Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
The first scene of the two film versions of Romeo and Juliet directed
by Baz Luhrmann and Franco Zeffirelli is a very unusual and
interesting interpretation of the 16th century play, written by the
famous playwright William Shakespeare. Both Luhrmann and Zeffirelli
capture the love and tragedy story in different ways. Baz Luhrmann
very cleverly manages to weave the past into the present by setting
the movie in Shakespearean language and yet giving the film a very
modern twist. It is set in, the very heart of a modern American city
that is quite threatening and urban. Here crime thrives in the city
centre, violence rules the streets and becomes a part of daily life
and where people are bred not to reveal their true feelings living a
life of fear, chaos and full of illusions.
However, Franco Zeffirelli directs the play exactly how Shakespeare
wrote it, with no modern language or urban effects. It is even set in
Fair Verona. Baz Luhrmann’s characters are taken out of modern films,
such as Leonardo Di Caprio, but Zeffirelli uses characters no one has
heard of, since his film was made in the 1960’s. Luhrmann’s movie
companied with music formulates a great recipe for a very compelling
movie for all ages twelve and above. Zeffirelli’s movie is more for
the older generation. It is not compelling to the younger audience,
since the first scene do not have all the modern effects.
Baz Luhrmann’s opening of the film is rather queer but effective for
the cinematic audience. An array of different techniques used, allows
the audience to be gradually lured in to the movie as it manages to
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However Zeffirelli only intended to interpretate the play exactly how
Shakespeare wrote it. Both directors have been successful in
achieving what they wanted. Luhrmann wanted the film to be very
modern and if William Shakespeare were alive to this day, this is how
he might have produced his own play in movie form. Baz Luhrmann was
able to understand the messages conveyed by young Shakespeare, bought
it into the present and successfully related it to many issues
plaguing our society we live in today. Zeffirelli wished to carry out
the play, word to word, as Shakespeare wrote it. In conclusion both
directors has made their opening and first scene very well. They have
made an impression right at the beginning of the film; this has made
an impact on the audience making them watch the whole
movie.
contrast to Baz Luhrman's production, with the exception of the language used in both productions. Zefferelli's production however is far more effective, as he has tried. to keep the film close to the original script and intended exactly how. Shakespeare wrote it. This approach clearly portrays the concept.
Baz Lurhmann’s creation of the film Romeo and Juliet has shown that today’s audience can still understand and appreciate William Shakespeare. Typically, when a modern audience think of Shakespeare, they immediately think it will be boring, yet Lurhmann successfully rejuvenates Romeo and Juliet. In his film production he uses a number of different cinematic techniques, costumes and a formidably enjoyable soundtrack; yet changes not one word from Shakespeare’s original play, thus making it appeal to a modern audience.
Zeffirelli’s ultimate goal for his version of Romeo and Juliet was to capture Shakespeare’s original intentions for the play while targeting the teenage audience of his generation. Luhrmann’s intentions were different however; he changed the way an audience looks at Shakespeare’s masterpiece by modernising the props, costumes, and sets. Obviously, to match film time quotas Zefirelli and Luhrmann has both cut many lines out of the play.
Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet is a film that converts Shakespeare’s famous play into a present-day setting. The film transforms the original texts into modern notions, whilst still employing Shakespearean language. Compared to Franco Zeffirelli’s adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, Luhrmann’s picture is easier for a teenage audience to understand and relate to because of his modernisations. Despite the passing of four centuries Shakespeare’s themes of love, hate, violence, family and mortality remain the same regardless of the setting.
...e tragic celebration of young, forbidden love told by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, has been tailored for many motion picture adaptations. The most famous of these adaptations are Franco Zeffirelli’s version and Baz Lurhmann’s film produced in 1996. These two films applied Shakespeare’s most well-known work as a basis for their motion pictures. Both films had similarities, but the differences were much more apparent. Ever since William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has been debuted, it has and forever will be an artistic influence for playwrights, directors, and other artists.
How Baz Luhrmann Uses Props, Iconography, Costumes, and Settings to Create His Own Version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare’s best loved tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, has been portrayed in theatres and on film in many different ways. But none have been quite like Baz Luhrmann’s imaginative and unconventional adaptation. He has brought aspects of the plays Elizabethan origins and transfused them with a modern day background and created, what can only be described as a masterpiece. I believe that his use of Props, iconography costumes and the settings he has chosen has helped him to make this film such a great success. The settings of each scene have been specifically chosen to create a desired affect.
Interpretation of the Balcony Scene by Baz Luhrmann and Franco Zeffirelli of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. “Romeo and Juliet” is a famous love story written by William Shakespeare. The. Two interpretations were made of this text into a film by the two directors, Baz Luhrmann (1996) and Franco Zeffirelli (1968). The films use different types of media to portray the characters and the overall context of Shakespeare’s play.
Based on the classic Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Roman, Julie, and Friends displays a new theme on becoming friends with children of all genders, even if it is not expected or allowed by their friends. There were many changes made to create a story that resembled Romeo and Juliet but also changed the meaning to a more positive and age appropriate moral. For example some of the original characters are resembled in the remediation, while others were completely new for the purpose of the new plot. The classic play was changed to a children’s book to provide a positive message to children by using pictures and designs that would suit a child’s liking. The design of the book was happy and cheerful, with basic pictures that resemble the words but are similar to the other pictures in the book. The book also uses ethos, logos, and pathos to sell the moral of the story. Ethos is mainly used by the creditability of Shakespeare. While pathos is the ability for the reader to connect with the characters personalities and stories. Logos is used by providing the child realize that friends can be any gender or personalities, but if given the chance a friend can be found in anyone. The target audience is for children around the reading level of 3, with the purpose being the idea that children can become friends with children of any gender.
Fate or choice? Choice or fate? How does one separate these ideals? Can one? Shakespeare could not. Nor can we. Fate and choice are so intertwined that our choices determine our fate, and our fate determines our choices. William Shakespeare trusts the audience to scrutinize whether it is fate or choice that rules our human life. Shakespeare aptly conveys this oxymoron (with which people have been dealing for ages) through the evidence and structure of his play, Romeo and Juliet.
Baz Luhrmann produced one of the most controversial films. interpretations of a Shakespeare play. He shot it in modern costume. with modern settings, though he kept the original text. Using Verona Beach, Los Angeles as his setting and Leonardo DiCaprio as his leading.
Baz Luhrmann's Film Techniques to Make Romeo and Juliet More Accessible to a Younger Audience. The story of Romeo and Juliet has been added to and adapted to over the year through different film productions, but none more. spectacular and popular as the Blockbuster Luhrmann created. Luhrmann turned an Elizabethan play into a modern day action packed.
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is fully summarized in Shakespeare's prologue: "Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood make civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star crossed lovers who take their life" (Universal, 1996). This movie is a masterful culmination of the director's phenomenal ability to create a powerful introduction, to select a realistic, but surreal setting, to choose realistic actors, and to enact specialized dramatic effects.
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.
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 dramatic style and preparation of theatre in this movie is of the baroque style. The Baroque style is a period following the Renaissance, from 1600 to 1750, and is characterized by a dramatic expression and performances or theatrical shows. There are several examples of dramatic expression during the movie. During the preparation of the play, there is a fight. For example, when Mercutio fights with Romeo. The poetic verse of the love affair between Romeo and Juliet is dramatic. During Elizabethan times women were not allowed to act in the theatre. However, Viola, the character, wants to act and auditions for a role in the production. When it is found out there is a female working on the production, the theatre is shut down. In my opinion, the most dramatic part, is at the end of the production of Romeo and Juliet, where Shakespeare is acting opposite his muse and she wakes up to find his character laying beside her dead and she stabs herself.