Baz Luhrmann's version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
In the first picture, the top left of the poster, we see Juliet. She
is depicted in an angelic fashion, wearing wings and dressed in pure
white. This interests the audience already who wonder why Juliet is
dressed in this manner, but Juliet's clothes symbolise her purity and
innocence. As she is in fancy dress, Juliet's costume represents her
personality, thus emphasising her innocence. In the top left hand
corner of this picture is the word 'hope'. This is written in a font
and colour that make it appear as though it is a bright light with a
glow surrounding it. In doing this the word stands out which, invites
the to contemplate the role of hope in the film and also, on their own
hopes. This picture appeals to a young male audience as it depicts a
young, beautiful female. This picture also appeals to a young female
audience who can relate to Juliet and aspire to be like her by getting
lost in their own contemplative world.
In the top right hand corner of the poster, joined to the previous
picture with a glowing 'and' symbol is a completely contrasting action
shot of Romeo. Romeo has his left arm wrapped around a man's neck, and
Romeo's right arm is outstretched with a gun in his hand. The look on
Romeo's face is that of pure anger and hatred. The victim's face is
not visible due to Romeo's right arm and the angle of the camera. This
focuses all attention on to Romeo's frightening appearance. Also, this
beckons curiosity throughout the audience, who wonder of the hidden
man's identity and his influence on Rome and Juliet's situation. The
picture has in its bottom right...
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...nd camera movements also play a vital role in
the presentation of the trailer to an audience. When the Latino
character points a gun at one point in the trailer, the camera takes a
side view, putting the audience in the position of an observer and
then a frontal view, putting the audience in the position of a victim.
This is very effective as it is visually abusive making good use of
cinematography techniques and also invites the audience into the
trailer and story line a lot more.
The trailer and poster for Baz Luhrmann's version of Romeo and Juliet
are extremely effective in attracting a young audience. By effectual
usage of light, text, sound, dialogue, camera positions and fonts, he
outlines the contrasting themes in the story line and the modern,
visually stunning and energetic way in which the film is produced.
Comparing Zefferelli's production of Romeo and Juliet with Luhrman Production. In this essay I am going to write about the production of Romeo. In Franco Zeffirelli's production of Romeo and Juliet, the setting and language are of a traditional, realistic nature. This is complete.
Have you ever fallen in love with the wrong person? How about falling in love with your family’s worst enemy? This tragedy happened to Romeo and Juliet, two adolescents that were doomed to unhappiness since the moment they were born. Two powerful and respectable families that have had hatred for each other for so long that the reason for how their hatred began is forgotten. Romeo and Juliet were the ones who had to pay the consequences for their families’ feud. Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet adaptation is both faithful and unfaithful to mise-en-scène in the beginning, middle, and end of the scene.
time and still can used as a modern story line in an modern film in
What is the director ultimately saying about the ways in which hope affects the individual?
music changes to show that she is sad. We then get a close up of
in the way he speaks in a sly voice. He is the perfect actor to play
‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a tragic play about two star crossed lovers written by Shakespeare in 1595. The play is a timeless teenage tradgedy. “The play champions the 16th Century belief that true love always strikes at first sight,” (Lamb 1993: Introduction) and even in modern times an audience still want to believe in such a thing as love at first sight. Act II Scene II the balcony scene displays that romantic notion perfectly.
He uses close ups of Romeo and Lord Capulet. The close up of Romeo is
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,
out of the movie. He did this to shorten the movie and also to make it
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.
Being a director in a production such as Romeo and Juliet is no easy task, and I enter into this paper with that in mind. My goals are to be creative, and do things differently from the many versions of the play we have viewed in class. Each of those directors took the original text, written by William Shakespeare, and turned it into a unique version of their own; unique in the sense that they changed the tragedy by taking out lines, conversation or even entire scenes to better suit that particular director’s needs.
William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," set in 16th century Verona, Italy shares differences with Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet," set in modern day Verona Beach. These stories contain the same characters and conflict, however major and minor discrepancies are galore in the story lines of both formats of William Shakespeare's creation. Some major inconsistencies occur, such as Mercutio dying at a beach, portrayed as a hero, instead of being at a bar, looking like a fool, Friar Lawrence's letter is successfully sent to Romeo by mail carriers, however he does not have the opportunity to read it, unlike in the play version, where Romeo does not get the letter from Friar John, and is told the news by Balthazar, and nobody being at Juliet's tomb to stop Romeo from reaching Juliet, unlike in the play, Paris was there to pay his respects to Juliet. In addition to the major inconsistencies, minor ones are included throughout, such as Romeo and Juliet first seeing each other through a fish tank, then kissing in the elevator, not the dance, the famous balcony scene occurring in a pool, not on an actual balcony, and Juliet pointing a gun at Friar after she points it to herself, threatening to commit suicide. These inconsistencies probably occurred in the play to add a modern and entertaining twist to the Shakespearean classic, leading to the same denouement in both versions of "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet."
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.
Baz Luhrmann's Problems While Directing Romeo and Juliet The problem that faced Baz Luhrmann when he was directing the new