What are the advantages and disadvantages of telling stories using moving images? The overall objective and purpose of telling a story is to engage with the audience to convey the meaning of a plot and create a human connection on an emotional level (Batty p292). Stories can be told in a variety of ways‚ and the method by which a story/narrative is told determines the way in which we connect and interact with it emotionally. Each mode of story telling is capable of presenting the same story in different
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William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet The Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet starts off zooming into a tv very slowly‚ which has a news anchor narrating the famous prologue of Shakespeare’s world renowned tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet. Suddenly‚ the screen cuts to an intense and out of control scene of gunfire on Verona Beach from all angles‚ a gang fight involving members of both the Montagues and Capulets. It is here in the first scene that Luhrmann truly successfully captures the viewer’s attention
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to be the first and greatest example of romantic tragedy. The play looks at two children from feuding families who‚ upon falling in love‚ disobay their parents and also there households. Their efforts have terrible results‚ including the deaths of Tybalt and Mercutio‚ as well as the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet. Some people‚ often focus on the main characters. Mercutio’s character is very dramatic and tragic as well‚ as some people feel that his death creates a turning point in the play from comedy
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nurse fails to deliver the information about Romeo as soon as she walks through the door. Luhrmann made his version more modern‚ and makes the characters kinder to emphasize their relationship. These movies contain some similarities and differences; they both use some of the same lines‚ but portray the characters in diffrerent ways and the characters wear different types of costumes. In both movies‚ Luhrmann and Zeffirelli use some of the same lines. "Your love says‚ like an honest gentleman‚ and
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spectacular movie‚ Moulin Rouge‚ Bazz Luhrmann created a formalistic musical about freedom‚ beauty‚ truth and most especially‚ love. In this movie‚ he creates a fictional storyline about love relative to a few historical events that occurred during the early 1900’s in Paris’ well-known nightclub‚ The Moulin Rouge. Although the events all through out the movie are portrayed in a sense of fantasy through a remarkably choreographed comic musical and melodrama‚ Luhrmann is still able to make it exceptionally
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happens in Romeo and Juliet‚ which is why it’s such an interesting movie to make over and over again. Luhrmann emphasizes the theme found in Romeo and Juliet of young love leading to reckless decisions in the death scene of his 1996 version by excluding certain characters‚ using the motif of light/dark imagery‚ and having Romeo and Juliet talk before committing suicide. To begin with‚ a change Luhrmann decided to make in the death scene of his version of Romeo and Juliet was that he would exclude
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both Fitzgerald and Luhrmann place on the wealthy and how they are unified by their money‚ We see two types of wealthy people in the Great Gatsby. We see the Buchanan’s who were born into wealth. The term "old money" is used both in the text and film to identify people who don’t have to work to gain their means. Then we have Gatsby who has only just recently acquired his money. Not only does he work for a living‚ but he comes from a low-class background. Fitzgerald and Luhrmann critique the way in
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In the film Romeo+Juliet (1996)‚ Luhrmann puts a new‚ fresh spin on Shakespeare’s classic play‚ Romeo and Juliet. While staying somewhat true to the original play‚ he shapes the dialogue‚ acting‚ and setting to bring the star crossed lovers into the present. This makes it more appealing and approachable to a modern audience. One might argue that the mixture of modern scenery and accents and Shakespearean English is an unsatisfying hybrid‚ and that a remake should either edit the language so it
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Baz ’s situation is that he was estranged from his family‚ slowly he is starting to intergrade with his 2 older sisters‚ his mother and 1 of his older brothers. Baz has had drink and drug issues in the past he has got mental health problems and at time has anxiety attacks. I would apply Erikson ’s psychosocial theory as one of the
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that are portrayed and developed in various ways. Their unique personalities are what makes the play so diverse and complex. In the Zeffirelli and Luhrmann film versions of the play Romeo and Juliet‚ the personality traits of humour‚ wisdom‚ and loyalty of the character Mercutio is portrayed in different ways. To begin‚ in both the Zeffirelli and Luhrmann versions of the play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ Mercutio - one of Romeo’s best friends is seen as a humoristic
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