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Romeo and Juliet - How has Baz Luhrman used film techniques to create a visually exciting film?
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... Media Assignment 2002- Baz Luhrman's Interpretation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"- Written by Akash Soni Task: How has Baz Luhrman used film techniques to create a visually exciting film? In fair Verona, a pair of star crossed lovers takes their lives. Leonardo Dicaprio and the rather attractive Clair Danes take on the distinguished role of playing Romeo and Juliet in the modern remake of William Shakespeare's epic Love story. Luhrman recreated this dazzling and unconventional adaptation in 1997, carefully picking the actors to portray Romeo and Juliet and moved them from the Elizabethan origins and placed them in the urban backdrops of Verona beach, LA, thus making the movie at once modern and unconventional. The movie opens with a scene from a modern news report, but contains old language. The first image appears to be a TV approaching from far towards us with the sound of the news reporter's voice. This













