HAMLET: ACT II - SCENE II - Hecuba Speech
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- When I was 8 years old, I picked up a copy of my sister's "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare. I was reading American comics and watching Disney films in English by that age, because I wasn't satisfied with the Danish voiceover work.
Reading it, and not being able to understand it, I decided that Shakespeare was not for me.
The irony of my relationship to the Bard now... A previous video of mine is from "Julius Caesar" itself and now, I throw my love and attention on "Hamlet".
As a Danish citizen with Pakistani heritage, the question of identity has always loomed in the back of my mind. Who am I? What am I? What am I supposed to do and for whom?
As an actor based in a country with a largely homogeneous population, I've spent most of my years in this business feeling out of place. I've always been wildly ambitious and I will never apologize for that. For me, one of the ultimate roles to play is Hamlet. A "Danish character" known across the world, I find that there are many things I can connect with when it comes to the thoughtful and doubtful man.
When called upon to avenge his father's death, Hamlet goes through a lot of thinking throughout the play and I am reminded of how many times I've been in fights with myself about what to do with my career and how to go about it.
Enter this scene. Some very great actors have performed this scene all over the world and some are on CZcams, if you search for "Hamlet Hecuba speech". I wanted to present my version of it and put myself and my crew to the test.
A one take shot of this scene (to honor its theatrical background), while also taking inspiration from the medium of film, where the possibilites of getting up close and personal to really capture the more "quiet emotions" inspired by the work of Danny Cohen, especially in the 2012 version of "Les Miserables". The shot you're viewing was the 6th and final take. I was struggling between this one and the former, since both had great things in them, but in the end, one must choose.
I hope you choose to view the scene in its entirety and, if you feel like it, do give it a like and a comment. I'd love to engage in conversation with you about your thoughts on the work. :-)
This piece is meant to be shown to casting directors in the UK, the US and other parts of the world, while also informing people in Denmark that I'm here and I'm willing to put my everything into whatever creative project you deem worthy of my skills.
I've embraced my fortunate privilege of merely living 40 minutes away by car from "Hamlet's Castle" called Kronborg, so I opted to shoot it on location on the other side of the moat. It just felt right. It made everything more difficult as well, but that's alright. Playing Hamlet was never meant to be easy. ;-)
May you have a wonderful day, wherever in the world you are!
PERFORMER: SHAHBAZ SARWAR
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WRITER: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
CINEMATOGRAPHER: MARTIN STAMPE, DFF
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FOCUS PULLER: THOMAS ELMUE GREGERSEN
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SOUND RECORDIST: BALDUR MEITIL
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SOUND MIX: MARC OLIVER BAHL
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Shabaz!!! You are incredible!!!!!
That's very kind of you!
Thank you for watching.
Oh wow. This isnt a movie??? This is unbelievably good
Thank you so much! High praise, especially from one of my favorite heroes!
Batman likes Shakespeare too 🗿
i have no words just wow 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Wow ❤👌
Thank you!
Nice
Stunning performance, seriously. I have no words to describe how emotional this makes me feel.
Thank you, Maribel!
I'm quite fond of the result as well and it's always a bit tricky, when you produce something that you know will be good, because you don't want to come off as smug or self-absorbed...
I just genuinely felt that I could do this piece justice in my own way and I'm so happy that my team of four could help elevate my performance!
Because in the end, this is a team effort.
Thank you once more for sharing your feelings. 🙂
@@SarwarsStarwars Indeed! Congratulations to all of you, guys for this sublime piece. Shakespeare's work is both brilliant and genuinely complex, that's why I love his work so much. I truly feel that you, guys, have elevated this speech.
Excellent ☺️
Thank you!
Fantastisk performance Shabaz!!
Tusind tak!
well this was surprising but as a great man once said "a surprise to be sure, but a good one"
Thank you! "Shrouded Destiny: A Star Wars Long Tale" is still in post-production, so I figured that having more videos showing that I'm not just merely a "fan", but actually have some skill, might help me convince the powers that be that I can deliver on my lofty promises. 😀
@@SarwarsStarwars it's a good idea indeed ^^
keep going like that man ^^
Tør man spørge om hvornår den er færdig? Nu er der gået mange år, går der flere endnu? Det ender jo med at Disney udgiver 50 film og serier før I er færdige.
Jeg kan virkelig godt forstå, at du stiller dig undrende overfor, at det har taget så lang tid.
Jeg vil indrømme at, da jeg startede på denne her rejse, så havde jeg ikke tænkt, at den ville være så lang. Min første inspiration kom til mig som 30-årig og jeg er nu halvt igennem mit 36. år.
Som en resultatorienteret mand så er det bare utilfredsstillende, men projektets størrelse og format blev større end jeg selv havde kunnet tro, da jeg startede ud.
Med det sagt så er vi i gang med en lidt ambitiøs og meget anderledes udgivelsesstrategi, som jeg løfter sløret for i denne måned, når jeg har nogle ting på plads.
Jeg kan sige så meget, at MEGET af det vil blive set I ÅR. Men om det bliver det hele... det kommer an på, om jeg får samlet folk til VFX-arbejde, som siden coronaens indtog har været svært at engagere folk i, fordi alle de store streamingtjenester har hyret nærmest samtlige VFX-folk og vi stadigvæk er en frivillig produktion.
Men jeg er fortrøstningsfuld og regner med, at jeg har en video klar, der forklarer strategien i løbet af denne måned. Som minimum et opslag på Facebook siden.
Tak, fordi du skrev og udviser interesse! Det betyder meget, at der er folk, der gerne vil holde produktionen i ilden for at kunne levere. Det er jo også vores pligt. 🙂
Hey! Håber du har set videoen, der fremviser udgivelsesdatoen? Det er lige om lidt, kan jeg afsløre. ;-)
@@SarwarsStarwars vi ser frem til filmen