In the film "Mary Shelly's Frankenstein" directed by Kenneth Branagh. The director uses many techniques such as characterization, symbolism, and cinematography to portray a negative view of Victor Frankenstein. Branagh uses these techniques to reinforce the fact that Victor is an obsessive, arrogant and secretive scientist. This negative view of Victor's character is important as it reinforces the film's message that scientific exploration is dangerous when done hastily and secretly. In the film Victor starts out as a positive, intelligent and determined young man. Always hungry for knowledge, as demonstrated by the dialogue "you were so hungry for knowledge, so serious. Little boy", as Victor's mother said. This shows that Victor was truly hungry for knowledge and was willing to push science to its limits. By catching fireflies and placing them in a jar to continue acquiring the knowledge stored in writing. It shows Victor's true passion for Knowledge and how he wants to make a difference in the world. But not knowing how his intelligence would lead him into a world of trouble and heartbreak. Kenneth Branagh portrays Victor as a negative character as he is essentially "trying to play God" by recreating life. Victor's arrogance takes over obscuring the true effects of his creation, willing to risk anything to achieve his goal, an example of this would be in the beginning of the film where Captain Walton's ship collides with l 'iceberg, and his shipmate asks him “At the cost of how many more lives” and he arrogantly replies “as many as it takes”. These two dialogues show that one man's arrogance can influence many good men around him. Becoming more secretive and obsessed with creation, Victor... middle of paper... is becoming distracted, reckless and hasty. This also increases the intensity of the emotion when he realizes the normality of his actions, using the editing technique creates excitement for the viewer but still expresses the negative view of Victor as shown by the dialogue "What have I done?, what have I Done?" this gives off an eerie feeling of the creature as it will forever be in the victor's life. But he also gives off the feeling that it is too late to stop and that he created the creature and is now running from it as he will not accept responsibility for his own actions which will cause harm to him and others around him. in the near future. In the film "Mary Shelly's Framkenstein" directed by Kenneth Branagh, Branagh uses the techniques of characterization, symbolism and cinematography to support the point that the victor is a negative character.