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Examine the different ways in which film directors have interpreted the openings of classic texts with particular reference to their narrative structure, genre and use of media language
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Examine the different ways in which film directors have interpreted the openings of classic texts with particular reference to their narrative structure, genre and use of media language In doing this, I am going to use the openings of the Shakespeare play 'Romeo and Juliet' and the film by Zefferelli in 1968 and the film by Luhrman in 1997. In doing this I hope to have explored the main features such as the use of music, the camera shots, the narrative structure, the mise en scene, the lighting and the editing. In addition, the use of language, characterisation, setting and genre will all have to be analysed. I also hope to throughout make comparisons with the two directors' versions of the play. Firstly, in the Luhrman film the prologue is said in a modern news report, which is unusual considering in the original text, it is obviously set in the...
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