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Romeo And Juliet Comparison

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Analysis of Setting in Luhrman’s Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare about two young lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their families. It was one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays. Baz Luhrman made a film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet’s film adaptation was intended for teenagers and old target audiences because teenagers are interested in seeing Leonardo Di Caprio act as Romeo and because they fantasize in having that sort of relationship that Romeo and Juliet have. Adult audiences would watch the film as a memory of the story in a film and additionally because they like Shakespeare. To begin with, the newsreader scene uses setting …show more content…

Luhrman uses dramatic music to make us more focused and make a dramatic atmosphere. He wants us to feel excited as we watch the movie. He chooses the right scenes to apply the music. At the films opening, the camera glides very slowly toward a television screen. The camera almost appears to enter the television screen and quickly moves through shots of Verona and the characters. On each character it freezes for a moment and displays his or her name, before moving through more shots of Verona. As well as shots of the characters and Verona the audience is also shown famous parts of the Prologue to Romeo and Juliet such as From ancient grudge break to new mutiny. This makes the film relevant for a young audience because it would hold the audiences attention and would show a variety of elements to the film, such as the location, characters and cast and the basic story line. The use of camera work retains the original plays ideas because the original play started with a prologue, which gave the audience an outline of the story. Shakespeare’s original prologue contained the words in fair Verona; Luhrman’s version also contains the words, as flashes that appear as white writing on a black

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