‘Watch until Thea Elvsted enters. In a blog entry of 300-400 words, compare the written and film versions of the opening of the play. How might we view the film as an interpretation of Ibsen’s original text? Where has the filmmaker made changes to Ibsen? To what effect? What do we notice when we watch the film that we may have missed’
Reading Hedda Gabler in its entirety before watching the film, made the film that much more interesting. Seeing the parallels between the actors verses the characters in the story really helped me understand why certain characters had certain personalities. Having a face to put to the character I had read about and imagined in my head helped a lot in my understanding of the text. Throughout the film I realized a lot of the interactions are perceived certain ways by the characters due to the way the character things and how they sound wether it is kind or passive aggressive.
The similarity would be in my opinion the personalities of the characters and the way they act with each other I believe correlated with the plot in the story. In stories the weather , clothes or other aspects within the story give the reader a clue to the tone of the story. Watching the filmed helped me because since I watched it a couple times before I re read Hedda Gabler , I could then understand and then attach a voice to each character and read the story in a way that I hadn’t the first time because I could understand the characters personality a bit more the second time. The difference within the film would be the words the actors use in the film than in the story . The film languages seemed to flow more naturally and you could be how well the actors worked together it was as if everything was natural and not rehearsed which I believed added to my interest of the film. Lastly, in Hedda Gabler the film and story compare in the aspect the the characters personalities are the same. The contrast would be the word choice of the writers who chose to adapt Hedda Gabler.
