New Vid - Iron - The Hollow Crown (Henry V)

[thedothatgirl]

Title: Iron
Fandom : Prince Hal/ Henry V - The Hollow Crown
Music :Iron by Woodkid
Length: 3mins 40secs
Description  "I’ll so offend to make offense a skill,Redeeming time when men think least I will."  Errant Prince Hal, a source of disappointment to his father has an opportunity to show his mettle in the fight against Hotspur's rebellion and become the warrior King of England.  

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Stream & notes below the cut

Vidder Notes:  The Hollow Crown (BBC) for me, was a highlight of 2012 - even with the awesome Olympics going on in the country. I just lament that there were not accessible productions like this around when I was at school or I might have loved Shakespeare more, or at least turned up for the lessons.  If you've not seen it I would recommend it. The Henriad plays including Richard II with Ben Whishaw which I do not feature in this vid,  but is a thing of beauty.    It has been the production that has rekindled my love/ interest for Shakespeare - and helped the following year by Whedon's Much Ado. Now I feel I want to see ALL THE PLAYS. It's a mission.     I wanted to use Hal's speech I refer to above (in part) in the vid, but they stuck music on it and I don't have the skills or patience to try and extract just the dialogue. I also wanted to avoid the vid being a string of famous speeches set over generic film music.I know much of the power of Shakespeare is the prose,  but the story here is interesting and is wonderfully portrayed by Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale and Jeremy Irons amongst a stellar cast.   The song is by Woodkid (who  is French - irony I know) and the vocals are heavily accented, in parts a little difficult to follow. It was the tone & pace of the music however, rather than those lyrics that felt appropriate for the Hollow Crown.

Comments

[endeni]

Oh, wow, this vid gave me epic feels! *_*
Alas, I didn't watch The Hollow Crown, Shakespeare's English being too difficult for me to follow. But I soldiered on through Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing, mostly by hitting pause ever few other sentence... (which I guess says more about my love for Whedon than anything else :D)

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The English is tough for us English speakers so you must really love Whedon!

Pleased you got some epic feels from the vid. It's a very beautifully shot production and perhaps worth checking out for that alone.

[endeni]

LOL, both Whedon and Whedon actors... *_*
I basically took down from the internet the actual play so I could painstakingly compare written words with what was said on the movie (and search for obscure words/idioms). What can I say, it was at the same time a learning experience and some kind of masochist endeavour... :D
BTW, it's a relief to hear that native speakers relate to medieval English with a bit of difficulty too. Actually, I know for a fact that I couldn't follow, like, Dante's Divina Commedia on the fly either... *shakes head*
I hope they'll release The Hollow Crown in Italy soon so at least I will be able to watch it dubbed (even if this way I'd miss Tom Hiddleston wonderful voice, sigh...)

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

I don't know if they would do a subtitled Hollow Crown which would be the best of both worlds.

The more I see Shakespeare performed the easier it becomes to understand. The very good actors are able to convey the intent even if you don't understand every word.

Shakespeare is nothing compared to Geoffrey Chaucer and the Canterbury tales. Reading it is hard but listening to it is impossible! That's very old English.

[endeni]

Oh, Italian subtitles would be great indeed! ;) And I can't even think of what it would be listening to Chaucher's English... ^^

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

I've been wanting to watch this for a bit due to Hiddleston, but you make me want to do so even more. :) I've never read any of Shakespeare's histories, it's been on my to-do-list for a while now.

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

So pleased that the vid makes you want to watch rather than not bother! Always think it is best to watch Shakespeare as reading alone is tough and a little slow. As for Tom, he is fantastic.

I have so many Shakespeare plays to cover but it seems a joy now not a hardship as it was in school.
As for history (especially the early English Kings) I usually have to pull out the royal family tree to double check who and when!

[lynnenne]

This is fantastic. Gorgeous clips, fabulous editing, and a great song choice. I especially love the intercutting of the alley/coronation sequences near the end. It's a great way to show Hal's growth as a character.

This was such a great series. All the actors were stellar, but I thought Jeremy Irons in particular was monumental as Henry IV. He gave a performance for the ages.

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

The scenes between Hal and Henry IV in the throne room (the slap) and also the last one where Henry IV places the crown on Hal's head always leave me speechless.

Especially that last one where I usually get something in my eye... It's so good when all the cast bring their 'A game' to a production and I think this was one of those.

So pleased you enjoyed it, good to know what works too so thank you so much for commenting.

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

I know that I'm a few months late here, but I absolutely love this vid, it's just perfect. Even french accent in the song is very fitting, if you think about it.

[thedothatgirl.livejournal.com]

Yes I did think that Woodkid being french was rather fitting and I really pleased you liked the vid.

Thanks for the feedback, it's always appreciated no matter how late :)