Trandformation in Film (Romeo and Juliet)

Transformation

In film.

              

  Romeo and Juliet in 1968

 

Romeo and Juliet in 1996

Romeo and Juliet is a play that William Shakespeare did. This is one of his famous works. When everyone hears about Romeo and Juliet remembers the famous scene of the balcony. The story was simple, two teenagers fell in love with each other but their family are enemies, they tried to meet and be together by hiding from their families and never let them know. Then it ended where Juliet drank a potion to be in a deep sleep so she will stay seen as dead, not marry some other guy. The word ran much more than the letter that it tells the truth about Juliet but Romeo rushed to Juliet and poisoned himself. When Juliet found him like that she killed herself to be with him.

            In the first movie in 1968 was shot as in a old age with horses, swords, old English accent, no electricity to make it realistic. They used almost the same script as Shakespeare did and with all those quotes that rhyme. Romeo and Juliet had about 15 years old where the second film they were something around 17 or 18 years old.

Trailer of Romeo and Juliet 1968

            In the second film that was launched in 1996 had the same story but with a lot of different features. Example the clothes are bright and funny at some times where from the first movie were at their best, they used guns instead of swords, cars and not horses and much more that make the movie much more interesting with special effects and sound effects that make the movie a hit. They still moved on the same plot but it also had some minor changes most notably was when Romeo poisoned himself in the second film Juliet was already awake saw him dying and shot herself in the head. Where the first film Romeo was already dead when Juliet saw him and she killed herself by stabbing herself with a small sword.         

                                       Trailer of Romeo and Juliet 1996

                                                                                                                                             

Bibliography: 

Wikipedia, Romeo+Juliet, Last Modified on the 17th December,2012 [Online]                    

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_%2B_Juliet [accessed on the 17th December 2012]

: Wikipedia, Romeo and Juliet (1968 film), Last Modified on the 16th December 2012, [Online] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet_(1968_film) [accessed on the 17th December 2012]

Trailers from Youtube.