March 01, 2012

Cinematography: Moulin Rouge

The movie that I am going to be analyzing is Moulin Rouge, which was made in 2001. It is a musical film and is extremely popular and famous to this day.

The aspect of film that I am going to be analyzing in this movie is Cinematography. I believe that this movie is a good example of cinematography.

The start of the movie begins by showing a movie scene. It also then zooms in on the movie so that the frame is now inside the movie.

The director has used what is called a 'match cut' to connect the movie and the audience.

The whole scene is in black and white, and many of the character are wearing scary make-up. These together create the feeling that the location in which the scene is placed is somewhat dark, sinister and creepy.

Another example of cinematography is when the scene is slowed down in some parts, and are also blurred. These parts are shown in the Moulin Rouge club-type location in the movie. The blurry shots and the slow motion make it look as if the person in perspective is drunk. These scenes contrast from the previous black and white ones.

Another example of cinematography in this movie is the use of zooming in and out. In the movie, 'Moulin Rouge', the director has used the camera zooming out to signify the time passing back, in other words going back in time. Similar to this, the camera zooming in signifies going into that scene in that time period.