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The English Programme: Film Focus
 
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Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet

Aims

   

To examine:

  • how film narratives are constructed
  • how a literary text can be adapted for film
  • film language and the way it constructs meaning
  • genre styles and conventions
  • motif and symbolism in the context of filmed narratives
  • the mechanics of film production — selection of locations