Examining the function of camera movement in conveying meaning in scenes involving Sir AndrewAguecheek and Sir Toby; Malvolio appearing to Olivia in yellow stockings; and several other dramaticmoments.
8. Cutting text and editing film
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Cutting down Viola’s ‘fair behaviour’ speech from Act I Scene 2 and analysing the effect of the excisionsmade for the Channel 4 version of Twelfth Night; examining montage – Viola’s transformation into Cesario.
9. Sound
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Defining the difference between diegetic and non-diegetic sound; sound as a means of enhancing thethemes of the play – time.
10. Feste and his songs
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An examination of the realisation of ‘O Mistress Mine’ from Act II Scene 3.
11. Dramatic cruxes in Twelfth Night
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A: Olivia falls in love with Viola (as Cesario) – Act I Scene 5B: Viola alone – Act II Scene 2C: Orsino and Viola – Act II Scene 4
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D: Malvolio tricked and overheard – Act II Scene 5E: Olivia confronts Sir Toby and meets Sebastian – Act IV Scene 1F: Malvolio and Sir Topas – Act IV Scene 2G: A Scene of revelations – Olivia’s marriage announced – Act V Scene 1H: Viola and Sebastian meet – Act V Scene 1
12. Longer assignments using Channel 4’s Twelfth Night
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A.A study of the comedy in Twelfth NightB.Comparing film versionsC.Comparing staged and film versionsD.A detailed examination of a scene, exploring how it is realised in theChannel 4 Version
Appendix One
– Twelfth Night credits …..
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Appendix Two
– Reading list and Web links …..
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Appendix Three
– Activity answers …..
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