Romeo and juliet: Analyse and evaluate the opening of Baz Luhrmann's 'Romeo and Juliet'

In 1996 Baz Luhrmann took the famous Shakespeargon play Romeo and Juliet and transformed it into a successful modern font day adaptation. The film was an enormous hit and Luhrmann, as a director, became recognised and respected. Whilst putting in his own thoughts and ideas he retained the original script and Shakespeares own interpretations on the characters and their feelings in accessory to their personalities. I am going to write about and give out the opening sequence of Romeo and Juliet up until when the two families leave the gun station as it explodes into a sea of flames.

The first quip in the film is one of a newsreader rotund the story or Romeo and Juliet; two star crossed lovers. The newsreader is discourse the original prologue from Shakespeares play and reads it in an informative and neutral tone. The newsreaders suppress is positioned in the centre of our own television and is surrounded by nothing but empty black space. There is no detail, or music so that we are not disconcert from the prologue and our blanket(a) attention is on what is being read. The fact that we are not being diverted from the newsreader shows the great brilliance of what she is schooling. This is a great way to start the story and grabs the stunner in for an exciting story of love, hate and loss...

When the news translation has been read there is a fast zooming-in shot into Verona urban center with a woosh sound effect accompanying it. Fast, dramatic, opera panache music begins to play. The tension builds up and there is a gumption of anticipation and drama.



There is then a caption reading In Fair Verona which appears twice amongst other clips. These other clips are taken from further on in the film giving a taster...

A really impressive essay. You have been extremely thorough in your translation of the opening sequence and your detailed account really brought back the opening of this movie back to life for me.

wide job!

Very good.


I personally didnt like the movie, but your description of it is more exciting!

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