In a scene from Romeo + Juliet that I watched I noticed quite a few signifiers. One important one was what the two families were wearing. The Montagues were wearing black clothing where as the Capulets were wearing more colourful outfits this signifies that they are two different gangs each with there own gang colours. Black also symbolises bad and colour signifies the Capulets are good. The Montagues clothes were also quite tight showing there muscles, maybe signifying that they are a though, hard and fierce gang that want to dominate Verona. The Capulets wore loose fitting clothes signifying that they do not want to look hard or though cause they are laid back, relaxed and good.
Another sign I picked up on was the weather. To start with the weather is sunny, its a nice day. even when the Montagues turn up the weather stays sunny because the Capulets make a fool of them. It isn't until Mercutio is wounded that the weather changes into a storm signifying an unhappy ending for the scene.
Music is also another sign in the scene. It signifies the change in mood, just like the weather. To start with it is just summery background music but quickly turns into western/tribal music to signify the start of a duel of some kind. It then gets very dramatic towards the end as Mercutio dies.
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