Baz Luhrmann

Ayden van As Grade 12.1 Film Study Research Essay: Investigation into the use of costume design to represent characterisation in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge. The use of costume design is a key element that is present in both Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge. In both films, it is used to represent characterisation. The element of costume design symbolising the characterisation in both films will be discussed. Sequences 6 (where Mercutio speaks to the Montague boys outside…

its own original work. The director of the film, Baz Luhrmann, clearly has many differences with F. Scott Fitzgerald. The most noticeable distinction between the two being their seventy year difference in age. Perhaps Luhrmann didn’t think it was enough to brutally appropriate Romeo and Juliet and thought that he could make more money by ripping off another major work. Even though The Great Gatsby is a classic piece of American literature, Luhrmann is able to attract a younger audience by over…

In the film” the Great Gatsby’, Luhrmann aimed to construe the jazz age into the music equivalent to our times (the now). However, according to R. Bassil, Luhrmann failed in capturing the spirit and earnestness of Gatsby’s West Egg mansion parties and stated that it is more suitable for a twilight film or a headphone advert (Bassil, 2013). This essay will disagree with the statement made and will refer to the following three sound techniques found in the film: Diegetic, Non-diegetic and a sound…

death. Nick’s plunge into alcoholism is plausible and perhaps even expected and thus fits seamlessly with the pace and narration of the film, however, the use of the psychiatrist to explain and expand on this development is entirely unnecessary. Luhrmann could have easily depicted a drunken writer recalling his shattered past through literature without any psychiatrist and added bulk. This may have granted more time for the film to investigate Nick’s relationship with Jordan, which…

texts. The stage drama Romeo and Juliet, writing by playwright William Shakespeare first published 1595, and the adapted drama film Romeo + Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann in 1996, outlines the tragic death that occurs to Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed lovers and the only children of the Montague and Capulet household. Shakespeare and Luhrmann have included examples of heat and fire, water, darkness and costuming in their adaptions of Romeo and Juliet to present significant imagery.…

The Great Gatsby was a very interesting book which was portrayed very well in two different films of their own league. The first film we had watched was by Baz Luhrmann which portrayed Gatsby in his designated time while the homage by Woody Allen basically did a present day version of Gatsby but his name is Gil. Gil and Gatsby are very different but alike in ways, which makes the movies very interesting. While Gil was an American man In London who had a fiancé and was writing a book he also felt…

The Great Gatsby Comparison In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote a classic novel called The Great Gatsby, and in 2013 Baz Luhrmann directed a film over the story. Both stories take place just outside of New York City, where a man named Jay Gatsby lived and fell in love with a married women named Daisy.There are many similarities in the story, as well as many differences. Although they may be small differences, they certainly do have an impact on how the story is perceived. One of the larger ways…

Great Gatsby directed by Baz Luhrmann through the lens of a feminist demonstrates the poor quality of living for women during the twenties. The film is narrated by Nick Carraway, an average twenties Wall street businessman. After Nick moves to New York, he befriends his new rich neighbour Jay Gatsby. Nick’s cousin Daisy Buchanan, a past lover of Gatsby, is married to Tom Buchanan. Jay is determined to reunite with his love, Daisy, and asks Nick to help get them together. Luhrmann uses the…

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a tragedy by William Shakespeare following the love story of two star-crossed lovers. In Verona, there is an ongoing feud between the families of Capulet and Montague. After a fight breaks out in town between the two families, the Prince warns that anyone who disturbs the peace again will be sentenced to death. Lord Capulet wants his daughter, Juliet, to marry a man named Paris once she is a few years older. Later that night, Juliet meets Romeo from…

Romeo + Juliet is a modern film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s infamous Romeo and Juliet , directed in 1996 by Baz Luhrmann, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes as the lead roles of Romeo and Juliet This film uses an original Elizabethan script, paired with modern visuals such as modern clothes, weapons and surroundings . Set in “Verona Beach” a rough costal city where the Capulet and Montague families are represented as rival mafia empires. This analytical essay will explore…