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In Kenneth Branough's the use of colors and tones is very extreme.  The palace itself is bright white and gold and Claudius himself is wearing red.  Gertrude as well is wearing a light color, white, which is ironic to Hamlet wearing black signifying Hamlet's sorrow and separation from the world he is involved in.  Also the fact that Gertrude wears whit is also ironic because one, she is not a virgin, so in a funny way she feels born again marrying Claudius but also that she is so easily taken away form mourning for her deceased husband the king.  The colors show the controversies in the love of triangle of all three.  Another aspect of the scene is the how close the characters are.  All three characters all stand inches within each other and whisper what they are talking about.  This whispering is ironic, because they are in a large room filled with tons of people.  Claudius uses this part of speech very well as he says what seems harsh or not politically correct in a whispering tone but addresses the crowd with only good news or boasting about his power.