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Moulin Rouge!

 

 

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Baz Luhrmann's vivid, colourful and exuberant film that revitalised the musical genre.

 

Excellent for looking at the effect of editing and camera technique.

 

Contents

Teaching Guide

 

Study Guide

 

Introduction

3

Study Record

2

Suggested Teaching Plan

4

Analysing the Plot

3

Resources

5

Plot Summary Worksheet

4

Analysing the Plot

6

Understanding the Plot

5

Close Reading the Language of Film

14

Narrative Structure

6

Analysis: Opening Sequences

15

Close Reading Checklist

8

Scene-by-scene commentary

22

Setting

9

Setting Notes

30

Characterisation

10

Character Notes

32

Themes

12

Costumes

36

Research questions

13

Motifs and Symbols

37

Film Technique and Narrative

14

Allusions and Quotations

38

Worksheets

16

Genre

39

Useful Quotations

31

Design and Editing

41

The Complex Makeup of a Movie

33

Luhrmann as auteur

43

Glossary of Film Terms

34

Writing the Screenplay

46

 

Screenplay Excerpt

47

 

Fascinating Trivia

52

 

Main Cast

53

 

The Songs

54

 

Unit outline

55

 

 

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