Claire Littleton

Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet (1996), was directed by Baz Luhrmann, and was adapted for film by Craig Pearce and Baz Luhrmann. This movie is modern and captivating, using a combination of Shakespearean language with pop music and intensely colorful visuals. Leonardo di Caprio stars as the passionate Romeo, and Clare Danes portrays the alluring Juliet. In the movie, Luhrmann portrays the families who live in Verona Beach as gangster types, brandishing guns, and fighting amongst each other. The

Baz Luhrman’s filmed adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo + Juliet was released in 1996 and starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as the leading roles. The film brought the ancient script to a modern time based in Verona, Italy. The Montagues and Capulets are represented as enemy mafia empires and swords are replaced with guns. This analytical essay will examine the various dramatic elements featured in the film, such as, roles and relationships, tension and the mood and atmosphere

Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation on Romeo and Juliet has many similarities and contrasting elements with the original, made by Shakespeare. The casting, special, and Scenery of the adaptation and the original all have some things in common or are contrasting to each other. The Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation casting has some good and bad picks. The role of Romeo played by Leonardo DiCaprio was an example of a perfect casting. Leonardo fit the role impeccably, his physical appearance and voice match’s what you

Zefferelli vs. Baz Luhrmann - Shirin Shahsavari - 3/10/16 Although Zefferelli’s film is a better book-to-movie adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play, “Romeo and Juliet”, Baz Luhrmann’s version is a lot more entertaining and comprehensible to most teenagers because of its modern setting. Perhaps, one of the most substantial visible contrasts between the two films is the setting. Zeffirelli’s film takes place in a classical setting, accurately representing the actual historic period in which the

Zeffirelli and Luhrmann both have productions of the Shakespeare tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Franco Zeffirelli’s “Romeo and Juliet” was released in 1968. Zeffirelli was a Italian director, he was a director and a producer for operas, flims, and television. Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo and Juliet” was released in 1996. Luhrmann was a Australian director, he was also a writer and producer for flim, television, opera, theatre, music, and recording industries. Baz was also the director of “The Great Gatsby” in

In Baz Luhrmann’s balcony scene of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Luhrmann’s use of camera movement and camera angles do not execute and convey the sentimental love of Romeo and Juliet unlike Franco Zefferelli’s balcony scene does. The camera movements and camera angles in Baz Luhrmann’s balcony scene show he had a distracted view of Romeo and Juliet’s sentimental love for each other and viewed it as something else. Luhrmann’s over use of eye level angle throughout the whole scene especially in

Luhrmann uses lighting more effectively than Zeffirelli to portray the mood and emotions in the story of Romeo and Juliet. To begin with, Zeffirelli’s use of lighting is very weak in his version of the movie, as he does not change the lighting to suit the characters behaviors and the overall feeling of the movie at the time. For example, during the fight scene where Tybalt fights Mercutio the lighting does not change, the light remains clear and bright even after Mercutio dies. This shows that lighting

William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” has been redone many times by different producers who have changed parts of the play to attract a newer audience, versions of Shakespeare's play are done by Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann, both have similarities and differences that make them unique. The version of Romeo and Juliet that is better is Zeffirelli's because the Director did a good job when it came to mirroring the original play, which didn’t ruin it. In Shakespeare's original play, the

Comparing the Openings of the Film Versions of Romeo and Juliet by Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann Both openings of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann show similarities and contrasts. Although both versions are faithful to the text as the words spoken by the voiceover in the Prologue are the same, the methods of presentation are clearly different. Zeffirelli places the film in the 17th century and takes a more traditional approach. By using a white

How Luhrmann Portrays the Meeting of Romeo and Juliet In this essay, I will denote and connote the hidden messages within Baz Luhrmanns modern day version of Romeo and Juliet. I will explain what the messages mean, and what things are the hidden messages. I will analyse the images and shots within the party scene that Romeo and Juliet first meet in. In the opening shot, we hear diagetec sound. This sound is a woman singing a love song. This indicates that there is