The color blue is often used in bedrooms for calming effect and the color can slow metabolism which might be why Baz Luhrmann uses it along with water in Romeo + Juliet. It provides a calming effect until sudden savagery erupts. It can be seen virtually all the time and sometimes it is placed on purpose like in the death scenes of Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio, and Tybalt and sometimes just as background like when Lord Montague and Lord Capulet meet Captain Prince in his office and there is a blue sign hanging up. Water is another element used in fight scenes and love scenes. Water also has a natural calming effect and is often used as white noise to block out distractions and mentally isolate oneself. The reason for the frequent use of water and
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Juliet’s room is also cladded in blue as the bed cover, rug, curtains, chair, and various dolls are blue. Before the party Romeo has a vision of himself walking down an isle with blue crosses on either side and says, “by some vile forfeit of untimely death” which foreshadows him seeing Juliet under the influence of the sleep potion and drinking the vile of poison. During the party, we also see Romeo’s face in water much like the view of Juliet earlier with is eyes open, but it turns out to be from a low angle view because it is in the bottom of a sink. This scene links his suicide with Juliet’s because it shows how similarly they will die. Later at the party the first time Romeo and Juliet see one another, it is through a blue aquarium which foreshadows the deaths by water and something …show more content…
After Romeo leaves the Capulet’s party he visits friar Lawrence and he is making a poisonous concoction that is blue which prefigures two things. One is that it implies the friar being involved in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet and the second reason being that it shows how a potion the friar makes will lead to their deaths. Right after his meeting with the friar Romeo shows up to the beach meeting Benvolio and Mercutio wearing a predominantly blue shirt which prefigures how Romeo affects the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio leading to Mercutio dying of his injuries from when Romeo stepped in. Mercutio dies on the beach next to the ocean which adumbrates that more violence is to come in the presence of water or the color blue. Then it shows a long shot of Romeo running to his car which is by the blue wall of the stage, which presages that something else will happen which arises when Romeo chases Tybalt and kills him with his own gun. As Romeo shoots Tybalt, the camera switches to an extreme close up of Romeo and Tybalt falls into the water behind him. After Romeo drops the gun the camera changes to show a statue illuminated in a blue light which portends that even more
Juliet’s room is also cladded in blue as the bed cover, rug, curtains, chair, and various dolls are blue. Before the party Romeo has a vision of himself walking down an isle with blue crosses on either side and says, “by some vile forfeit of untimely death” which foreshadows him seeing Juliet under the influence of the sleep potion and drinking the vile of poison. During the party, we also see Romeo’s face in water much like the view of Juliet earlier with is eyes open, but it turns out to be from a low angle view because it is in the bottom of a sink. This scene links his suicide with Juliet’s because it shows how similarly they will die. Later at the party the first time Romeo and Juliet see one another, it is through a blue aquarium which foreshadows the deaths by water and something …show more content…
After Romeo leaves the Capulet’s party he visits friar Lawrence and he is making a poisonous concoction that is blue which prefigures two things. One is that it implies the friar being involved in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet and the second reason being that it shows how a potion the friar makes will lead to their deaths. Right after his meeting with the friar Romeo shows up to the beach meeting Benvolio and Mercutio wearing a predominantly blue shirt which prefigures how Romeo affects the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio leading to Mercutio dying of his injuries from when Romeo stepped in. Mercutio dies on the beach next to the ocean which adumbrates that more violence is to come in the presence of water or the color blue. Then it shows a long shot of Romeo running to his car which is by the blue wall of the stage, which presages that something else will happen which arises when Romeo chases Tybalt and kills him with his own gun. As Romeo shoots Tybalt, the camera switches to an extreme close up of Romeo and Tybalt falls into the water behind him. After Romeo drops the gun the camera changes to show a statue illuminated in a blue light which portends that even more