Romeo and Juliet‚ one of the best love stories of all time‚ was written by the world famous author Shakespeare‚ in the early 1600s. The story was a major hit. Everyone loved it. Two men‚ named Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann‚ loved the tragedy so much that they decided to share the story with the rest of the world. In 1968 Zeffirelli directed his version of Romeo and Juliet. Then‚ in 1997 Luhrmann version was produced. Both movies told the tragic tale of two star-crossed lovers that were held
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Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare was known as the greatest writer of the English language and has written many famous plays such as Romeo and Juliet‚ Hamlet‚ and Othello. In Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet there are many similarities which exist between the Zeffirelli and Luhrmann’s version. As evident in the opening‚ balcony and the fighting scene. The Zeffirelli and Luhrmann’s version are similar because they both consist of a lot of action within the opening scene. For instance‚ the Zeffirelli’s
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In Zeffirelli’s and luhrmann’s individual movies on the Shakespearean play of Romeo and Juliet‚ they show a great deal of focus on the theme of conflict‚ which had occurred mainly between the two rivals of the play‚ the Montagues and the Capulets. Although the movies are based on the same play‚ they differ quite a lot. Zeffirelli’s version of Romeo and Juliet was set in the 1600s‚ which was accurate for the play. For luhrmann’s version‚ he set the movie in the modern era which inevitably causes
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Romeo and Juliet‚ a story of passion and hatred sets the scene in the city of Fair Verona. An everlasting feud between the Capulet and Montague families disrupts the peace in the city and causes a tragic fate for the two forbidden star-crossed lovers; Romeo and Juliet. Devotion‚ revenge and authority force the young lovers to act impulsively and their irresponsible actions lead them to a tragic fate of death and despair. William Shakespeare’s one-of-a-kind tale has been taken - many times - and
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Romeo and Juliet - Zeffirelli and Luhrmann The two main film interpretations of Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet" are Zeffirelli’s‚ made in 1968‚ and Luhrmann’s‚ made in 1997. Although they use the same original script written by Shakespeare‚ these two films are very different. Zeffirelli’s is set in the 16th century‚ at the time when the screenplay would have first been written whereas Luhrmann has set his film in modern time but still using the Shakespearian language. The most popular and well-known
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I believe that Baz Luhrmann has created a very effective prologue and version of Act 1 Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ using visual images and landmarks along with the language to aid the audience in understanding the story. Using the media throughout‚ Luhrmann makes the situations easier for the audience to grasp‚ and in turn‚ relate to. The film begins with the camera zooming in on a television. The prologue is spoken by a black female news reporter. Using a coloured female reporter
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Discuss the appropriation of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare and ‘Romeo+Juliet’ by Baz Luhrmann Texts and ideas from texts are appropriated and transformed into other text forms and other compositions in a different context. An appropriation is a text that is appropriated or taken over by another composer and presented in a new way. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a well-known high culture text that is a tragedy about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families
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Baz Luhrmann’s film representation of Romeo and Juliet‚ as opposed to Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet‚ differentiates the context‚ values and ideas about love. The famous Capulet Feast scene is contextualised from the original Elizabethan context into a contemporary context expressing the transformative nature of love. Baz Luhrmann effectively uses the medium of film‚ transforming the original Shakespearean context of Act I‚ Scene 5 and situates it into a modern context regardless of different
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world‚ Romeo+Juliet makes the medieval classic - Romeo and Juliet understandable to a modern audience. Directed by Baz Luhrmann‚ the modern masterpiece applies impressive cinematography to harness both medieval and modern civilisations. Many aspects‚ such as the; settings‚ props‚ background symbolism and ways of communication allow for the modern viewer to grasp the storyline‚ despite many unusual adaptations included from medieval times. The entwinement of Shakespeare’s original Romeo and Juliet
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literature; a piece of literature that still hasn’t escaped the clutches of society due its profound effect‚ that piece of literature is indeed Romeo and Juliet. The storey of star-cross lovers who come from 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
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