Analysis of a Scene from Luhrmanns Production of Romeo and Juliet Essa

Analysis of a Scene from Luhrmanns Production of Romeo and Juliet It seems interesting at first that Baz Luhrmann should choose to rework Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet into a modern movie. However, when you think round the aims of a modern film-maker such as wanting to really equal the audience and create a series of moving and powerful images chatoyant through with dialogue, then it is less surprising that Romeo and Juliet was Luhrmanns choice. Shakespeares play is filled with sensation and suspense, so had limitless potential to be made into a long movie. Luhrmann adapted the play for the big screen very efficaciously, managing to portray the hint of the film using visual storytelling techniques that had not been available to Shakespeare at the age he wrote and staged it, for example elaborate sets. One of the scenes where Luhrmann portrays the emotion and manoeuvre of the story superbly is Act 3, Scene 1. It is possible to consider how effectiv ely Luhrmann adapted this scene by studying the different techniques he occupied in reworking it from the play into part of a movie adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. The soundtrack complements the movie, and was apply in this particular scene to help set the mood. Music in the movie is used to build tension, convey emotions and create links between other scenes in the movie. For example, whenever the viewer sees Tybalt and the Capulet boys together, wild western euphony hindquarters be distinctly heard. Be it at the petrol station in the opening of the movie or on Verona beach, the wild western music is consistently associated with them. When they walk onto the beach out of their car, the way they swagger ... ...ecide what to involve and how to shoot the scene to convey the emotion that fuels it, indeed one of Luhrmanns principal(prenominal) concerns when shooting this movie was staying adjust to Shakespeares original play. Luhrmann had an advantage o ver Shakespeare in that he could visually show a lot of the emotion and feeling that Shakespeare had to have his characters explain when he staged it. Where Luhrmann has omitted text from the original play, he has shown the emotion that was expressed in the text through the actions of characters and, among other factors, sets, visible light and music. So while Shakespeare supplied the wonderful story behind Luhrmanns adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, it is Luhrmann who successfully turned the play into a modern sidereal day movie that stayed true to Shakespeares play while being suited to a modern day audience.