Ray Of Light In Romeo And Juliet

Lighting is another key technique used in the play Romeo and Juliet. Composers of both films Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann have played around with lighting to highlight the theme of love. In Baz Luhrmann when Romeo enter’s Juliet’s tomb, the room is slightly dark which foreshadows the coming tragedy and helps build up suspense and tension in the atmosphere. The ray of light in the dark tomb effectively symbolises the presense of Juliet in Romeo’s otherwise dark world. Juliet’s tomb is lit up with candles and other artifical lights and as the over head shot of the lovers lying beside eachother in tranquility is pulled away, the image is shrinked and the candles look like stars which symbolises star-crossed lovers. In contrast to Baz Luhrmann,