The title of the film that has been analyzed is Moulin Rouge, directed by Baz Luhrmann. The scene in this film that had been focused on, genre is Drama. The scene is portrayed as being very intense and suspenseful, which helps to make the genre clear as being dramatic. Dramas are serious, plot-driven presentations, portraying realistic characters, settings, life situations, and stories involving intense character development and interaction. Usually, they are not focused on special effects, comedy, or action; Dramatic Films are probably the largest film genre, with many subsets. All of these sections are related to the movie, Moulin Rouge, which prove it to be a dramatic film. Throughout, mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound will be included in this analysis to demonstrate that this scene fits into the genre of epic, intense, musical drama.
The mise-en-scene shown throughout this scene is highly realistic and important in establishing that the film, Moulin Rouge is accurately depicted as an intense, musical drama. This scene is set in olden day London in the evening. It shows the alleyways, olden buildings, the Moulin rouge itself, a messy apartment, a variety of different bars and restaurants and most of the lower parts in London. The setting is very realistic and also helps to demonstrate to the audience that this film’s genre is a drama. The lighting throughout this clip seems to intensify the meaning of the film, and helps to create suspense. The lighting at the beginning is dark to help show the mood of the scene and as the scene continues, the light becomes blue when seeing the man typing at his typewriter. Then, when the scene begins to end, the lighting becomes normal and no signs of darkness are displayed, as it is a flashback. This produces a dramatic effect, as there are many different emotions exposed throughout the clip. As the scene shifts settings, the lighting changes and this also helps create a state of constant tension, which is consistent with the dramatic narrative of Moulin Rouge. The style of acting within this scene persuades the audience to think of the movie as being the genre of drama. Depending on the setting, the style of acting shifts throughout. When the setting is outside on the streets, the acting is very crazy, due to the many over-exaggerated faces and motions of movement. When the man is using the typewriter there is a significant sad style of acting. This is a very common emotion, and contributes widely to making the characters seem realistic. Overall, the sections of lighting, setting and style of acting, contained within the mise-en-scene unit, makes the scene from Moulin Rouge seem like a very dramatic movie.
The film, Moulin Rouge, is an intense, musical drama, directed by Baz, Luhrmann. Throughout the scene that has been analyzed, many features of mise en scene and have been put into the scene. The settings and lighting helps to demonstrate that this scene fits into the genre of being an intense, musical drama. The style of acting depicted the characters to appear very realistic and also helped to create the effect that this film is very dramatic. The audience can clearly see that a lot of hard work and time has been spent on making this scene.
