Baz Luhrmann

Baz Luhrmann Essay By Warwick Taylor Baz Luhrmann’s directional style is not about naturalism. Rather, Luhrmann uses his cinematic language, storytelling techniques and his belief in a theatrical cinema to assure viewers that they are indeed watching a movie. In this essay I will tackle some aspects of his movies in his red curtain trilogy, namely ‘Strictly ballroom’, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘The Great Gatsby’ that indeed prove my topic statement. The setting of the movies is a clear indicator

42/60  70%  B Baz Luhrmann essay-topic 1 by Hayley Bue Baz Luhrmann’s use of cinematic language becomes more advanced through each film as technology develops and the audience becomes more modern, demanding better produced films. His story telling techniques become more and more complex to enable the audience to feel as if they are participating in the film. His first two films (Strictly Ballroom and Romeo and Juliet) are definitely not naturalistic as everything about the films is overdone

OF A DIRECTOR’S STYLE: BAZ LUHRMANNN Baz Luhrmannn’s cinematic language is used to “… signal to the audience that they’re entering into a contract with the storytelling. The audience is aware that they are participative in this motion picture… this is not about naturalism.” Luhrmann directed his first movie “Strictly Ballroom” in 1992, an Australian movie with a moderate budget. The plot was as old as the hills, a structured story about following your dreams, but Luhrmann broke all cinematic rules

Baz Luhrmanns films ARE NOT just adaptations but complete re-imaginings, we can deduct this by analysing his cinematic technique such as zip shots, mis-en-scene, modern music, bright colours as well as his cinematic philosophy that entails recreating the true theatre experience by invoking the original response that would have occurred at the theatre, as well as overwhelming the audience in order to bring them into the film, to make them a character rather than merely allowing them to watch the lives

Baz Luhrmanns contribution to the art of film, brings about a flamboyant and revitalizing side to the industry. Through the use of cinematic language, his story telling techniques and belief in the theatrical cinema come to life. Baz Luhrmann has a very distinctive directing approach with particular techniques that define his style. He presents his films as if he were telling a story, which he invites you into. His stories are simple and he tends to give away the ending at the beginning

we have seen were different interpretations of this play one being by Franco Zeffirelli in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann 1997. In the case of interping and showing what Shakespeare would have wanted to see I think Franco Zeffirelli had shown it better. He showed what the characters were truly like and how they lived. Franco’s set was during the renaissance period in the city of Verona, while Baz Luhrmann was in the present day. The director used the setting to make it a more serious with themes of romance

FILMIC TECHNIQUES Baz luhrmann has created these films in such a way that they are so alike in putting out the same message .. He displays his films like he were telling a story, which he invites you into. His stories are very simple and he also tends to give away the ending at the beginning of the film, which makes you want to carry on wachting to see the end . All of Baz Luhrmanns films are set in closed, confined, isolated little worlds. Romeo and Juliet starts with a news flash on a television

How does Baz Luhrmann use the weather to portray distress in the protagonists’ lives in the films Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge with the help of camera angles? The manipulation of the weather is a concept that features in both Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge. In both of these films, it is used to show distress and the death of one or both of the protagonists. This concept of distress and/or death will be explored. For the film Romeo and Juliet, sequence will be used where Romeo kills

Baz Luhrmann was born Mark Anthony Luhrmann on the 17th of September 1962 in Sydney Australia. Baz Luhrmann is a successful film director, screenwriter and producer who is well known for his Red Curtain Trilogy which includes films such as Strictly Ballroom (1992), Romeo and Juliet (1996) and Moulin Rouge (2001). Baz’s first films were inspired by his background as both his parents did ballroom competitions, His mom was a ballet dancer and Baz did ballroom dancing when he was younger which influenced

Baz Lurhmann, a former opera director started his film making career with Strictly Ballroom. The success of this film, described by Baz Lurhmann himself as “a sugary chunk of feel good fudge”, and “the little film that could”, provided a springboard to bigger things for this director who wanted to shower audiences with style and spectacle. Nothing is too loud, grand or colourful; no literary source too precious or revered for Lurhmann whose trademarks are exaggeration, bright, loud and exuberance