THE RED CURTAIN TRILOGY
ON THE RED CURTAIN TRILOGY, WHICH WERE ALL DIRECTED BY BAZ LURHMANN, ALL OF THE FILMS BEGAN WITH RED CURTAINS OPENING UP LIKE IN A THEATRE TO 'REVEAL' THE FILM.
IN 'STRICTLY BALLROOM' THE SCENE OPENS WITH SILHOUETTES OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS DANCING, WAITING FOR A PERFORMANCE TO START (?) THEN WALKING EXCITEDLY ONTO SCREEN WHICH STARTS THE MOVIE. FOR 'ROMEO & JULIET' THE OPENING SHOT IS A LOT MORE FAST AND FURIOUS. THE FILM BEGINS WITH A PLAIN BLACK SCREEN, THEN A TELEVISION SCREEN APPEARS. THE TELEVISION SCREEN, THAT IS SHOWING A NEWS REPORT, APPEARS AND DRAWS CLOSER TO THE VIEWER. THE REPORTER IS RECITING THE PROLOGUE OF THE PLAY. ACCELERATED SCENES FROM THE FILM ARE SHOWN, WITH WORDS AND SENTENCES IN RED LETTERING FROM THE PROLOGUE, THIS SCENE REMINDS ME OF A TRAILER FOR A FILM. THE STORY THEN STARTS, SHOWING BOTH FAMILIES OF THE STORY, THEIR TRAITS AND PORTRAYS THE FRICTION BETWEEN THE MONTAGUES AND CAPULETS. FOR MOULIN ROUGE, WHEN THE RED CURTAIN BEGINS TO OPEN, A CONDUCTOR APPEARS AND BEGINS CONDUCTING THE MUSIC FOR THE FILM, TO GIVE A FEEL OF BEING AT A THEATRE. THEN THE TOWN WHERE MOULIN ROUGE IS SET IS INTRODUCED TO US, AND THE MAIN CHARACTER IS INTRODUCED, AND THEN BEGINS TO TELL THE STORY.
THE MUSIC IN 'STRICTLY BALLROOM' FOR THE OPENING SEQUENCE IS SLOW, QUIET CALMING MUSIC, BUT AS IT BECOMES CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL BEGINNING OF THE FILM, THE MUSIC BECOMES LOUDER AND MORE EXTRAVAGANT, AND THEN FOR THE 'SALSA' SCENE THE MUSIC IS VERY JAZZY AND UPBEAT. THE MUSIC FOR THIS FILM IS VERY WELL DONE BECAUSE IT PORTRAYS EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE SCREEN AT THE TIME. THE MUSIC IS MORE GANGSTER MUSIC FOR THE ROMEO AND JULIET'S OPENING SEQUENCE. THE MONTAGUES ARE MORE STREET GANGSTER MUSIC WHICH COULD SUGGEST THEM BEING REBELS, WHEREAS THE CAPULETS ARE MORE HISPANIC, I THINK THESE CHOICES OF MUSIC GO WELL FOR THE CHARACTERS OF BOTH SIDES. MONTAGUES ARE MORE 'BEACH BOYS', WHICH WOULD BE THE MORE LIKELY OF THE TWO FAMILIES TO LISTEN TO THAT SORT OF MUSIC. CAPULETS SEEM MORE LATIN AMERICAN IN CULTURE, THEREFORE THEIR MUSIC FITS INTO THEIR BACKGROUND BETTER, AND THE HISPANIC MUSIC ALSO HAS A SPAGHETTI WESTERN THEME TO IT, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT CAPULETS ARE ALSO REBELLIOUS. THE VOLUME FOR THE OPENING SCENE IS MOSTLY LOUD WITH ONLY QUIETNESS WHEN DIALOGUE IS BEING SPOKEN. ALSO IN ROMEO AND JULIET, THE SCENE WHICH I REFERRED TO AS A 'FILM TRAILER' THE MUSIC IS MORE GOSPEL CHOIR, SOMETHING WHICH YOU WOULD HEAR IN A HORROR MOVIE, TO SHOW MAYHEM AND RAGE IN THE FILM. ALSO THIS CAN BE HEARD WHEN THE MONTAGUES AND CAPULETS ARE BATTLING IT OUT AT THE END OF THE OPENING SEQUENCE. IN 'MOULIN ROUGE' THE MUSIC IS MOSTLY THE ACTORS SINGING, THE DANCERS FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE BEGIN SINGING AND THAT IS THE BACKGROUND MUSIC FOR4 THE FILM. THE SONGS ALSO HELP TO TELL THE STORY, THIS FILM IS REALLY A MODERN VERSION OF A MUSICAL FILM. MODERN SONGS ARE PLAYED IN THIS FILM WHICH SEEM OUT OF PLACE TO THE FILM BUT ALSO WORK VERY WELL, I THINK.
ON THE RED CURTAIN TRILOGY, WHICH WERE ALL DIRECTED BY BAZ LURHMANN, ALL OF THE FILMS BEGAN WITH RED CURTAINS OPENING UP LIKE IN A THEATRE TO 'REVEAL' THE FILM.
IN 'STRICTLY BALLROOM' THE SCENE OPENS WITH SILHOUETTES OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS DANCING, WAITING FOR A PERFORMANCE TO START (?) THEN WALKING EXCITEDLY ONTO SCREEN WHICH STARTS THE MOVIE. FOR 'ROMEO & JULIET' THE OPENING SHOT IS A LOT MORE FAST AND FURIOUS. THE FILM BEGINS WITH A PLAIN BLACK SCREEN, THEN A TELEVISION SCREEN APPEARS. THE TELEVISION SCREEN, THAT IS SHOWING A NEWS REPORT, APPEARS AND DRAWS CLOSER TO THE VIEWER. THE REPORTER IS RECITING THE PROLOGUE OF THE PLAY. ACCELERATED SCENES FROM THE FILM ARE SHOWN, WITH WORDS AND SENTENCES IN RED LETTERING FROM THE PROLOGUE, THIS SCENE REMINDS ME OF A TRAILER FOR A FILM. THE STORY THEN STARTS, SHOWING BOTH FAMILIES OF THE STORY, THEIR TRAITS AND PORTRAYS THE FRICTION BETWEEN THE MONTAGUES AND CAPULETS. FOR MOULIN ROUGE, WHEN THE RED CURTAIN BEGINS TO OPEN, A CONDUCTOR APPEARS AND BEGINS CONDUCTING THE MUSIC FOR THE FILM, TO GIVE A FEEL OF BEING AT A THEATRE. THEN THE TOWN WHERE MOULIN ROUGE IS SET IS INTRODUCED TO US, AND THE MAIN CHARACTER IS INTRODUCED, AND THEN BEGINS TO TELL THE STORY.
THE MUSIC IN 'STRICTLY BALLROOM' FOR THE OPENING SEQUENCE IS SLOW, QUIET CALMING MUSIC, BUT AS IT BECOMES CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL BEGINNING OF THE FILM, THE MUSIC BECOMES LOUDER AND MORE EXTRAVAGANT, AND THEN FOR THE 'SALSA' SCENE THE MUSIC IS VERY JAZZY AND UPBEAT. THE MUSIC FOR THIS FILM IS VERY WELL DONE BECAUSE IT PORTRAYS EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE SCREEN AT THE TIME. THE MUSIC IS MORE GANGSTER MUSIC FOR THE ROMEO AND JULIET'S OPENING SEQUENCE. THE MONTAGUES ARE MORE STREET GANGSTER MUSIC WHICH COULD SUGGEST THEM BEING REBELS, WHEREAS THE CAPULETS ARE MORE HISPANIC, I THINK THESE CHOICES OF MUSIC GO WELL FOR THE CHARACTERS OF BOTH SIDES. MONTAGUES ARE MORE 'BEACH BOYS', WHICH WOULD BE THE MORE LIKELY OF THE TWO FAMILIES TO LISTEN TO THAT SORT OF MUSIC. CAPULETS SEEM MORE LATIN AMERICAN IN CULTURE, THEREFORE THEIR MUSIC FITS INTO THEIR BACKGROUND BETTER, AND THE HISPANIC MUSIC ALSO HAS A SPAGHETTI WESTERN THEME TO IT, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT CAPULETS ARE ALSO REBELLIOUS. THE VOLUME FOR THE OPENING SCENE IS MOSTLY LOUD WITH ONLY QUIETNESS WHEN DIALOGUE IS BEING SPOKEN. ALSO IN ROMEO AND JULIET, THE SCENE WHICH I REFERRED TO AS A 'FILM TRAILER' THE MUSIC IS MORE GOSPEL CHOIR, SOMETHING WHICH YOU WOULD HEAR IN A HORROR MOVIE, TO SHOW MAYHEM AND RAGE IN THE FILM. ALSO THIS CAN BE HEARD WHEN THE MONTAGUES AND CAPULETS ARE BATTLING IT OUT AT THE END OF THE OPENING SEQUENCE. IN 'MOULIN ROUGE' THE MUSIC IS MOSTLY THE ACTORS SINGING, THE DANCERS FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE BEGIN SINGING AND THAT IS THE BACKGROUND MUSIC FOR4 THE FILM. THE SONGS ALSO HELP TO TELL THE STORY, THIS FILM IS REALLY A MODERN VERSION OF A MUSICAL FILM. MODERN SONGS ARE PLAYED IN THIS FILM WHICH SEEM OUT OF PLACE TO THE FILM BUT ALSO WORK VERY WELL, I THINK.
