Presentation Questions:
2.) In the Odyssey, Odysseus's wife Penelope has not found a replacement for Odysseus by the time he has returned home. She is being harassed by suitors who want to come and take what belongs to Odysseus, but Penelope is confident that he will return. In O Brother, Everett's wife Penny has found a suitor and is engaged to be married to him. She knew that he wasn't dead but she did it anyway, and when Everett reappears she wants nothing to do with him.
3.) In O Brother, the cyclops is represented by John Goodman, portraying a bible salesman with an eyepatch. The salesman turns out to be very mean and he beats up Everett and Delmar and takes their money. In this scene, the cinematography is set up to only shoot the cyclops from below, which makes him seem more threatening and imposing.
Video Analysis Questions:
1.) While the opening logos are still being shown, the viewer is introduced to the movie through sound. Slowly, you can hear the sounds of the bugs and a rhythmic clanging. The viewer doesn't know where the noise is coming from yet, but it is all slowly revealed.
3.) For the very first shot, the camera fades into an empty field. Slowly the camera pans to the left, and it reveals the source of the noise that the audience has been hearing. Shortly after the prisoners come into view, the camera begins to rise off of the ground and it appears at the point of view level of the man overseeing the prisoners. This puts the audience in the position of freedom, from a vantage point where they can view what is going on, one that a prisoner would never see.
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