Baz Luhrmann's Romeo And Juliet

had to do all the work for the audience, as the words were the only

The tragedy, “Romeo and Juliet” was originally a play created by William Shakespeare, one of many world famous plays by the same. This play has been converted into its intended style many times in the past, the earliest version in 1968 was directed by Franco Zeffirelli, the latest film in 1996 by Baz Luhrmann. The latter is quite modern and only occassionally uses the words of Shakespeare. On the contrary, the older version was very traditional, and almost completely stuck to the original script. In this essay, I will compare the modern day film to the traditional version of the tragic play, “Romeo and Juliet.

Zeffirelli loosely translated the transcript, which created an legitimate feel to the movie. Zeffirelli used very similar language to Shakespeare's language in the original play. The actors in the movie seem to be wearing clothes relevant to the time period that the play is set in, consequently contributing to make the movie feel authentic. The setting of the play is at the Capulets’ house, on and near Juliet’s balcony, and in the movie the setting is also the same place, also the movie and the play both appear to be set in the same time period. Zeffirelli did a wonderful job of recreating the balcony scene in Romeo &

Luhrmann’s variation of the film is more suited to a teenage audience than Zeffirelli’s due to the vibrant settings and modern sets utilised throughout the film. Several of these sets include the beach, high rise buildings and petrol stations. These factors are used to tempt a younger audience. Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet, however takes place in a medieval Italian city. Although the original play was based and performed in this location, teenage viewers cannot relate to the surroundings, hence making it difficult to understand or appreciate the plot.

Love is considered one of the purest yet most complicated feelings in the world. There are different types of love, friendship love, romantic love, even sexual love. We humans have evolved over time, but the concept of love has not evolved with us. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare about two young passionate lovers whose deaths unite their feuding families. Although no single character deserves all of the blame for the tragic ending in the play, Friar Lawrence can be considered partially responsible because of his decision of immediately agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet, trusting a 14-year old with a highly dangerous potion,

William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, tells the story of the tragic love between Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. The play has been reinterpreted throughout time and Baz Luhrmann’s film version, William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, uses a modern setting to tell the tale. Luhrmann’s cinematic understanding reinforces the key themes of love, fate and hate as he explores Shakespeare’s famous play.

Quote JULIET 
O fortune, fortune! all men call thee fickle:
If thou art fickle, what dost thou with him.
That is renown'd for faith? Be fickle, fortune;
For then, I hope, thou wilt not keep him long,
But send him back.
(3.5.9)

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.

Romeo and Juliet was Shakespeare’s most famous play which is about love of two teenagers of two rival families. Since Romeo’s family and Juliet’s family are rivals, their families don’t agree with the marriage of their children to each other. However, Romeo and Juliet despite the opposition of their families secretly get married at church and insist on reaching their goal of being together. The whole story is played in the theatre style of the Renaissance; audiences could see violence, young boys are playing female rolls without wearing masks, many scenes and time change. However, if it was played in Greek theatre style, the audience could see a different style of performance and there would be a different effect. In Greek Theatre we would

To create a modern setting, Baz Luhrmann has used dialogue, sound effects, and soundtrack within his adaptation of Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet. This version of Romeo and Juliet was created with a young American audience in mind, because of this, the actors’ American accents have been kept. If Baz Luhrmann had made the actors speak with an English accent then the film would become less relatable to the youth of America. As well as using dialogue, Luhrmann has used sound effects which were a key element in creating a realistic environment within the film. The director uses sound effects to build the atmosphere of his fictional city, Verona Beach. The soundtrack of the film has been used alongside the sound effects to hold the audience’s

In 1996 director Baz Luhr decided to put a modern spin on William Shakespeare's classic play Romeo and Juliet starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. Taking place in modern day Verona we meet the two feuding families, the Capulets and the Montagues. In these two families are star crossed lovers,Romeo(DiCaprio) and Juliet(Danes), and they are determined to stay together even if it means giving up their family name. Their love being so strong results in a dramatic irony when the young couple each die of their own will because of a misunderstanding and didn't want to see life without each other. Overall this film got 6.5 out of 10 stars as an official rating.

The name of the movie is Romeo and Juliet. The director was Franco Zeffirelli. The film studio or distributor was Paramount Pictures. The film was released in 1968. The main characters were Romeo who was played by Leonard Whiting and Juliet who was played by Olivia Hussey. Other characters where Juliet's Nurse who was played by Pat Heywood and Mercutio who was played by John McEnery and also Tybalt who was played by Michael York.

The themes of love and passion can be deeply explored through the cinematic techniques used in Baz Luhrmann's 1997 recreation of William Shakespeare's ‘Romeo & Juliet’ and James Cameron’s romantic disaster film ‘Titanic’. Through the eyes of these directors, we can see how they’ve introduced passion, love and hatred into the characters, as well as the storylines. Although the settings in the two movies are completely different, the plotline of their relationships were remarkably similar.

In the theatre people used to think it is a "rowdy" day out. Going to

Do you believe in love at first sight ? When some people feel something with another person they think it's love. Romeo is lost in his feelings and understanding of what love means to him. He was heartbroken and lonely about his old lady named Rosaline, but when he saw Juliet he was in love again. Romeo and Juliet's families are rivals. Romeo doesn't want to wait to marry Juliet. He doesn't know if he loves because of a feeling he gets, Romeo is confused about love and the meaning apparently until he meets Juliet.