Moulin Rouge Essay

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The Moulin Rouge was directed by Baz Luhrman. The films genre is romance. musical. The film is located in Paris in the 1900’s at the Moulin Rouge. The Moulin Rouge is about a courtesan who falls in love with a play-write, but there is a love triangle between Satine, Christian and The Duke. The Duke is paying a lot of money to have Satine all for himself. Satine cannot bear to leave Christian. The interior of the Moulin Rouge is bright, ostentatious, bold, bright, alluring and seductive, where women are exploited by men. The men are entertained by the courtesans. Harold Ziddler is the manager of the Moulin Rouge who loves Satine because she is “The Sparkling Diamond”. Due to Satine’s profession she cannot fall in love as it will conflict with her career as a courtesan. The props in Moulin Rouge are mainly connected to the theatrical or night club setting for example the strong neon lighting shows that it is similar to a night club’s atmosphere by using bright colours but Satine wears seductive colours such as red and black whilst showing lots of flesh and lace. Christian types his story on a typewriter which explains parts of the story. The colours used in Moulin Rouge give the audience clear messages. For example they use red to show passion, love and blood. They use black to show class and seductiveness. The “Diamond Dogs” are not as elegant as Satine as she wears diamonds and classy coloured garments. This tells me she can change character and personality in just the colour of her clothes. The camera angles are in many different ways to show different roles of the characters. They use zoom shots to show the emotions of the characters and to make the viewer feel involved. They use black and white colour filters to show that the area is historical in the opening scenes panning through Montmartre. The frame which features Satine as she descends into
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