Element Analysis - Moulin Rouge

Film Title: Moulin Rouge

Concept:
In Paris, 1900, a young man is looking back on his past and writing it down in a story. A story of when he first arrived to the night club and fell in love.
Theme/Genre:
Romance, Musical Theatre, Drama
What do you see?
Begins with zoom in shots, busy shots using dull colour and odd angles to create the feeling that it is not a pleasant place. It then moves to a happy, more cheerful and more colourful place, with fast paced, busy shots and loud bursts of colour and liveliness. From there it goes back in time to when the lead character first arrived from the train, old-styled dull colours are used, as if it was all in a dream.
What do you hear?
At the beginning, you hear a ‘creepy’ tune in a minor key; this sets an immediate and emotional feel for the scene. There is typing of keys and the song that is sung is a story being told. We can hear the man sobbing as he retells his story. We can hear laughter and screams, yelling and loud intense music, with the dialogue over the top we can determine it was once an alive place to be. When he goes back in time we hear a train, and we can tell he has arrived to the place he currently resides for the first time.
What do you feel?
I feel uncomfortable watching this movie, but at the same time, intrigued. The sounds are odd and because they are in minor keys, they add that eerie effect. The plotline seems exceptionally interesting and just from watching that one clip, it left me wanting to keep watching, as the story is to unfold.
What do you think about that?
I think that it is exactly what the film was achieving in that first clip. Keep the viewer interested. Although, it is in a weird way that makes the film stand out and be unique.
What does it make you wonder?
How the story would be to end. What happens next, and how they describe it. Also it makes me think about the characters and who they are in more of a relation to each other.