My best friend and I couldn’t be more different. She lives on a large suburban ranch home with her many animals and is constantly telling me about her ridiculous stories about morning rushes or family parties. I live in a fairly small home and am an only child who sees most of my family once a year. She loves to listen to EDM music and punk rock, while I can never distinguish one song from another. She hates any form of exercising, especially running, while I can dance and run for days on end. These are only some of the many apparent differences between my best friend and I, yet. when you dig a little deeper you can see why we are best friends. We share similar views on many controversial topics despite being from different backgrounds and
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In the Zeffirelli film, Romeo walks to the center of the courtyard the moonlight bathing half his face in light and the other half in shadows. He has a worrisome look on his face as he proclaims his prophecy. As the word death echos from his lips, bells in the distance start to chime. In this scene the overall lighting and chiming of the bells leaves the viewer with an eerie feeling about the future of the film. Since the audience already knows the outcome of the film, the director likely added that scene to increase the suspense and the dread the audience feels for knowing the outcome of Romeo’s fate. Similarly, in the Luhrmann film, Romeo walks into the moonlight draining all color from his surroundings. His eyes glisten with fear as he has his vision. A man is walking forwards in between a row of large green shrubs with crosses outlined with neon blue lights perch on top of them. Fog is blocking the mans face and there is a faint yellow light coming from both sides. As his vision ends, Romeo takes a drug right as a firework explodes. In this interpretation of Romeo’s prophecy, the use of neon blue crosses already gives the image of a funeral happening in the future of the film. The director also utilized Romeo taking the drug as a foreshadowing of when he takes the poison to die. He leaves the audience feeling the same anxiousness and worry for Romeo’s fate. Despite having very different approaches to portraying the scenes, Zeffirelli using lighting and sound, Luhrmann using visuals and actions, both films leave the viewer with the same feeling of distress for the fate of the star-crossed
In the Zeffirelli film, Romeo walks to the center of the courtyard the moonlight bathing half his face in light and the other half in shadows. He has a worrisome look on his face as he proclaims his prophecy. As the word death echos from his lips, bells in the distance start to chime. In this scene the overall lighting and chiming of the bells leaves the viewer with an eerie feeling about the future of the film. Since the audience already knows the outcome of the film, the director likely added that scene to increase the suspense and the dread the audience feels for knowing the outcome of Romeo’s fate. Similarly, in the Luhrmann film, Romeo walks into the moonlight draining all color from his surroundings. His eyes glisten with fear as he has his vision. A man is walking forwards in between a row of large green shrubs with crosses outlined with neon blue lights perch on top of them. Fog is blocking the mans face and there is a faint yellow light coming from both sides. As his vision ends, Romeo takes a drug right as a firework explodes. In this interpretation of Romeo’s prophecy, the use of neon blue crosses already gives the image of a funeral happening in the future of the film. The director also utilized Romeo taking the drug as a foreshadowing of when he takes the poison to die. He leaves the audience feeling the same anxiousness and worry for Romeo’s fate. Despite having very different approaches to portraying the scenes, Zeffirelli using lighting and sound, Luhrmann using visuals and actions, both films leave the viewer with the same feeling of distress for the fate of the star-crossed