Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Zeffirelli’s version of the balcony scene is typical‚ Romeo climbing up the tree to see his love Juliet. Lurhman’s version of Romeo and Juliet is more modern were Juliet is not on the balcony and Romeo does not climb up a tree. Zeffirelli’s version of Romeo and Juliet’s balcony scene gives a traditional perspective to the viewers it is more what you would imagine when thinking of Romeo and Juliet. Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet’s balcony scene viewers can
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet presents us with an array of timeless values that are depicted through Baz Luhrmann’s filmic adaptation of the text. The main contrast between Baz Luhrmann’s film and the original text is that the film context takes place in a modernised society much like ours today‚ carrying the same notions that are present within the original text into a society relevant to ours. The Concept of family is a key moral in both Baz Luhrmann’s and Shakespeare’s texts that is intertwined
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effect‚ that piece of literature is indeed Romeo and Juliet. The storey of star-cross lovers who come from feuding families‚ Montagues and the Capulets‚ who ultimately take their life. Almost four-hundred years later‚ directors Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann have both produced popular film versions protraying very different styles and techniques of the one play‚ using setting‚ editing and colour and costume to appeal to their chosen target audience. The Baz Luhrman edition is aiming towards a modern
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Mercutio is one of the most unique characters in Baz Luhrmann’s movie "Romeo & Juliet". His language is always powerful and imaginative. He represents many different things in the play and holds an important role. Mercutio is Romeo’s friend. He is neither Montague‚ nor Capulet. Therefore‚ he has not been born into a feud and really has no side. However‚ his bond with Romeo does make him associated with the Montagues. In this essay I will describe the complex character of Mercutio and how he influences
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In the 1996 film interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic romantic play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ Baz Luhrmann effectively conveys the theme of love. The play follows Romeo and Juliet’s romance from love at first sight into the growth of true love‚ then into the downwards spiral of their parents’ disapproval and violence between the two families‚ concluding in the devastating death of the young couple. The theme of love is crucial in both the film and the play‚ and is exhibited repeatedly through different
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In the opening scene of the modern adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet"‚ the qualities of the feuding families: The Montagues and The Capulets are successfully exposed to the audience by the use of presentational devices. The director‚ Baz Luhrmann‚ has paid deliberate attention to these areas‚ which successfully portray the rival family member’s temperaments. The use of different lighting‚ colour‚ music‚ sound effects‚ costume and make up are applied to represent the different families to show the distinction
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TASK 1 Baz Luhrmann is an Australian director‚ famous for his eye catching films. He is known for his Red Curtain Trilogy including the three films ‘Strictly Ballroom’ (1992)‚ Romeo + Juliet (1996) and ‘Moulin Rouge’ (2001). In these films he uses song‚ dance and iambic pentameter to create a heightened‚ creative world. A key part of his films in the Red Curtain Trilogy is that the audience knows how the film will end when it begins. His theatrical‚ colourful‚ fast paced films continuously enthral
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different film adaptations of ’Romeo and Juliet’‚ it is clear to see that the two directors have used a number of different techniques‚ quite differently at times‚ to put across their particular interpretations of the play. These methods and different interpretations are very obvious if one studies the same scene as portrayed in each film. We looked at Franco Zeffirelli’s 1970’s version of the play and Baz Luhrmann’s recent adaptation produced in 1996 and focused on their interpretation of the scene where
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Act 2 Scene 2: Capulet’s orchard ROMEO He jests at scars that never left a wound But‚ soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east‚ and Juliet is the sun. Arise‚ fair sun‚ and kill the envious moon‚ Who is already sick and pale with grief‚ That thou her maid art far more fair than she. At this point‚ Juliet appears at the window. Romeo watches her from below. JULIET Ay me! ROMEO [Aside] She speaks. Oh speak again‚ bright angel‚ for thou art As glorious to
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The Legendary Balcony Scene…or Lack There Of Shakespeare in Love and Film 2 February 2005 The Legendary Balcony Scene…or Lack There Of Being a virgin viewer of Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet‚ I found myself dissatisfied as I began to see the famous balcony scene reveal itself on the courtyard floor. “Where is the barrier‚ the ‘stony limits’ that separates the lovers from each other?” I inquired. How could the most renowned scene of William Shakespeare’s most popular
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