Romeo and Juliet is a play about two adolescents—Romeo and Juliet from two hostile families fall in love with each other. This prohibited love ultimately turns into a romantic tragedy, in which they commit suicide for each other. Both Franco Zeffirelli’s (1968) and Baz Lurhmann’s (1996) versions retained the dialogues written by William Shakespeare in their movies. However, these two movies are directed in their own unique ways, which have several distinctive differences.
One major and the most notable difference in the films is the setting. The setting of the 1968 version is set in Verona, Italy with buildings, courtyards, and streets similar to the middle ages. It follows the play as closely as possible that effectively brings us back to
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In the 1968 version, it accurately portrays what people usually wear in the medieval time period, which is similar to the play. For example, men wear tights, frills and Robin Hood like hats. It also uses the color difference to distinguish between the Montague actors and the Capulet actors. The Montague family wears dark color clothes like dark blue and grey, whereas the Capulet family wears bright color clothes like orange and red. The custom also depicts the social class difference. In the party, Juliet wears a red beautiful dress, which creates a strong contrast with the Nurse who wears servant clothing. In the 1966 version, the customs are more modernized. Female wears more make up and fancy dress. Male wears Hawaiian shirts and sunglasses. The color of customs between Montague and Capulet also changed. Montague wears bright color clothes, with pink hair and tattoos. While, Capulet wear dark clothes, vests and tattoos. Besides, actors use guns not sword as their weapon to fight. The above shows that the 1996 version is more modern and more applicable to our daily …show more content…
The major difference of camera angles is in the significant scene—the balcony scene. In the 1968 version, the director retains the balcony scene in its movie. It uses low angle to show Romeo’s vision, how he looks up to the balcony on the tree. And it uses high angle to show Juliet’s vision, how she looks down to the tree on the balcony. The use of low angle and high angle emphasize the distant between Romeo and Juliet. Besides, it also indirectly shows that Juliet is from a wealthy family and Romeo is socially inferior towards her. However, in the 1996 version, the director replaces the balcony scene with a swimming pool scene. Romeo and Juliet talk to each other in the same level of vision. The use of eye level implies that they are equal in terms of social
Romeo and Juliet is a play about two lovers who have to risk their lives in order to demonstrate their love and will to stay together, regardless the feud between their families. By the end, the death of Romeo and Juliet finally bring the reconciliation to these two families. It is fate that the two most shall-not meet people fall in love and it love that eventually won against hatred. Since then, there have been many different versions of Romeo and Juliet, whether it was for film, stage, musicals. These different recontextualised adaptions change the original play by many ways, some modernise the language, environment, props as well as changing the original characteristics of some characters. Out of all the different adaptions of Romeo and Juliet, two stood out the most. One was the Romeo and Juliet (1996) and directed by Baz Luhrmann and the other one was Romeo and Juliet Broadway (2013) play version,
The Major Differences Between Two Film Versions of Romeo and Juliet The major differences between the two movies Romeo and Juliet who were
Romeo and Juliet presents an ongoing feud between the Montague and Capulet families whose children meet and fall in love. Markedly, the meeting scene depicting love at first sight continues to be praised by today’s critics. Romeo and Juliet then receive the label of star-crossed lovers whose tragic demise is written in the stars. In fact, Shakespeare 's work is well received and its numerous adaptations have made it one of his most enduring and notorious stories. The cinematic world brings to the screens a disastrous approach by Baz Luhrmann to do the play justice. A glance at Baz Luhrmann’s productions allows audiences to assume he delivers movies which are unlike those of any other filmmaker today, or perhaps ever. Therefore, blending a delicate
Romeo & Juliet (1968) was originally a play that was written by William Shakespeare, but as time progressed, plays became less popular and films became more popular. In 1968, Franco Zefirelli directed the film Romeo & Juliet that was nominated and won fifteen awards. Some of these awards are two Oscars, three Golden Globes, and five Silver Ribbon Awards. Romeo & Juliet is a romantic tragedy about forbidden love between two young teens whose families despise one another (CITE). Juliets family is referred to as “the Capulets”, and Romeo’s family are “the Montagues” (CITE). Zefirelli uses lighting and framing to capture the audience’s attention and design to reflect that the Capulets and Montagues during the Medieval time era. Meanwhile, he portrays
Moving onto the significant differences between the two. Imagery, body language, mood, and tone are all important literature elements that could be portrayed better in the film. This is due to the fact that the (written) play depends more on imagination. On the other hand, the film relies more on the audience’s senses. Tom's and Amanda relationship occurred to be stronger in the movie than it was explained in the play. The atmosphere in the movie is rather ill and boring than it is in the play. When it comes to lighting, it was more dim in the play to reflect a memory. In the film, it wasn't as dimmed because the memory could be reflected in different ways. Moreover, images, that were flashed in a screen device, did not exist in the film. In the movie, the atmosphere was more boring and ill than it was in the play.
Luhrmann modernised Romeo and Juliet through regular amendments of the props and costumes. In updating these aspects of the film, Luhrmann makes the play more relevant to our everyday modern environment. The actors in Luhrmann’s version carry guns instead of swords. Luhrmann, in an act of ingenious brand the guns with titles such as “Sword,” thus, enabling the original Shakespearean language to be preserved. Costumes differ dramatically between both versions of the film. In Luhrmann’s depiction of the motion picture, the Montagues have buzz cuts and pink hair whereas, the Capulets’ dress in vests and mainly dark clothes. All of these adjustments to the original play contribute to the popularity of the fil...
a major step in life. Because the play is not entirely trying to make the two look bad, it is the better product. & nbsp; Another major difference in the mood of the play and the movie is in the funeral scene. The funeral scene of the play is a very serious event. Juliet's family is very upset and thinks that they are the cause of her "death". Also, the Friar. soothes the family of the loss of young Juliet (Act IV, Scene 5, Line 65). However, in the movie version of the funeral scene, again everyone is sad but This time the Friar lets out a giggle as he pretends to pray for Juliet. This is a major difference because if someone had seen the Friar giggle, it may have. changed the entire play. They may have questioned him why he giggled but since he would not have a reason he may just spill what he knows. Since the movie was once again unrealistic, the play is the better production in this scene as well. & nbsp; Some other major differences between the play and the movie occurred in the plot. details. One example of this is in the beginning of the story.
The pace in which the The film goes very fast and it changes from one location to the next in a sequence of images, which occurs a lot during this recent film. In Franco Zeffirelli’s adaptation of the film, there are very similar. settings as they are both set in Verona but they have a different timescale and time period in which the film was produced. In the beginning of Act two Scene ii (the balcony scene), Romeo.... ...
During this scene in both versions, as Romeo finds Juliet, he sees Juliet in her white dress and calls her an angel because she’s beautiful. Not only is the balcony scene similar in both the Zeffirelli and Luhrmann versions because of Juliet’s coloured dress but there is romantic music playing in the background. For example, in both versions during the balcony scene, romantic music plays when Romeo and Juliet see and speak with each other. This shows that the Zeffirelli and Luhrmann versions are similar, since they both have romantic music playing in the background to show how deeply in love Romeo and Juliet are. By having both movie versions use amorous music, this tells us that both movie directors wanted to show how strong Romeo’s and Juliet’s love for each other are.
The costumes in each version explains a lot about each character i.e. Friar Lawrence’s robe. In Zafarelli’s ‘first meeting’ face version Romeo wears a gold mask to disguise that a montigeau is in a capulate event.
In this version of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is wearing a short knee length dress with no sleeves and her hair is slicked to one side. Everyone's appearances, especially Juliet's, have been modernized to look futuristic, fashionable and following the new era. In opposition to Juliet's personality in the first and second film written about above, in this version, Juliet is more expressive. This is shown when the nurse comes to tell Juliet some news. Her emotions are very evident through her facial expressions. She goes from being sad and frowning to happy and beaming with a smile. It is really clear to tell when Juliet is feeling something. Juliet´s actions are staying consistent with this version of the film too. In the famous balcony scene, Juliet is seemingly expressing her feelings for Romeo without her knowing that he is there listening too every bit of what she is saying. This is shown in all the versions because it's very significant to the play. It illustrates young love and a tragic flaw that lovers posses, which is impulsiveness.
Even though the themes were similar, the plot of the movie and the play were rather different. In the movie, Mercutio, Romeo’s friend, got an invitation to Lord Caplet’s ball where Romeo and Juliet meet, but in the movie Romeo and this friends go to Lord Capulet’s party uninvited. What's more, is that when Romeo was at the ball he was recognized by Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, from the sound of his voice in the play, but in the movie Tybalt sees him. In addition to that one scene where Juliet was hysterical because she thought Romeo was dead was completely absent in the movie.
William Shakespeare has provided some of the most brilliant plays to ever be performed on the stage. He is also the author of numerous sonnets and poems, but he is best known for his plays such as Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Romeo and Juliet. In this essay I would like to discuss the play and movie, "Romeo and Juliet", and also the movie, Shakespeare in Love. The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is set in the fictional city of Verona. Within the city lives two families, the Capulets and the Montegues, who have been feuding for generations.
The most recognizable portrayal of Juliet is her original; daughter of the Capulet leader, cousin of Capulet prince Tybalt, and of course Romeo’s true love. Baz Luhrmann’s modernized version follows the original closer than any other modernized movie made from this play, as all the characters and dialogue are from the original. Despite the accurate cast and lines, there are some modifications made to the movie that slightly impact how Juliet is viewed/acts in the movie. Costume may not seem like it plays a very important role in major productions but it does. In spite of this being a contemporary version, her costume differs from the one expected or seen in the original version (Gibbs 1). In the scene where Romeo and Juliet first meet at the Capulet party she is usually thought t...
In both final movie scenes of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo takes his life, because of Juliet's supposed death. Although, there are differences between the 1968 and 1996 versions. In both movies Juliet hears her own spoken words and begins to cry, becoming unstable, eventually leading to her taking her own life. The pure feeling she encounters leads to her death, knowing that only a matter of minutes would have saved her and her love. Therefore, Romeo and Juliet seeing each other briefly in the 1996 version adds unnecessary drama, as the 1968 depiction of the scene gives the audience more a more emotional view.