Moulin Rouge - Practice Analysis

The scene begins as a collage of images and photos. A sung narration is provided by a man on the left side of the screen. He sings about all the pain and hardship that the main character has been threw. The lady he once love is dead and he is lost. Showing this depression in a fade out, it provides the audience with the idea that these events slowly came into his life and faded away. Then the scene gently changes, an establishing, long shot is shown of the city of Paris, the viewers are shown where the action of a majority of the movie will take place. With this part of this scene in black and white, it gives the impression that this city is dark, gloomy and has bad things happening in it. A dolly shot is used, zooming into the city and closing up on some of the characters in the film. By doing this it gives audience a visual understanding of what the people are like in this town. Being dark and gloomy, they are not the first person you would approach in the street to ask for directions. Flying almost along the streets and into a window of a two story home, a man sits alone, curled up beside a bed. He appears depressed and almost mentally destroyed. His body position shows this as he huddles over his heart as if trying to protect it. Moving to his type writer, he begins to type, the music's lyrics match the words being written. Close ups every so often are used every so often of his face to express his emotions to the audience. By glancing outside he provides the belief that he is searching for something, but it keeps escaping from him.

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