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Explain how Baz Luhrman has used film techniques to create an exciting opening to his film version of ' Romeo and Juliet'.
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Q: Explain how Baz Luhrman has used film techniques to create an exciting opening to his film version of ' Romeo and Juliet'. 'Romeo and Juliet' is a classical tragedy written in 1594. The play is remarkable for its fine language and powerful portrayal of character. 'Romeo and Juliet' has been popular with audiences for generations and has been made into several successful films. One of the people who did this was Baz Luhrman. Baz Luhrman has cleverly used a mixture of sounds, lighting, camera shots, editing and images to create a powerful, exciting and enticing opening scene to his modern day film version of Romeo and Juliet. His opening scene is based on the original prologue produced by Shakespeare, and has been modernised and put into images and text to represent key words from the script and to create a feel of the twenty-first century. The effect of...
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