Set during a particularly tumultuous period in history, The King's Speech (2010; directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler) depicts the struggle of Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George to overcome his crippling disability. the stuttering and feeling of helplessness over the untimely death of his father, King George V, and the dishonor and uncertainty that fell upon the family when his brother Prince Edward VIII abdicated his right to the throne and ascended of a huge threat to the nation, Adolf Hitler. In order to become the necessary leader in these difficult times, Prince Albert is forced to confront his personal struggles head-on through a multitude of ineffective and often medieval techniques administered by so-called "trained doctors" until his wife , Elizabeth, runs into someone. with a radically different approach. Australian theater actor-turned-speech therapist Lionel Logue's open-mindedness, irreverence toward the throne, and biting wit seem like the antithesis of the loyal, reserved Prince Albert, but these differences end up being exactly what the prince needs to overcome his personal problems and confidently take his seat on the throne and, through it all, form an unlikely but lasting friendship. Although The King's Speech follows a fairly classical approach when it comes to story and character development, it also shares some traits with the formalist style in its frequent use of obscure camera angles which tend to attract attention. pay attention to themselves. Many emotions are expressed through shot composition and camera placement, which is somewhat unique to this type of historical drama. The film opens with Prince Albert attempting to address a large crowd at Wemble...... middle of paper... ....ect in Lionel's attempts at friendly banter, threatening to end to their sessions as quickly as they had started. This cold distance is most likely a protective mechanism that Albert developed over the years to avoid humiliation, but it only resulted in his alienation. In a final effort to prove the effectiveness of his techniques, Lionel records Albert reading Hamlet while a symphony blares through headphones, deafening Albert to his own voice. When the Prince, completely frustrated, abruptly stops, thinking that his reading has been a jumbled mess, Lionel asks him to take the recording and listen to it at his leisure. This disc and what it contains symbolize a fragment of hope and humanity returning to Albert. After all, he has a voice, but he doesn't know it yet. It will take Lionel's encouragement and friendship to prove it to him...