케네스 브래너의 <햄릿>: 영화기법을 통해본 남성정체성

Kenneth Branagh s Hamlet: Masculine Identity through Cinematic Techniques

This paper aims at exploring the cinematic techniques that Kenneth Branagh as a director employs to convey the theme of masculine identity in the movie. The cinematic techniques help the audience sympathize with Hamlet s failing to acquire his masculine identity in the relation with Ghost, his father. There are flashbacks, flash cuts, and cross cuts in interpolation techniques. Interpolation techniques reinforce the meaning of the theme of masculine identity or clarify it visually. For example, the Ghost scene interpolations try to reveal the murder, only to fail to reflect idealized father s image. Unlike Hamlet, there is another son called Fortinbras who resembles the Ghost s appearance and disposition. His aggressive martial identity is represented through flashbacks, flash cuts, and cross cuts. He achieved his revenge through his masculine identity. To conclude, this paper is to insist that Branagh s try to show masculine subject through the interpolation techniques with the original s all lines is very effective and persuasive, so this kind of attitude to try to convey the intended theme for a limited time should be kept by other directors who wish to raise degree of work s completion.