he music, location, editing techniques and special effects, help tell the story. Zeffirelli uses his elements to ease the viewer from scene to scene, he is employing the Classical Hollywood Filmmaking technique. A smooth flowing pace, where the viewer does not notice the cuts, plus the music assists in the movements within the cuts. Nothing daring is done in his film, he stays true to the historical appearance of the film, uses ideas that have already been exhibited, such as period piece music and historical costumes. The world famous balcony scene (Act II, scene II) is an example, Zeffirelli employs the same blocking that Shakespeare probably intended. This is one of the few times, Zeffirelli interacts with the locations, and his locations is a town within walls, perceived to be a small town, the location is bare and not crowded.Luhbrmann employs the same elements in a different manner, his film is fresh and new, and he places the viewer within the film. In the balcony scene, Luhbrmann approaches it differently, opting to create instead of copying. He decides the balcony is a non-important issue and allows the action to take place in a totally different way. His location of Verona Beach is approached in the same way. Instead of a place where the action takes place, he shows every inch of the town. Creating such a powerful element in the film, that the location becomes a character, the city streets are busy and patrons of Verona are everywhere. A totally different town , when compared to Zeffirelli's film. Luhbrmann film is a influenced by the period of his time, it is very MTV, cutting edge, the music set the tone and mood, he uses mainstream music which is recognized by the viewer, which causes the music to become another character in the film. The editing techniques, does not try to ease the viewer in the film, instead he throws images into at the viewers, trying to portray what is going on through out Verona, he does this with wipes...
