I chose to describe how I would create a movie around the “Frankenstein” poem. I thought through how I would set up the set in terms of location, lighting, props, costumes, actors, make-up and sound effects/background music.

For my scene, I would start out with the setting. The poem would start off in a large grassy area with trees in the background. There would be a village with small houses with straw roofing, and not held up very well. The background would include the towers of stone castles in the distance far beyond the village.

Fire lit torches would light the scene, since it would be nighttime. The torches would be mounted in the village on posts and on houses, along with being carried by the villagers who are chasing after the monster. The light would put out a glow across the ground, and reflect off of the people.

Few props will be required in my version of the “Frankenstein” poem. The only major props would be the torches and pitchforks that the villagers are holding. The torches would be splintered and broken, probably leaving slivers in the hands of the villagers. The handles of the pitchforks would look very simalar to the broken torches, except that these hadles would be a lot skinnier. The end of the pitchforks would be make out of rusting metal, with dull points on the end of the forks.

Costumes would also be very limited, including the tattered, muddy clothing that the villagers wore. The clothes would be made of some sort of natural material like cotton. Frankenstein’s monster would need to be made a suit. The suit would have a green tinge to it, and be lined with stitches along the joints and around the neck. The suit would also need to be very bulky and large, larger than an average person would be, towering over the villagers.

The make up or actors in this scene would need to vary a lot from person to person. Most of the villagers would be large, with strong, hulking arms. The men would have, large, scruffy beards, as if the shaved very rarely. Most of the villagers would have big, heavy blacksmiths aprons, as if they had just finished or left the blacksmiths shop to chase away the monster. Frankenstein’s monster would have a kind look on his face, only searching for something or someone who would not reject him imitately.

For sound effects, they would be rather limited, but I would have the sound of ruffling grass from the mob of villagers chasing after the monster. The mob would also need a grumbling sound, and angry yelling. Frankenstein’s monster would be making grunting sounds, having troubles just from running from the mob. Finally, the scene would require a flickering sound from the torches all around.