to fit in with the audiences taste. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen‚ my name is Heitor Hilberto and I’m here to talk about Romeo and Juliet. Baz Luhrmans 1996 adaptation of the classical love story of Romeo and Juliet had a great impact to its vast audience leaving most in tears. The technical and film codes were used very affectively in Baz Luhrmans adaptation of Romeo and Juliet‚ it does this by the reconstruction of the films location to the busy location of Verona‚ the action camera shots
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I missed "Antwone Fisher" in the theaters‚ but when I saw it at home recently on DVD‚ I found it very emotionally involving. I realize the film is somewhat formulaic and sometimes overly sentimentalized‚ but I liked it a lot anyway. It seems to me the movie has an underlying earnestness‚ and it managed to bring tears to my eyes. There really is a man named Antwone Fisher‚ and you can see and hear him on a featurette on the DVD. Fisher is credited with writing the screenplay for the movie "Antwone
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classic tale “Romeo and Juliet” told by Shakespeare is appropriate for year 10 students. It involves the love of two young teens who should be enemies but love is too strong and some violence containing guns and drugs although characters don’t enjoy it. Baz Luhrmann has created a movie that captures the essence of Shakespeare with little change from the original. Students can learn and witness many lessons. Romeo and Juliet’s world is full of hate‚ so much hate resulting in death and destruction‚ the
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His emphasis on sociopolitical themes makes his book a useful tool for discussing modern day issues. Because of its popularity and relevance to modern day life‚ The Great Gatsby has gone through many film adaptations‚ each unique in its own right. Baz Luhrmann’s 2013 remake of this timeless story remains true to Fitzgerald’s themes of class and the dangers of dwelling in the past‚ but completely changes the way Nick is portrayed and ends the film with Gatsby believing that Daisy still loves him.
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feuding families‚ Montagues and the Capulets‚ who ultimately take their life. Almost four-hundred years later‚ directors Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann have both produced popular film versions protraying very different styles and techniques of the one play‚ using setting‚ editing and colour and costume to appeal to their chosen target audience. The Baz Luhrman edition is aiming towards a modern teenage audience who might not know Shakespeare but like action. While Franco Zeffirelli is more steered
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Auteur Criticism for Moulin Rouge! by Baz Luhrmann As a director Luhrmann has only five films under his filmmaking belt; Strictly Ballroom (1992)‚ Romeo + Juliet (1996)‚ Moulin Rouge! (2001)‚ Australia (2008)‚ and his latest film‚ The Great Gatsby (2012) (Horn‚ 4). Even with such a short list of films he has directed‚ Luhrmann’s directing style is recognizable and obvious for all of his movies. The most noticeable characteristics of this director are his films’ favorable close-up use of editing
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Mercutio is one of the most unique characters in Baz Luhrmann’s movie "Romeo & Juliet". His language is always powerful and imaginative. He represents many different things in the play and holds an important role. Mercutio is Romeo’s friend. He is neither Montague‚ nor Capulet. Therefore‚ he has not been born into a feud and really has no side. However‚ his bond with Romeo does make him associated with the Montagues. In this essay I will describe the complex character of Mercutio and how he influences
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In the opening scene of the modern adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet"‚ the qualities of the feuding families: The Montagues and The Capulets are successfully exposed to the audience by the use of presentational devices. The director‚ Baz Luhrmann‚ has paid deliberate attention to these areas‚ which successfully portray the rival family member’s temperaments. The use of different lighting‚ colour‚ music‚ sound effects‚ costume and make up are applied to represent the different families to show the distinction
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Juliet presents us with an array of timeless values that are depicted through Baz Luhrmann’s filmic adaptation of the text. The main contrast between Baz Luhrmann’s film and the original text is that the film context takes place in a modernised society much like ours today‚ carrying the same notions that are present within the original text into a society relevant to ours. The Concept of family is a key moral in both Baz Luhrmann’s and Shakespeare’s texts that is intertwined with religion and ideas
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Baz Luhrmann’s film interpretation of Act 5 scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet conveys the tragedy of the play more effectually than Zefrelli’s. This is because Baz Luhrmann has made more effective use of film elements to fully capture the heart-breaking nature of the scene. Such as; colour and lighting props and the setting he staged the scene in‚ the actors and the way the events in the scene unfolded. Zefrelli’s interpretation of the play was undoubtedly moving‚ Baz Luhrmann’s more modern adaption allows
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