Romeo and Juliet

How are the two gangs represented in Romeo and Juliet

The two gangs are shown differently. The Montages boys are more playful and immature which is shown well by the simplicity of the colours for example the colours that the boys wear are brightly coloured which implies they are simple and childlike as children like bright and simple colours. Luhrman tries to make us believe that the Montages are the good people when he puts us in a place when one of the Montague boys breaks the forth wall and tries to make us feel like one of them in the car that they are driving in. The diegetic sound comes from the car how I know this is by the way they bounce around in the car to the beat of the music which is loud energetic which describes the boys as a hole.

The Capulet’s are shown more as respected people as they don’t like to be disrespected for no reason they expect an answer that is suitable to why they are dis respected shown well when Abra is on the attack to one of the Montages boys with a close up of Abra shouting at him to show his expression on his face, the sound being more serious music as they are serious people in this town. With their cloths being darker then the Montagu’s this shows us that they are more powerful and more complex people  who know where they are going in life instead of looking like the Montagu’s who have brightly coloured cloths which look like they have been chosen by their parents.

Later on when there is a gun fight going on there is a low angle shot showing Tybolt which suggests that he is powerful and in charge of the others in his group as there is no other low angle shot of any of the other Capulet’s.

The eye line shots between the two characters Tybolt and Benvolio shows the expressions on their faces, it shows that Benvolio is worried as he knows what is going to happen and he doesn’t want any of it to happen, from Tybolts view shows that he has the upper hand as he isn’t worried at all by his facial expressions