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AS Film Studies Coursework
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In this essay I will be analysing Moulin Rouge, directed by Baz Luhrmann and the film's running time is 2 hours and 6 minutes. The time of the clip I shall be analysing is 1.12.00 until 1.18.40. The film is in the musical genre, with a hybrid genre of drama and Romance. The micro element I am looking at is Mise-en-Scène which includes setting, props, staging, costume and make-up, as well as figure expression movement and off-screen space and sound is the other micro element I will be looking at.
The film is about Christian, a young Bohemian poet living in Paris. The story is set in 1889 in France and he defies his father by joining the going to the dark but exciting underworld of Paris' now legendary Moulin Rouge. In this seedy but glamorous place there are sex and drugs everywhere. The protagonist character, Christian, finds himself in a passionate but tragic love affair with Satine, the club's highest paid star. Their romance is played out in the club, where they meet up frequently. At the club the rich mingle with workers, artists, bohemians, actresses and courtesans, all
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