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    Baz Luhrman´s Version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet One of the characteristics of Elizabethan and also Jacobean drama is the low number of stage directions and the lack of details they contain. As a logical consequence theatrical representations or film versions of these ages may allow an important quantity of freedom in the performance. In other instances stage directions and other important theatrical elements are consciously left aside in order to create totally different visions of

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    Extended Film Response How the film techniques used by Baz Luhrman to influence the portrayal and development of characters in the film Strictly Ballroom? In the film Strictly Ballroom, the director Baz Luhrman uses many different film techniques to influence the portrayal and development of characters. Costume and makeup is used as a vital technique to show the audience the characters’ personalities and also the development of some characters. Camera angles and lighting is another technique

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    Baz Luhrman's Moulin Rouge Moulin Rouge was Baz Luhrman’s next great success after his polarizing fusion of Shakespearean dialogue and MTV stylisations that was William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. Released in 2001 Moulin Rouge caused considerable

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    uniquely adaptable for any time period,” (Botnick, 2002). Directors Franco Zeffirelli (1968) and Baz Luhrman

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    Australian Visions Strictly ballroom by Baz Luhrman is a specular film that conveys many Australian Visions from beginning to end. It is a story of an individual, who wants to do his own steps, failing his partner. Fran an ugly duckling of a beginner class offers Scott partnership. Fran persistence and ideas convince Scott to dance their own steps on the Pan-Pacific championship displaying multiculturalism and breaking competitions under conformity. The composer has used many techniques like camera

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    Drama and Excitement in the Opening Scene of Romeo and Juliet by Baz Lurhmann Romeo and Juliet is directed by Baz Lurhmann and was produced in 1997 .In the opening scene of the film is set in a petrol station . The Montague boys and the Capulet boys happen to meet each other and a quarrel ensues and this leads to a big gun battle accompanied by western music that adds humour to the scene. The techniques the Luhrmann uses are lighting ,camera angles , setting and different

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    Romeo And Juliet Changes

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    A New View The story of Romeo and Juliet has characters that make the outcome of the play, these characters are the people that could have changed some of the events that took place in this tragic story. Two characters who could have done a lot to change the ending were Romeo and Juliet themselves, as well as Friar Lawrence. Most of the characters did have some impact on how the play concluded. But these characters made the biggest difference. During the play there are a lot of moments when

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    In this essay I will characterize Romeo and how he changed over the play and the film Baz Luhrman directed. Romeo in the film is always compared to blue or Water. I think the director decided to associate Romeo to blue to show the audience that he is a calm and trusting person. For example he is always wearing a blue shirt. He is also associated to water, I think the director decided to do this because water is neutral, no one owns the water. So when he is with Juliet he isn’t “the Montague”, he

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    still in a literature legend, had he not written poem and drama, his presence will be vanished as off now. It is astonishing, now most of his poem and plays written were famous. From that Romeo and Juliet written centuries ago was produced as movie by Baz Luhrmann with some changes according to modern setting, with much better technology over William Shakespeare period. Despite the fact that movie appeared to be better than Play, it left out many major parts of the text.. It is important for film

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    Baz Luhrmann film study The Great Gatsby and Romeo & Juliet Introduction Baz Luhrmann is an Australian born director. He is known for his adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in 1996 and The Great Gatsby in 2013, amongst others such as Strictly Ballroom and The Moulin Rouge. He is the creator of “Red Curtain Cinema” and in his eccentric filming methods: highlights important themes and ideas through the fast pace, camera angles, and use of modern music in period films. Luhrmann is eccentric and unconventional

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