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Director's Note Mise En Scene

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Director’s Note First Impression: The scene takes an extremely serious situation “execution” sarcastically! Making the dynamic between the characters far greater. Yet this dynamic combined with over the top comedy wouldn’t be as sharp if the characters weren't developed enough. Ego, pride, belonging, were some of the present elements of the characters. The sarcastic tone gave the peace a unique flavor and made it interesting. The scene also gets absurd in a good way because it shifts from the actual issue here “The execution” to personal arguments and insults. Conflict: The obvious conflict is between Hennessy “The prisoner” and Harry “The executor” with Hennessy refusing to leave his cell in order to get hanged. Hennessy: Hennessy is stubborn. At what’s mostly his last moment alive he still argues his innocence. Regardless whether he did it or not, he starts aggressive to show his unwillingness to let go or go easy. Provoking harry’s ego when he insults his professionalism saying that “He’s not as good as Pierrepoint!” Yet he believes that getting hanged by somebody not as good as Pierrepoint! Is part of his unlucky life. He has some issues with the north which makes things even worse since Harry is from the north. As the scene progresses Hennessy keeps insulting Harry as he called him “Nincompoops!” which is more like a self-satisfaction action, as it won’t set …show more content…

Although this time he’s being insulted in front of the governor! Yet he’s a very calm person, even with the continuous insults from Hennessy, Harry remains calm and sane. But he has to defend himself when Hennessy detracts his professionalism saying “I’m just as good as bloody Pierrepoint”. Hennessy tries to blame Harry for his death in order to emotionally convince Harry to set him free, but Harry is very clear about his role in the game, emphasizing that he’s only doing his job and that the court is responsible after

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