Oliver Parker's cinematic interpretation of Shakespeare's Othello uses cinematic techniques to express to the audience two main themes present in the original play. Appearance versus reality and racial discrimination are both significant themes that Parker focuses on throughout the film. Through the use of camera angles, language, tone, symbols, costumes, and voiceover, Parker conveys clarity of themes for the audience to interpret. The appearance versus reality of deception is a strong theme present in the work. Deception is perceived as a powerful and destructive force. In one of the film's early scenes, he becomes the main source of tension between the protagonists, and continues to escalate their metallic state throughout the film. Ultimately a web of deception created by Iago leads to the final downfall of the main characters. The most obvious character in Othello who seems to fool everyone is Iago. He is a character who hides behind the mask of an honest, straightforward, unsophisticated, loyal and well-intentioned soldier. This is the vision of Iago portrayed in the opening of the film. It is only at the end of the third scene, when we hear his soliloquy, that the audience learns his true intentions. The director uses camera angles, voiceover, and choice of tone and language to highlight Iago's evil actions. Iago's direct and threatening soliloquies with the audience through the camera convey his Machiavellian intentions to destroy Othello with much more force. The director deliberately zooms in on Iago's face as he delivers his soliloquies and informs the audience of his true plans. In one of the first scenes of the film, when Iago and Roderigo watch Desdemona and Othello's wedding, Iago says "I immediately follow him to the center of the card....erent colors of Othello's costumes." distinguishes him from the rest of society, highlights his dark skin color and establishes that he is not like the other characters. The director uses specific language and tone to highlight the issue of race in Othello. The controversy over race relations is expressed through Brabantio's negative attitudes and words. He refers Othello to a "bad thief, implying that his daughter could never love a man of a different color, and that therefore Othello stole her from him. Brabantio compares Othello to someone no one would want and he is." disgusted that Desdemona "flee from her shelter to the sooty breast", thus suggesting that Othello is dirty and undesirable. The director's choice of language highlights the pessimistic and disrespectful attitudes towards Othello due to the color of his skin..