What is the effect of the contrast between this magical image and the sight of the lovers’ bodies being loaded into separate ambulances? What conclusion is the audience of the film asked to draw at the end of the film? Have lessons been learnt and order restored? Analysis Technique Examples/characters involved Impact on the audience/themes Camera & angles Long shot of Mercutio dead on the beach – High and low highlighting angles Close-ups and Extreme close up and low angles when extreme close Romeo shoots Tybalt his death –avenging – ups followed with slow motion diegetic sound – POV shots gun dropping high angle of Jesus statue – – Colour & lighting Tybalt and mercution fighting on the beach Use of highkey lighting Tybalt car crash crash lowkey lighting – Use of lowkey lighting and shadows Use of colour
What is the effect of the contrast between this magical image and the sight of the lovers’ bodies being loaded into separate ambulances? What conclusion is the audience of the film asked to draw at the end of the film? Have lessons been learnt and order restored? Analysis Technique Examples/characters involved Impact on the audience/themes Camera & angles High and low angles Close-ups and extreme close ups POV shots Long shot of Mercutio dead on the beach – highlighting Extreme close up and low angles when Romeo shoots Tybalt –avenging his death – followed with slow motion – diegetic sound – gun dropping – high angle of Jesus statue Colour & lighting Use of highkey lighting Use of lowkey lighting and shadows Use of colour Tybalt and mercution fighting on the beach Tybalt car crash crash – lowkey lighting
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