Amadeus-Draft

Amadeus

Act 4

This scene begins with a diegetic narration from the character Salieri when he is an old man; notice how he is central in the medium shot however the camera is slightly high angle. The low angle camera gives the impression that we are looking down on him as he talks although at this point it is unclear why. I also acknowledged the significance of mise-en-scene here as lots of make up has been used to show the audience that Salieri has aged and that a lot have time has passed, letting the audience identify that this is actually a flash back.  The next shot that follows is young Salieri and again he is central however this time the background is blurred showing his own sense of superiority as nothing else is worth looking at.  Salieri is clothed in dark colours like black and red, this is done so the ideology can be recalled on the audience that dark colours mean evil also I believe the colour red is used as red is often used to signify danger and in this case the devil showing that Salieri is the bad guy. Salieri is also consumed by shadow and darkness giving us an insight into his personality that he is a dark man, however it could also be said that the darkness is behind him showing that he has a dark past, this shows the audience that Salieri could possibly pose a threat.