Baz Luhrman's Romeo and Juliet
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Baz Luhrman brings out a very effective opening sequence to the film Romeo and Juliet by adding a variety of poetic devices and the most important being, the introduction to the play, where it is set, the sound/music and finally the insignia/symbolism. Luhrman uses exiting music and powerful images to set the mood and the tone. The 1st prologue takes no sides and isn't biased at all. It is completely neutral and shows both sides as equal. The lack of emotion distracts the viewers by using a lot of different clips from the film. Firstly Baz Luhrman uses a news report for the prologue and repeats it 3 times very differently. The news reporter is a female who starts off the film it has a broken ring on the top corner which symbolises the tragedy of the two star crossed lovers. It is a very modern setting as...


