The Ball Costume At the Capulet ball Romeo is dressed as a knight in shining armour. This enforces the idea of a fairy tale story of love and how he is going to be a saviour to Verona and the two families. His costume shows that he is protecting himself in some way from the Capulet family and moreover protecting himself from the violent city that he lives in. and this contrasts to Tybalt’s costume which is a devil costume to Romeo’s costume, a knight in shining armour, which is usually associated with good and pureness.

The Ball Lighting At the Capulet Ball Romeo grabs Juliet and takes her into the elevator. The lighting behind them is a bright white light and consumes them. Juliet is dressed as an angel so it enforces the idea of religion in the film and its relevance in the society of Verona. The light that surrounds them represents pureness and ‘light’ the two give of into a dark, violent city.

The Car Chase Camera The camera work in the car chase helps to show us the emotions that consume Romeo after Tybalt has just killed Mercutio. There is a close up on his face allows the audience to see that he is possessed with rage, hate and a desire to seek revenge for his friend Mercutio. The camera work is hectic, it is spinning around and the picture is blurry. This shows us that Romeo doesn’t have control over his actions and that he is ‘spinning out of control’.

Colour The Montague's (Romeo’s family) and Capulet’s (Juliet’s family) have there own colour that symbolises them and separates them from the rest of the people in the city, this shows us that the two families are very powerful and influential in Verona. The Capulet colour is blue and the Montague colour is yellow. These two colours are on opposite sides of the colour wheel to each other, this shows us there differences. Romeo meets Juliet for the first time when they are in the bathroom at the ball. The fish tank that separates them is filled with bright yellow and blue fish which is a symbol for the two families getting along in peace but this cannot happen until Romeo and Juliet are together. The young men in the two families drive cars that are blue and yellow, this shows us that the rivalry between the two houses is carried down throughout the entire family.