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Critically analyse the opening extract of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet.
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Tuesday 4th May 2004 Media Essay Critically analyse the opening extract of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet. Baz Luhrmann has used the three presentational devices in a specific way in his film 'Romeo and Juliet'. The point of this essay is to analyse them in the opening extract. The presentational devices are: sound; mise en scene; and cinematography. The elements of mise en scene are: why things are placed where they are; what the characters are wearing; body language and facial expression. Sound is quite obvious but there are many different types: Diegetic is sound which is heard as part of the film world; non-diegetic is sound which we do not recognize as part of the film world; parallel sound is music which we expect to hear as part of the film alongside the image and contrapuntral sound is when the music is in contrast to the film. The elements of...
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