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Romeo + Juliet Baz Luhrmann's 1997 version of 'Romeo and Juliet' significantly attracts today's audience and not just Shakespearian followers. The film begins with the original prologue from the story, however Luhrmann creates a scene which seems more familiarly to modern viewers rather than something related to the 15th century (the actual point in time when Romeo & Juliet was set). We firstly make out a television box in the centre of a blacked-out screen, which then gets zoomed in on. As a result of using this technique, it immediately notifies the audience that this version of 'Romeo & Juliet' is far different from what some people might have expected. A black-American female news reporter soon appears after the static screen and is giving the prologue (in a news flash technique), this shows that the film is situated in a more modern moment in time, where racism and sexism are...

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