complexity of belonging is explored in Baz Lurhmann’s film Strictly Ballroom through the need to conform in order to belong and how an individual can affect ones sense of belonging. This is evident with the main characters of the film‚ Scott Hastings and Fran. The film is set in the arcane world of ballroom dancing‚ which only emphasizes the strain between individuality and strict conformity‚ which together pose as barriers to belonging. Strictly Ballroom starts with the silhouettes of the dancers accompanied
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imbedded in our nature to seek both attachment and independence. Scott Hastings‚ the protagonist in Baz Lurhmann’s 1992 flamboyant and stylised film Strictly Ballroom often struggles to belong to the insular‚ claustrophobic and gaudy ballroom dancing world because he only wants to belong on his own terms. perceive this in Baz luhrman’s ‘strictly ballroom’ and the short film ‘ Paris Je t’ aime’ . (Barry Fife‚ president of the Dance Federation‚ and therefore a symbol of the barrier that Scott has to
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The sequence depends on sudden and unexpected appearances for its effect. When Liz pushes through the doors‚ screaming‚ the shot cuts suddenly to her in the doorway and the music stops suddenly. Fran’s doorway slam also happens very suddenly‚ and the film cuts to Ken’s entrance to the studio even before Pam’s car has stopped rolling. The rolling car itself is non-realistic and by using this technique any sympathy we might have otherwise have felt for Pam is gone. This accident is just another piece
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Scream by Edvard Munch in 1893. In his art‚ he uses a human like figure that is‚ bald‚ pasty‚ with its mouth wide open‚ as if it was in agonizing pain. The sky is painted red swirls has is a storm a volcano was erupting. Many people believe that the painting reflex on any men or women with emotional life thought and to this day‚ it still reflex on so many people. There are four versions of The Scream. It was painted with oil‚ tempera‚ pastel and crayons and painted on a cardboard surface. Munch was consider
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through image and shape meaning. Through the exploration of image in the film “Strictly ballroom” directed by “Baz Lurhmann” and “Stupid Girls” a music video by “Pink” are the themes of individuality versus conformity‚ the importance of appearance‚ and the resistance to change effectively portrayed. “Baz Lurhmann” and “Pink” use image to portray the ideas of individuality versus conformity. In “Strictly ballroom”‚ “Baz Lurhmann uses juxtaposition of Scott’s appearance/costume of his gold sequined
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Luhrmann’s film‚ Strictly Ballroom (1993) and the 1939 poem “Refugee Blues” by W.H Auden both convey distinct concepts concerning the subject of belonging and not belonging. Both texts emphasise the positive power of a sense of belonging has for an individual and the negative effects created by a sense of isolation or alienation. Strictly Ballroom is a postmodern pastiche‚ a hybridised genre of fairy tail romance which focuses its attention on the gaudy‚ fantastical world of ballroom dancing and the
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NOTES FOR STRICTLY BALLROOM Themes * Individuality and freedom vs conformity and authority * Courage over fear * Passion over restraint * Multiculturalism and the ultimate quote to live a life in fear is a life half lived ( said by Fran to Scott) Link Scotts deepened belonging to the Spanish community‚ contrasted against the world of the ballroom federation. He finds a way to not live a life in fear and dance from his heart. He therefore truly finds his identity by belonging
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The expressionistic film “Strictly Ballroom” composed by Baz Luhrmann is about the spectacle of ballroom dancing. Tough not always in a literal sense‚ the film is not strictly about ball room dancing but also a “microcosm of society”. Moreover the contradictory forces within the society and the use of image to mediate social relations. This piece also fits in very well with Guy Debord’s “the society of the spectacle”. Debord’s work is a critique of modern capitalism. But more specifically for our
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1. The canonical of “Strictly Ballroom” consists of a world in which ballroom dancing is the norm. Scott comes from a family with a history of ballroom dancing and has been training since childhood. Scott becomes very good and encounters resistance when he tries to dance his own steps instead of the more traditional ballroom moves. 2. The Inciting incident of Strictly Ballroom would happen when Scott and Liz are dancing in the very beginning and Scott tries to pull off his own moves. The rest of
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matter what attributes they possess. Belonging is an intrinsic need‚ it is a complex and variable state and in the end brings some form of happiness to an individual. The film‚ “Strictly Ballroom”‚ produced by Baz Luhrman‚ focuses upon the individual “Scott” who possesses the skills to win but defies the rules of the ballroom world by adding unauthorised steps and by challenging the status quo. Similarly‚ The short story‚ “A Straight Bat”‚ by Roger Holt‚ revolves around the individual Timothy whose
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