Romeo And Juliet Mise En Scene Essay

Romeo and Juliet by Baz Luhrman
In this piece of coursework I will analyse four shots from the opening sequence. I will analyse the film techniques in Romeo and Juliet such as the mise-en-scene, the casting and costume, camera angles, lighting, captions, music and other techniques that have been used in order to make this film successful. In the opening sequence of Romeo and Juliet it doesn’t really focus on their love but mostly the feud between the two families and how they are caught between; the opening sequence also makes Romeo and Juliet look really innocent and naive. The genre of Romeo and Juliet is tragic and dramatic; this reflects on the film as there are both tragic and dramatic scenes that take. The mood of the film is really
However this time it shows the members of the two families. The pictures of the parents look like they are very arrogant and selfish people, although the pictures of the Romeo and Juliet look the total opposite. Instead of having pictures of when Romeo and Juliet were older there are pictures of when they were children. This makes a big difference as it makes them look really innocent and naive, they are also smiling as if they don’t know what is going on and as if they don’t know that there is a feud between their two families. The dramatic music quietens down and a man with a really deep voice starts to talk, this is the priest and he sounds upset and emotional about what he is talking about. Then suddenly flames of fire eats up the newspaper, this is really dramatic and looks like there is something really bad that is going to happen as the flames start at the bottom where Romeo and Juliet’s pictures were; it also suggests that some bad is going to happen to