A Knights Tale Essay
In the visual text “A Knights Tale” directed by Brian Helgeland,
It follows William Thatcher and his 3 squires into a new land to
seek fame and fortune. Count Adamar is an important because the
director made the Shot Types, Dialogue and Music part of his
character.
One of the techniques that make’s Count Adamar an important
character is the Shot Types. The Shot Types make Adamar an
important character because they show his emotions like anger or
jealousy. In The scene when Jocelyn and William are dancing the
camera purposely zooms up on his face to see his emotion which
were jealously and anger this shows that the director purposely
made the camera zoom up to prove that Adamar has feeling for
Jocelyn and also that he envies William. Another technique that
makes him important is Dialogue. The Dialogue used in the scene
when William and Jocelyn walk onto the dance floor and Count
Adamar says “ Sir Ulrich why don’t you show us a dance from
your country” This shows that Count Adamar is courious in Ulrich
Von Liechtenstein’s real identity and wants to humiliate Ulrich
and hopefully reveal his true identity. This is why Shot Types and
Dialogue makes Count Adamar an important character in the film.
Another technique that makes Count Adamar an important
character is Music. Music pulls the film together and creates
tension and suspense between Adamar and William like in the
scene when Adamar enters the prison and beats up William because
he is in the stocks and cannot defend himself. The Music ties in
with this scene because when William is being beaten up by
Adamar the music changes from sad music into fast and loud music.
This creates tension and suspense for what will happen next. The
next technique is Camera angle. Camera angle is important because
in the scene when Count Adamar gets news from his spies that
Ulrich Von Liechtenstein’s is not who he seems and that he is an
imposter. The camera angle changes when it zooms up on his face
from a slight low angle this is called a low angle shot. The camera
man does this to try to tell the audience that Adamar is angry and
that William is small and insignificant to the story and that
Adamar hates William and wants to expose him to the world. This
is why Music and Camera Angles makes Count Adamar an
important character.
Adamar is also an important because of the costumes. The
costumes show that he is important because in the scene when
Adamar sits next to Jocelyn at the ball he is dressed in fancy and
expensive clothes. This shows that he is rich and can afford to pay
for his clothes also that he wants to win Jocelyn’s heart by looking
fancy and by telling her that he can afford her needs. Another
technique is dialogue. Music in the scene when Adamar walks into
the dudgeon and the music started to go slow and dark this shows
that Adamar is angry and wants to kill or injure William while he
is in the stocks. So this is why Costumes and Music plays a big part
in why Adamar is an important character.
In conclusion music, dialogue, camera angles & shot types makes
Adamar an important and special character. I think Adamar is a
great character because he is the villain of the story and a good
filom needs a bad guy. Also the director played a huge role in
making Adamar great by using the shot angles and the other
techniques used to show anger, anticipation and emotion. That is
why Adamar is an important charcter.