Artificiality is used in the film to emphasize the visual design of the film and how they used cinematic tools to create a world in the story. The film did not have the intention of being realistic to the time period or setting, but to create emotion and suspense in the storyline of Macbeth. With its use of shadows and high contrast black and white shadows, it gives attention to the amount of detail and high contrast efforts that were implemented in the film.

The bare rooms and attention to placement in the film allowed for the audience to pay attention to what really mattered in each scene, instead of letting the atmosphere take away from the plot.

The heightened self-awareness was something I haven't seen in many films but it adds to the suspenseful and cold/uncomfortable feeling of the story leading to some big event--which ended up being when he was killed.

I agree with this statement. It felt very cold and dark, with a lot of the shots seeming to lack fluff around them. Most of the rooms that scenes were shot in were empty and had one center object for the audience to pay attention to.

Elaborating on the term "movie magic", I think that this film uses a lot of emotion and design to give meaning to the storyline and additionally make it almost satisfying to watch. There was no clear storyline, which made you not know what would come next.

A lot of the transitions took a moment to develop, leaving time for the audience to think about where they are going to be led, and where the next scene is going to take place. This also builds a lot of suspense in the audience and makes it like we are anticipating something to happen. The way it cuts to black and says "TOMORROW" also adds to that anticipation and storytelling nature.