Baz Lurhmann explores many different themes and ideas throughout the film they help him to get a clear message to the audience through. Discuss. In the film Strictly Ballroom‚ Baz Lurhmann explores many ideas. His themes include; the individual versus the organisation‚ the contrast of the different families and cultures‚ the real and artificial world‚ and freedom freedom versus conformity. Each of them is brought out through the characters‚ humour and specific film techniques. In order to
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Baz Luhrman’s film “strictly ballroom” and related text poem “Rhapsody on a windy night” by T S Elliot. These texts depict the way a lack of understanding may damage a person’s sense of belonging and the foundation of belonging is powerful to one’s self identity. Lack of a sense of belonging is portrayed in the ‘mockumentary’ film “Strictly Ballroom” through the character Scott Hastings as he is treated as an outcast because he refuse to conform to the mainstream way of ballroom dance. The opening
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TITLE: Strictly Ballroom STARRING: Paul Mercurio‚ Bill Hunter RELEASED BY: M&A Film and Ronin Films NOW AT: DAYUM COOL CINEMAZ RATING: 7 out of 10 Paul Mercurio acting as Scott Hastings‚ the ballroom king won a lot of competitions and championships until the Dance Federation where he dances his own unconventional steps which lose the competition. His partner Gia Carides acting as Liz Holt then leaves him and eventually got a partner Tara Morice acting as Fran who is a beginner. Will they
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or not belong. Belonging is felt by an individual when they are able to gain an understanding of themselves in relation to others. We see this in Strictly Ballroom by Baz Lurhmann and Neighbours by Tim Winton; both show belonging and not belonging and find their own sense of identity where they all feel they belong in one place. In Strictly Ballroom we see two sides of the dance world that is juxtaposed to the artificial fake world and the non-artificial fake world for eg. Shirley Hastings wears
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Critical Essay: Strictly Ballroom “Power tends to corrupt‚ and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” Baron Acton (1834 – 1902). Baz Luhrmann’s bizarre romantic comedy‚ “Strictly Ballroom”‚ is based on the idea suggested above‚ “absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Barry Fife‚ played by Bill Hunter‚ could be seen and described as a dictator who rules the world‚ the world of ballroom dancing. He is the villain in the plot‚ the main antagonist. Baz Luhrmann conveys
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for as she stands in the centre of the frame‚ bathed in light‚ is a display of connectedness to family and place. The enigmatic painting “Las Meninas” by Diego Valesquez was painted in 1656 and many questions were raised about reality and illusion and the film “Strictly Ballroom” was filmed in 1992 and directed by Baz Lurhmman. Framing is what is deliberately included in the frame and what is excluded. The painting shows a “moment in time” during the everyday life of the royal family. The king
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known for having a highly individualised directing style which is often referred to as flamboyant‚ due to his lack of naturalism in his philosophy‚ being “[He] makes what [he] wants‚ how[he] wants” – Baz Luhrmann. From his debut in cinema with “Strictly Ballroom” (1992)‚ to his most recent film “The Great Gatsby” (2013)‚ Baz Luhrmann’s directoral style has evolved and adapted over his twenty four years in the industry. Luhrmann’s style of directing has been characterised by wide ranges of shots‚ innovative
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English Vision (Strictly Ballroom & Yonlgu Boy) Vision is a means of communication of one`s thought and feelings to convey not only “what is” but “what could be”. Each vision reflects the values‚ altitude‚ emotion and experience of individual or social groups to express and react to their perception of the world around them. Vision involves a creative intellectual mind and also mental imaginings. Those listening and viewing people`s visions will become intellectual or emotionally connection
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‘dance his own steps’ at the ballroom dancing competitions first appears at the beginning of the play where Scott Hastings and Liz Holt get boxed into a corner of The Southern District Waratah Championship Hall. In this scene‚ the temptation of escaping the restricted rules of the ADF leads Scott to urge Liz Holt via the dialogue “Come on‚ Come on” to dance the unconventional steps of ballroom dancing. 3 days later after this incident‚ Scott and Liz are still arguing about this event and so through
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The film‚ Strictly Ballroom‚ explores the concept of belonging through the issues of conformity. How does Luhrmann use this issue to challenge your understanding of belonging? -- I will be exploring how ‘Strictly Ballroom’ is a film with a strong theme of conformity influencing belonging. Firstly‚ I will explain how conformity is a key issue with belonging. Then‚ what the two main characters had to challenge before they could find their sense of belonging. And finally‚ how the individuality of
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