The classic romantic tragedy written by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet has been adapted into the 1968 movie, Romeo and Juliet and the 1996 movie, Romeo + Juliet. In the process of creating a great stage to film adaptation, Luhrmann and Zeffirelli use a few film techniques in order to create their adaptation of the play, they use cinematography, costume, actors and music.
The two films differ in their use of cinematography. Zeffirelli uses cinematography in order to bring the audience closer to the actors emotions, while Luhrmann uses cinematography to lead the viewer's attention towards the elements that create modernization throughout the movie. For example, in the 1968 version, at the party where Romeo and Juliet were walking towards each other, Zeffirelli …show more content…
I really liked the fact that the newer movie had a variety of people race wise. I think that Leonardo DiCaprio was a good choice for the role of Romeo because Leonardo DiCaprio is a really good actor in my opinion and also his delivery is really well done. I also thought that Claire Danes was a good choice for the role of Juliet since she didn’t seem that young like in Zeffirelli’s version since Juliet looked like she was 10 which I thought didn’t suit the play as much.
The use of music was also important in the films. In Zeffirelli’s version, he uses more calm and peaceful music and ts more background music than songs you would listen to everyday, while Luhrmann choice of music is more pop and rock which helps enhance the moods of the scene.
Overall, I prefered the 1996 movie, Romeo+Juliet directed by Luhrmann because the whole movie in general was more understandable with the modernization. In this adaptation, the play has been condensed into a modern day film using Shakespearean language, which I found more effective than the older version. I found that the use of cinematography, costume, actors and music was better used by Luhrmann then
The two films differ in their use of cinematography. Zeffirelli uses cinematography in order to bring the audience closer to the actors emotions, while Luhrmann uses cinematography to lead the viewer's attention towards the elements that create modernization throughout the movie. For example, in the 1968 version, at the party where Romeo and Juliet were walking towards each other, Zeffirelli …show more content…
I really liked the fact that the newer movie had a variety of people race wise. I think that Leonardo DiCaprio was a good choice for the role of Romeo because Leonardo DiCaprio is a really good actor in my opinion and also his delivery is really well done. I also thought that Claire Danes was a good choice for the role of Juliet since she didn’t seem that young like in Zeffirelli’s version since Juliet looked like she was 10 which I thought didn’t suit the play as much.
The use of music was also important in the films. In Zeffirelli’s version, he uses more calm and peaceful music and ts more background music than songs you would listen to everyday, while Luhrmann choice of music is more pop and rock which helps enhance the moods of the scene.
Overall, I prefered the 1996 movie, Romeo+Juliet directed by Luhrmann because the whole movie in general was more understandable with the modernization. In this adaptation, the play has been condensed into a modern day film using Shakespearean language, which I found more effective than the older version. I found that the use of cinematography, costume, actors and music was better used by Luhrmann then