... trying to say about love? How does using it make the audience feel? In what way does his presentation of love increase the tragedy and depth of the play? When considering how Shakespeare presents the love between Romeo and Juliet, it is important to consider whether it was true love he was presenting, or not. Is their love real? The only people that could ... talking adds a great amount of playful excitement to the scene, especially on stage. The audience will be aware of this and immediately single out Romeo and Juliet's relationship as interesting. A lot can also be conveyed to the au...

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... has made a "in your face approach" to portraying the film of " Romeo and Juliet" and has done this by modernisation such as using the urban landscape of LA and also replacing the weapons such as a sword with a gun. Both films effectively communicate the great love between Romeo and Juliet. The scene when Romeo meets Juliet in Zeferilli's version was seen to be in a party of the old ... use of moving music and it showed us Romeo's great loss of Juliet in a truly moving way that gave the audience an understanding of how great the love was. In the final scene of this film "Romeo and Juliet"...

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... been found during the 16th century. In order to make the play more accessible to the modern audience; Baz Luhrmann had to alter a considerable amount of the 'traditional' version of Romeo and Juliet. He produced Shakespeare's play as an appropriation, which meant that he moved the story four centuries into the future, adapting the key plot ideas in such a way as to remain ... would arise. Baz Luhrmann would have to be able to intertwine these issues with the main plot, to make the film more relevant and meaningful to the modern day audience. The setting used in Zeferelli's version of Ro...

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... , Luhrmann conveys that love is too fragile to survive in a society overridden by hatred and violence. Colour, lighting and camera angles have been successfully employed to visually convey atmosphere and emotions. Luhrmann focuses on visual images and uses contrasting colours to highlight the deep and intense love between Romeo and Juliet. In the swimming pool scene, where their love blossomed, a rich blue hue dominates the screen. The reoccurring ... make the ultimate sacrifice for each other. Baz Luhrmann has successfully modernised Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet for a contemporary aud...

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... has been one of the most famous love stories for around 200 years. In 1997, Baz Luhrmann did a remake of Romeo and Juliet and even though it is based on the original version, it is still very different. In the opening scene of Romeo and Juliet, you see a news reporter on the TV, telling the viewers of two wealthy families living in Verona. After the news report ... again except by an unseen narrator. While the narrator is talking, flashes of the Montague's and Capulet's lives are quickly displayed on the screen. Using this and the dramatic sound effects, Baz Luhrmann almost immediately ...

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... Chief of Police". The characters are effectively brought in from another century and put into more reachable roles that the viewer will immediately identify and classify with no problems. With their updated names and the plot line identified the players are injected into a new era of guns and money. Romeo and Juliet now live in modern day Verona beach, instead of on the ... streets of Verona, Italy. This is a place where the ultra modern surroundings and dress is juxtaposed by Shakespeare's older English; Romeo waxes love semantics in what is Shakespearian English, nonetheless it is edit...

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... lives. Rating: Reviewer: Claire Ginn Welcome to Verona Beach, a sexy, violent other-world, neither future nor past, ruled by two rival families, the Montagues and the Capulets... So begins Baz Luhrmann's production of Shakespeare's beloved play, "Romeo and Juliet," from the famous opening line of "Two Households both alike in dignity.." to the tragic end, the viewer is whisked away into thedepths?of heightened ... . Shakespeare may be rolling around in his grave after seeing this film, but English classes all over the world can breathe a little easier when it comes time to take the Romeo ...

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... households. Set in Verona, Italy during the late 1500's, Romeo, a Montague, meets Juliet, a Capulet. They fall in love and marry although their families hate each other. And because of feud and the blinding self-interest of the adults, it leads to their fateful demise. The play of Romeo and Juliet is one of the most popular and most widely known play of all time. This play ... Franco Zeferelli, designed a replica of what he thought Shakespeare's play was like. He won many Academy Awards for the movie. Then, in 1996, another film director, Baz Lurhmann, portrayed Romeo and Juliet as a co...

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... love story of all time, in our time. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona Beach; a violent modern city of guns, money and greed. In this opulent world hate, rival gangs and families at war, Romeo (Leonardo Dicaprio) and Juliet (Claire Danes), are ignited by the passion of first forbidden love and Verona Beach explodes. Shakespeare's heart-wrenching tale of doomed love is ... , beauty, wit, furious energy and a worldwide, best selling soundtrack. A film that will kick you in the heart. Although it will probably not be considered a classic at par with the Zeffirelli vers...

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... is what will happen. There are characters in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet who influence Romeos behaviour directly, Mercutio for example. Mercutio defends Romeo's honour and fights Tybalt because Romeo will not. When Mercutio is killed by Tybalt, Romeo loses his self control and kills Tybalt without thinking of the consequences that might lie ahead. Romeo is banished and therefore opening up a whole new path of possible bad luck ... had a grudge in the first place then there would be no problem with Romeo and Juliet being together. In the film version of the play Romeo and Juliet by B...

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... characters and language during the opening scene of "Romeo and Juliet" Romeo and Juliet is a timeless, classic, love story written by William Shakespeare. The play masterfully tells the tragic love story of two "star-cross"d lovers" Romeo and Juliet. The title characters are members of two feuding families, Romeo a Montague and Juliet a Capulet. Baz Luhrmann uses his own ideas to adapt Shakespeare's original version of "Romeo and Juliet" to ... one that he is able to successfully bring to a new and younger audience. The original version of "Romeo and Juliet" was written in the 1600's and...

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... stand out from any other kind of film works. Over the years he has won many awards for his greatest works including a number of AFA's (Australian film awards), and many BAFTA's for "Romeo and Juliet" and "Strictly Ballroom". This must mean that contrasting what the critics say he must be doing something right. These successes do not only appear on the cinema screen. He has ... of La Boheme. The word features in red lettering resembling the Coca-Cola sign. In Strictly Ballroom the lovers kiss in front of the large sign, in Romeo and Juliet, Leonardo Dicaprio walks past the sign and in Mo...

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... or the dance studio. The only time it goes outside of this is to visit Fran's house where the shot is totally devoid of colour. Romeo and Juliet is set in the confined gun culture of L.A. which we were constantly reminded of with shots of guns nearly all the way through the film. ... which Luhrmann reminds us of the separate isolated world, in this case the world of the dance hall. There is not such a big contrast in Romeo and Juliet; however there is still a contrast in the form of what the actors are wearing. The Montague's wear loose Hawaiian shirts in contrast with the all ... stron...

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... in a new generation. Due to the growing mental gap between the youth of today and the Shakespearean dialect, director Baz Luhrmann creates the modern day film version of Romeo and Juliet. The opening scene of the play is absolutely one of the most powerful scenes in both the film and textual versions. However, some key elements have been altered in the film version of the ... , opposed to the traditional garments of the time in which the play was constructed. Needless to say, the film version is a much more modern and comprehendible version of the play for a new generation. The textual v...

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... who had a big influence on his work. All three people work well together and this allows Luhrmann to have a great deal of control over his projects. All three of Luhrmann's films, "Strictly Ballroom" (1992), "Romeo and Juliet" (1996) and "Moulin Rouge" (2001), have been influenced by his passion for the theatre and his love for different art forms. Luhrmann as an Auteur has had his work ... a heightened created world. Each film includes a theatrical device e.g. archaic language, dancing or singing. Luhrmann also uses pathetic fallacy to portray how the mood of the film changes. For exam...

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... beauty, freedom, truth and above all love. The start of the movie is energetic and enthusiastic beyond all beliefs, which moved onto being melodramatic and catastrophic. There is a lot of comedy in the story and is extremely entertaining for the audience. The costumes are well-designed and authentic to the period. With his previous films William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet and Strictly Ballroom, Baz ... Luhrmann exhibited his penchant for lurid and bold filmmaking, but ... with Moulin Rouge he has taken his flights of fantasy to new heights. To have characters set within the "baudy" ...

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... fact, they work surprisingly well in this context. There are also some creative touches applied to familiar tunes. Luhrmann fuses "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" with "Material Girl" and develops a "Love Montage" recycling about a half-dozen love songs. Moulin Rouge subjects its viewers to a sensory overload with gaudy, gloriously over-produced musical numbers that pay homage to ... . An Australian with a background in opera, Luhrmann's two previous films were also experiments in exuberant excess. Strictly Ballroom made a ballroom competition into a flamboyant theatrical exercise, an...

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