Romeo And Juliet Film Techniques
Romeo + Juliet
Modern day audiences expect a film such as Romeo + Juliet to contain themes such as action, impressive visual aids and music. Baz Luhrmann uses elements of cinematography to entice a modern audience into his adaption of William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet. Luhrmann uses a modern day audience to make the movie appealing to teenagers, whilst including modern day themes such as Love, violence and gunfights. The camera shot used to introduce the city of New Mexico are used to draw in a modern audience by showing the entire modern day setting.
The establishing shot of the city in Director Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of Romeo + Juliet entices modern audiences into the movie by using modernized office buildings rather than the costumes used in Shakespearean times. Luhrmann uses props such as this to form a version of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet that is more appealing to modern audiences. Throughout the movie when guns are drawn from their holsters, the sound of a sword being unsheathed from it’s scabbard is heard. This is due to the fact that the more modernised Romeo + Juliet has mixes of modern themes and elements from the Shakespearean play. …show more content…
Luhrmann uses modern elements of cinematography to lure modern audiences into the movie, while still using the main plot and themes of William Shakespeare’s play. The usage of costuming in the movie is up to date with what is to be expected if a modern movie and is used to attract an audience, with the clothing being significantly changed from Romeo + Juliet. In the scene in which Romeo’s friends are first introduced, thy are scene wearing Hawaiian shirts which is a very common clothing in the current
Modern day audiences expect a film such as Romeo + Juliet to contain themes such as action, impressive visual aids and music. Baz Luhrmann uses elements of cinematography to entice a modern audience into his adaption of William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet. Luhrmann uses a modern day audience to make the movie appealing to teenagers, whilst including modern day themes such as Love, violence and gunfights. The camera shot used to introduce the city of New Mexico are used to draw in a modern audience by showing the entire modern day setting.
The establishing shot of the city in Director Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of Romeo + Juliet entices modern audiences into the movie by using modernized office buildings rather than the costumes used in Shakespearean times. Luhrmann uses props such as this to form a version of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet that is more appealing to modern audiences. Throughout the movie when guns are drawn from their holsters, the sound of a sword being unsheathed from it’s scabbard is heard. This is due to the fact that the more modernised Romeo + Juliet has mixes of modern themes and elements from the Shakespearean play. …show more content…
Luhrmann uses modern elements of cinematography to lure modern audiences into the movie, while still using the main plot and themes of William Shakespeare’s play. The usage of costuming in the movie is up to date with what is to be expected if a modern movie and is used to attract an audience, with the clothing being significantly changed from Romeo + Juliet. In the scene in which Romeo’s friends are first introduced, thy are scene wearing Hawaiian shirts which is a very common clothing in the current