Part one of term paper
Kenneth Branagh's decision to set his film at the Villa Vignamaggio in the hills of Tuscany, rather than in a city, sets the tone of his interpretation of Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing. Rather than the formal society overly concerned with outward appearances, which the play intimates, Branagh presents a gay, lusty, warmhearted ...

Part two of term paper
... and sound track are glorious. The senses are overwhelmed in Branagh's introduction: Beatrice reads the song from Act II 4 accompanied by a guitar while sitting in a tree eating grapes--everyone else lolls about picnicking on a hill, birds chirp, all is peaceful. A messenger arrives to announce the approach of Don Pedro. Suddenly, the mood changes--the approaching soldiers are seen far below this bucolic scene, the sound track soars, a flag is whipping in the wind, there is a close-up of each ...