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Comparison of Franco Zefferelli’s Romeo and Juliet to The Adaptation by Baz Luhrmann

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Comparison of Franco Zefferelli’s Romeo and Juliet to The Adaptation by Baz Luhrmann This essay aims to discus the similarities and differences of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, directed by Franco Zefferelli and Baz Luhrmann. In this essay there will be an outline of the story, a comparison of the techniques used in each film and the affect these techniques have on the viewer. In Fair Verona two families have been feuding for generations, the Capulets and the Montagues. The Capulets have an astonishing daughter, approaching marriage age, named Juliet. She is to be wed to the best suitor. The Montagues have a son called Romeo. When Romeo and his friends attend the Capulets party, uninvited, Romeo …show more content…

Juliet wakes to she the last breath of her one true love. Life without love is nothing to Juliet, she grasps Romeo’s dagger and ends her own life in an act of bravery and devotion. In respect to the untimely deaths of their children the Montagues and the Capulets agree to end the feud. At the begging of Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet there is a small television screen within the viewers television screen, all the surrounding area is completely blacked out so that the viewers attention is focused on what the news reader is announcing. The presenter is well poised and speaks properly; this is to make the viewer believe what is being presented to them. When the newsreader has finished the television screen disappears and bold white writing saying ‘In Fair Verona’ appears on the screen telling the viewer where the film is set. This writing is quickly replaced with a large statue of Christ, which shows that the country is catholic. A jump shot flicks between these two images until the camera is level with the Christ statue. Tense music starts to play in the background to tell the viewer that a fight is expected later in the film. The tension is broken by the ravings of the Montagues. The Montagues are wearing beach style clothes to suggest that they are laid back. The music in the background has a strong beat to it. When they arrive at the gas station the Capulets

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