story‚ Romeo and Juliet was filled with violence and love. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet loved each other‚ even their parents hatred for each other didn’t prevent the star-crossed lovers from being together. Many lives were taken away due to the rivalry between the Montagues and Capulets‚ including Romeo and Juliet’s. The characters in the three versions of Romeo and Juliet had many similarities and differences. Juliet and Lady Montague stood out to me the most while watching “Romeo + Juliet”
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Hang onto your seats and get ready for another of Baz Luhrmann’s cinematic masterpieces. This time‚ Luhrmann has taken Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet and effectively translated the original play into a visual representation that even the most dedicated Shakespeare fans will enjoy. Luhrmann manages to represent the key events‚ themes‚ characters and settings of the original play with only a few differences to make it a box office hit. Firstly‚ he has used modern concepts and settings and a stellar
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The classic tale “Romeo and Juliet” told by Shakespeare is appropriate for year 10 students. It involves the love of two young teens who should be enemies but love is too strong and some violence containing guns and drugs although characters don’t enjoy it. Baz Luhrmann has created a movie that captures the essence of Shakespeare with little change from the original. Students can learn and witness many lessons. Romeo and Juliet’s world is full of hate‚ so much hate resulting in death and destruction
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Comparative Essay Romeo and Juliet: Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann When making books or plays into films‚ every director interprets the text differently. In the case of Romeo and Juliet‚ Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann’s film are different in many ways even though they are based on the same play. The film by Franco Zeffirelli‚ in 1968‚ does a better job reenacting the play in a motion picture than the film made by Baz Luhrmann‚ in 1996‚ because the setting‚ costumes and characterization
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Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest love stories ever written‚ so of course the love story was made into movie films. Two examples would be the Zeffirelli version which was made in 1968 and a more modern version that was made in 2013‚ the Carlei version. Despite all the similarities between the characterization during the death scene in Franco Zeffirelli’s and Carlo Carlei’s films‚ there are easily scene differences. In Romeo and Juliet at the beginning of the play they tell you about the death
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Baz Luhrmann’s film interpretation of Act 5 scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet conveys the tragedy of the play more effectually than Zefrelli’s. This is because Baz Luhrmann has made more effective use of film elements to fully capture the heart-breaking nature of the scene. Such as; colour and lighting props and the setting he staged the scene in‚ the actors and the way the events in the scene unfolded. Zefrelli’s interpretation of the play was undoubtedly moving‚ Baz Luhrmann’s more modern adaption allows
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English 1/31/2014 Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare was an amazing writer and performer in London during the 16th century. He created many successful plays; one of his most famous is Romeo and Juliet. The play is known particularly for its spectacular balcony scene. Romeo and Juliet has also been recreated or incorporated into popular movies by numerous people. The two most famous recreations were made by Franco Zeffirelli in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann in 1997‚ both doing their own version of the balcony
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The Baz Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet opens with prominent beginning which engages a modern audience by providing rock music at the start of the film. This rock music includes a strong base guitar and some heavy drums; appearing at the beginning but as the music progresses the whole band establishes a foot hold in the soundtrack‚ which builds up adrenalin within me. As the whole band is drawn in‚ this reflects what the young audience may in account. From a young audience’s point of view‚ the
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Baz Luhrmanns Romeo and Juliet- opening cinematography Hello‚ my name is Bao Nguyen. Today‚ our panel of speakers Nathan‚ and William and I will be discussing Act 1‚ Scene 1 of shake sphere’s masterwork‚ and making a comparison of the play and deconstruction of the ways it has been interpreted. Baz luhrmanns Romeo and Juliet is a modern day film adaption to William Shakespeare’s Play‚ created in 1996. This film deals with issues of violence‚ hatred and love‚ it also features the original dialogue
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Zeffirelli vs Luhrmann When you think of a love story‚ Romeo and Juliet is always one of the first to come to mind. This great tragedy is a timeless story that will be told for many generations to come. It tells the story about two star crossed lovers that were held apart by their clashing families. Two men came along that wanted to share this classic story with the rest of the world. Franco Zeffirelli created his movie version in 1968. 28 years later‚ Baz Luhrmann came along and also created his
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