Antigone Movie Reflection

Antigone Movie Reflection



We chose this scene because I thought it was a good revelation of both Haimon and Creon’s views on power. It was also a turning point in which a series of death follow as a consequence for going against fate. Moreover, the scene had good dialogue and quotes and we felt that it was best be interpreted through a visual version.

A big portion of our movie is zoomed in to the characters faces because we thought it was important to convey the characters emotions and expressions when they were speaking. Most of the close ups were looking through the opposing character’s shoulders, but for some significant quotes, we placed the character in the center. One example of this is when Haimon says : “(you are right, but) you are not in a position to know everthing”. By placing the character in the center, there is more attention drawn to the character speaking and therefore the quote can be captured more successfully. Then the camera zooms in more, from a different point of view, which gives the audience a different perspective than the usual (looking over from the shoulder). This also gives more attention to the quote. However, we decided to zoom out in the scene just before Creon questions Haimon, “You consider it right for a man of my years and experience to go to school to a boy?”. We thought that a pause created more depth in the realism of this movie, so in order to make the pause more effective, the scene was zoomed out to allow the two characters to be seen. Thus, when Haimon rebukes Creon by saying But If I’m young and right, what does my age matter, the audience can feel the general mood of the scene, rather than having them focus on the details.