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The Modern setting of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is an extreme change to the original version. The director & producer Baz Luhrman introduces a modern setting of full violence in only the first scene of the film
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'Romeo & Juliet.' (Year 10 Media Assignment) The Modern setting of 'Romeo and Juliet' is an extreme change to the original version. The director & producer Baz Luhrman introduces a modern setting of full violence in only the first scene of the film. The first scene is set in a very modern American city. The first shot is a TV screen with a lady reading a short script which gives you a ruff idea of what the film is about, this is also known as the prologue. The prologue is spoken differently in this modern version of the film the prologue is read as a news documentary. A female is sat at a desk with a modern news background behind her. She reads the prologue but showing that the prologue is not an act in anyway she shows no enthusiasm, tone or emotions in her voice. The words spoken in the prologue are: "Two households,...
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