The Opera

The opera scenes are used to show how Marie Antoinette was perceived by the public. These two scenes were very difficult to accomplish. As well as before many extras were used to fill in the spaces at the theatre. Dresses have to be reused, from previous scenes for some of the extras. The first Opera scene is going to be at the beginning of the film, where Marie Antoinette has just become the queen of France. After the show finishes she stands up and starts clapping, and it wasn’t a custom to clap after a performance. Everyone stares at her for a short while but then everyone starts clapping too. This means that everyone approves of her as queen and that the reign of France will be in peace.

Right before the other opera scene almost at the end of the film there is a series of paintings that could be interpreted as propaganda. They show the Image of Marie Antoinette with a tag line that judges her and tells what the people of France think of the way she’s been with France.I decided to show these paintings, because I didn’t want any person or direct character to Marie Antoinette to say anything about her. The movie was about the phycology of the character and why she was that why. And if there were negative things about her the movie would lose it meaning. The paintings are a tertiary aspect that would not affect directly to the character.

In this Opera scene, Marie Antoinette claps and claps and everyone just stands there starring at her with disapproval, reinforcing the idea that she is a bad queen, who has no interest on anyone but herself.Towards the end of the film, there is less light and less color. The wardrobes are not shiny and colorful showing how the things in Marie Antoinette’s life are not going according to plan. She is not happy and now everyone hates her.