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Compare the openings of 3 film versions of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Which do you think is the most successful and why? I am writing an essay to compare the opening scene of Macbeth as directed by Orson Welles in 1948, Bogdanov in 1998 and Polanski in 1971. There are many ways in which these scenes could be compared, but I decided to restrict it to camera movement, setting, props and sound. All three directors use the idea of nature as the first shot. Orson Welles uses a distant castle shaped rock, Polanski uses a sun setting on the horizon, and Bogdanov uses a beautiful green valley. This first shot demonstrates the wild and untamed beauty of nature and its sheer size. In Orson Welles' version, the scene opens with the view of some menacing clouds above the mist. In the distance we can see a castle shaped rock. The next shot shows three...

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