"Strictly Ballroom" directed by Baz Luhrman

Strictly ballroom directed by Baz Luhrman depicts a microcosm of society through the use of image. The responder plays witness to the superficial world that we live in, the power hungry characters that inhabit this world and the few individuals who dare to be different and carpe diem. All of which portray an image of key aspects that can be seen throughout society. Similarly, these ideas are also satirized through the use of image in …

…lives and the way we run it buy programming us to do things that are of "the norm" which ironically, is set by the media which is itself a very significant form of imagery. Thus, through the medium of image, people can be influenced in many different ways. It therefore is no wonder, that image plays such a pivotal role in society and how much it can influence the way society is shaped and run.