Balconies

   The baclmoy scene in Romeo and Juliet have been the classic scene that have affirmed their relationship closer. It is an important milestone to the plot and to their love. Many versions of Romeo and Juliet have provided different views and different ways of presenting this romantic and classical scene from Shakespeare. The first version I have watched was the movie directed by Baz Luhrmann with Leonardo acting as Romeo. This movie has a more moder setting comparing to the other three movies I have chose. The balcony is also high up just like every other four versions being set up. There were small light bulbs all over the wall and the a swimmimg pool under the balcony where Romeo and Juliet kissed and made a promise to meet each other again. I have choose to mention this first version by Baz Luhrman because in my opinion, it is the most effective. Its lighting was extremly romantic because of the flickering reflection from the water in the pool. Words they spoke were also clear and emotional. How Juliet was still dressed in clean color shows her purity in love.

   The second version, which was not bad, is from Carlo Carlei made in 2013. Comparing to the first version, the lighting is warmer with the color orange surrounding the scene because of the fire pillars. These warm lights could represeent their strong sense of love that was burning and could not be avoided. A setting I really like about this balcony scene is the small maze garden, it could just simply be a bckground prop but it could also be foreshadowing how the distance between Romeo and Juliet was far and complicated. It will take a hard trip for Romeo and Juliet to be together.
    The third version called the Gnomeo and Juliet, is a animation. I really like the part wehre the director have chose to use colors to seperate and tell the difference between the Capulets and Montagues. Instead of saying Why is Romeo Romeo, Julier said, Why is your har blue. It is a more vernacular comparing to other versions using the exactly same lines from Shakespeare.
      The version that I think is the least effective will be the fourth version from Zeffireli in 1968 because the lighting was darker. The castle wasn't gold and shinny like most of the versions, the background music was also simpler. But it is least effective since Romeo did not try to climb up the balcony like the other versions. One thing I dislike about this version is how Juliet was dressed with less covered cloth and looks not as innocent comparing the previous versions I have watched.