Film Review: Adventure of Don Juan
Movie Summary
The film “Adventure of Don Juan” got released in 1948. The film outlines the heroic character of Don Juan in Spain. Don Juan was a Spanish noble living in London where he developed a love relationship with a British woman married to a Spanish nobleman. The act generates a diplomatic scandal that oversee the deportation of Don Juan to Madrid where he serves as a fencing coach in Royal Spanish Academy. Don identifies Duke De Lorca intension to overthrow the Queens leadership and develop war with England. In return, he defends the Queen and successfully defeats De Lorca in a fighting challenge upon which he kills him. The move limits the execution of De Lorca’s plan which further saves Spain by securing the queens leadership and maintain good diplomatic relationship between England and Spain. Based on his good conduct the queen declares her desire to marry him. Don declines the offer despite having fallen in love with the queen. In particular, Don identifies that the presence of a king will affect Spain’s leadership and it would be better had the Queen remained as the leader.
Question 1
The film develops a theme of loyalty upon which the main character outlines his loyalty to his nation and to the queen. In relation, Don Juan defends the queen form the De Lorca and his soldiers who seek to overthrow her leadership. In particular, Don fights against De Lorca in a battle where he risks his life to save the queen. The move outlines his loyalty to the Spanish queen upon which he defends her life with his own life to ensure her wellbeing. Also, Don participates in the fights to prevent De Lorca from declaring war against England which would affect the diplomatic relationship between the Spain and England. In return, Don kills De Lorca in the fight to limit the execution of his planned traitorous plan. The move outlines Don’s loyalty to Spain since he undertakes a fight to ensure the safety of the countries citizens and prevent war development within the country. Furthermore, Don’s actions help safeguards Spain’s leadership that is concerned about the wellbeing of the citizens by preventing the acquisition of power by greedy people who seek to attain their desires at the expense of afflicting ordinary citizens. Lastly, Don sacrifices his love for the queen to ensure to the development of the Queen’s leadership which would oversee the wellbeing of Spain citizens. The also outlined Don’s loyalty to the Spain’s regulation that denied him the privilege of marrying the queen.
Question 2
The narrative majors on Don Juan’s conduct both in London and in Madrid. While living in London, develops a relationship with a married British woman which develops a dispute within Spain’s embassy in England. In return, Don gets repatriated to Madrid. In Madrid, Don discovers De Lorca plan to overthrow the government and develop war between Spain and England. In rerun, he develops a heroic character by protecting the queen and Spain from De Lorca and his followers. The various events develop in a chronological that promotes the understanding of the audience. In particular, one scenario leads to the next upon which the audience can related the various events.
Concerning acting, the film develops a realistic play upon which it outlines the presence of greedy people within the society who seek to acquire their desires without determining their effects on other people. In particular, the film outlines De Lorca’s plan to overthrow the government and facilitate war between Spain and England. The overthrow attempt oversees the development of war between loyal soldiers and De Lorca followers as they seek to defend the interest of their masters. Similarly, the film outlines how loyal citizens seek to defend the welfare of their nations. In consideration, Don develops activities that defends from exploitation by bad leaders.The characters develop full concentration to their activities which help outline them as actions taking place in the actual world. In particular, the actors adequately conceived the given circumstances of their performance. Also, the film illustrates the change in characters conduct. In relation, Don changes his shameful actions that facilitates his deportation upon which he develops a heroic character by defending Spain’s welfare.
Regarding the cinematography, the film developed cutaway shots to shift the attention of the audience from a particular subject to enhance focus on another scene that triggers the conduct of the main character. The film further developed close-up shots to help outline the emotions of the characters within the film. The move helps outline the affection that the queen and the Don develop for each other. The film lighting enhanced proper view of the activities and characters within the stage outlining the background color and the color of their costumes.
The editing of the film develops paces that align with the activities taking place in the film. In relation, the film develops at a slow pace when outlining a romantic conversation between characters which helps develop a romantic feeling among the audience. Similarly, the editors develop a fast pace in the presence of a fight which relate to the movements made by the fighting characters. The film further contains musical sounds in various scenes which helps create rhythm within the play. Similarly, the editor develops a high pitch whenever character develop conflicts to outline their anger and develop a reality aspect within the film.
The film is ser to create a realistic image in the mind of the audience by creating background that relate to the characters on stage. In particular, the film designers create a loyalty background that relates with the queen’s social class within the society. Also, the film designer develops costumes and accessories that outline the social class and occupation of the various characters within the community. In consideration, leaders wear loyal robes to outline their hierarchy within the society. The queen also wears a crown to develop a queen image in the mind of the audience. The soldiers in the film were unique uniforms and carry swords that helps the audience to identify their role within the film. The design aspect helps enhance audience understanding of character roles and to create a reality aspect within the film.
Question 3
The scenes with the film help outline the director’s style developed within the film through performance of the characters and the production design in the play. In particular, the director develops a style that relate the characters action to the theme of the film. In this regard, the director identifies actors who best suit the various roles featured in the film to help develop the theme through their conduct. The characters got fully absorbed to their roles which helped develop a realism aspect of the film. To further enhance the experience of the audience, the director selects costumes that relate to the role of the various characters. Furthermore, the directors style oversees the development of good stage lighting and good voice articulation by the actors that enhances the view and focus of the audience to activities taking place on the stage.
Question 4
The film is adequately developed since it meets the expectation of the audience. in consideration, the film develop enhances the understanding of the audience upon which they grasp the message related to the play. The understanding gets developed through chronological development of activities within the film and development of a good art design. In relation, viewers are able to relate the various scenes and identify the theme being developed. Also, the audience easily identifies various characters alongside their costumes and background that determine their activities roles in the play. The film also developed a realism aspect upon which characters adequately performed assigned role as they would have been developed in a real-life scenario. The realism aspect was further enhanced by the character costumes. Furthermore, the film develops a rhythm that relate to the activities taking place in the film that further improves the experience of the audience. Lastly, the lighting adopted enhances a clear view of the stage and adequately conveys the background of the various activities. In this regard, the film setting and development is focused on meeting the prospects of the audience.