King Lear

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effect, focusing on the painful feelings of Lear. The use of Eyre’s fast cut editing, represents the chaos in Lear’s mind where his emotions are as violent as the storm which removes Lear’s act of kindness towards the Fool. as he never gets Lear’s kind of love of clothing or shelter. This setting also consists of rain and steam where Eyre allows the audience to establish the fear, confusion and bleakness of Lear’s mental statement while the blurry focus distorts his figure. Psychoanalytically, when Lear raises his hands up to the sky symbolising a god like figure, it clearly conveys the insanity and madness of Lear of not wanting to discuss about his daughters as they were the ones who made him suffer these consequences when he initially stormed out of the castle. Eyre’s choice of a close up shot of Lear when he’s talking about his daughters and descending into madness instead of a long shot allows the audience to be directly involved in the situation. Psychoanalytically, when ...

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how both characters are looking towards the future through the technique of time. They are positioned towards the right of the screen with the storm taking up all the space from the left. The use of time suggests that Lear wants to leave the past behind him and focus on the future in an attempt to amend his situation with his daughters which would end his madness and insanity.

As Lear, Kent and the Fool exit the first half of the scene, all walking in a line, it conveys they are all in the same situation and have a bond they all share. At the same time, the camera is behind them reflecting their point of view which then cuts to the parallel scene. From Eyre’s perspective of ...

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