Topic: ‘Shakespeare is not, and never will be, film material. You will never make screen entertainment out of blank verse. It has nothing to do with cinema, which is
primarily a visual form.” Discuss the tension between words and image in the Shakespeare film.
Order Description
This essay is about filming Shakespeare and whether or not it works.

This essay should focus on ‘Romeo and Juliet’ directed by Baz Luhrmann (1996) and ‘O’ directed by Tim Blake Nelson (2000). ‘Romeo and Juliet’ should relate back to the
play and ‘O’ should relate back to Othello

use quotations from both Romeo and Juliet and Othello in order to integrate the literature into the films.

focus on the way that camera directions are used

use at least 3 critical opinions from reliable sources