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How does the opening few minutes of Baz Luhrmann's film "Romeo and Juliet" effect the audience? Describe how the use of modern medium and the director's approach to filming and editing are used, to engage the audience in Shakespeare's famous play.
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How does the opening few minutes of Baz Luhrmann's film "Romeo and Juliet" effect the audience? Describe how the use of modern medium and the director's approach to filming and editing are used, to engage the audience in Shakespeare's famous play. Since the play "Romeo and Juliet" was first written it has moved through the times so that it appeals to a modern audience. Baz Luhrmann brought the play "Romeo and Juliet" into modern times in the form of a film. The film is staged in the fictional, yet contemporary, Verona Beach, a mesmerising blend of Miami and Rio. It is very effective, because it relates to a modern audience. The film is made to relate to a modern audience because of the use of guns, gangs, news reporters, dialogue and many other things to support the reading of moving images, which are analysed. In the film Baz Luhrmann uses a variety...
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