was hiding. He takes her back.

Andre and Richard are

I. Introduction trying to convince Carlotta that they do need her("Prima
Donna") and that they will not listen to the notes signed
“Her voice became his passion. Her love became his "O.G."telling them that Christine should replace Carlotta
obsession. Her refusal became his rage.” permanently. They perform "Il Muto" with Carlotta as the
This is one of the famous taglines from the movie The star against the wishes of the phantom, so he makes her
Phantom of The Opera. lose her voice by putting something in her throat spray and
then hanging the stage crew man, Joseph Bouquet.
The musical Phantom of the Opera opened in London in Christine is supposed to take her place but she is afraid and
October 1986. Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Evita, escapes with Raoul to the rooftop ("All I Ask Of You").
Cats), produced by Cameron Mackintosh (Cats, Les
Miserables), and directed by Hal Prince (Cabaret, A Little At the Masquerade ball ("Masquerade"), after three
Night Music), Phantom could not have asked for a more months of no appearances, then phantom returns and gives
talented or diverse creative team. The show was expected then his new opera, "Don Juan" and gives them specific
to be a smash hit, and it did not disappoint. instructions on performing it. Christine goes to the
graveyard to consult her dead father, Gustave
Phantom of the Opera is in itself an opera; the dialogue and Daae("Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again"). Not
action set completely to music. It tells the story of a knowing that the phantom was pretending to be the carriage
deformed genius who falls hopelessly in love with an driver. Raoul sees the carriage leave and rides there to stop
ingénue. The girl is torn, craving the intensity of her savage Christine from getting taken. The Phantom and the vicomte
"Angel of Music," while at the same time longing for the have a sword fight and in the end the phantom drops his
simple, uncomplicated love of her childhood sweetheart. sword and Raoul kicks it away and almost kills him but
Christine says "No! Not this way."

Raoul decides that the best way to capture the phantom

II. Synopsis once and for all is to perform his work and use Christine as
bait knowing that if she sings he will definitely be there. As
the play is performed the Phantom kills Piangi to take his
In the opening scene there is an auction being held at
part and be the love of Christine's character ('Point of No
the Opera Popularie in Paris in 1919. The vicomte de
Return").
Changy, Raoul,an elderly man, buys a music box in the
shape of a monkey wearing Persian robes and playing the
While on stage, Christine unmasks the Phantom,
cymbals which was found in the vaults of the theater where
revealing him to be an ugly, disfigured man who wore a
the Phantom had lived and used it. Then the shattered
black toupee to hide his gray hair, in front of the audience
chandelier from the incident of the phantom of the opera is
so he kidnaps her and releases the immense chandelier onto
revealed and has been restored and fitted for electric lights.
the audience. Raoul has Madame Giry lead him to the
Then the main overture begins to play as we go from black
Phantom's lair where he enters and is put into a noose by
and white to the full color of its 1870 days.
the phantom.

We see the cast including Christine (Emmy Rosum),

Christine's choice is to have Raoul hung and go away free
Carlotta (Minnie Driver) and Piangi practicing Hannibal by
or free Raoul and live with the Phantom forever. She kisses
Chalemau, when the owner of the theater comes in and
the Phantom and he lets her go with Raoul. Then escapes
announces that he will indeed retire and move to Australia
through his tunnels away from the people tracking him
and he introduces the new owners, Gilles Andre and
down for murder. The end scene shows the old vicomte
Richard Firmin. Carlotta throws a fit because a part of the
putting the monkey music box on Christine's, his wife's,
set fell on her and she leaves and refuses to sing at the gala
grave. Next to it he notices a single red rose with a black
on that night when they were to announce that Raoul,
ribbon and the engagement ring the Phantom offered
(Patrick Wilson) will be their patron. Christine is put up to
Christine on it.
singing her part by Madame Giry. She sings ("Think Of
Me") and Raoul her, childhood sweetheart, sees her and
meets her after the play.

Before he takes her out the Phantom, played by Gerard

Butler, locks her in her room and take her down to his lair. III. Story
She takes off his mask and sees the facial disfigurment he
 shortage of hints and implications throughout the
The story is both romantic and scary and musical, The book. Erik himself laments the fact that his
Phantom of the Opera is a thrilling film with grand mother was horrified by his appearance and that
emotions. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s score, with its beloved his father, a master mason, never saw him. It is
signature song “Music of the Night,” sets the mood, but also revealed that "Erik" was not, in fact, his birth
you may also find yourself humming the gorgeous period name, but one that was given or found "by
costumes and simple yet grand sets, even the famous accident", as Erik himself says in the novel. In
chandelier, which probably falls slower than you’d expect, the novel, Leroux sometimes calls him "the man's
is a thrill. voice;" Erik also refers to himself as "The Opera
Ghost", "The Angel of Music" and attends a
The Phantom of the Opera is the story of a young singer masquerade as the Red Death.
named Christine Daaé and her relationship with two men -
Raoul, the young Vicompte de Chagney, and Erik, the  Christine Daae (Emmy Rossum) - Christine Daae
mysterious Phantom of the Opera. is an orphaned dancer at the Paris Opera House.
She grew up with her father, a Famous Violinist
Christine is a chorus girl at the Paris Opera House in in a cottage by the sea. It is there that she met her
1880, whose voice is technically excellent but who has lost childhood sweetheart, Raoul (the Vicount de
all soul and passion for her singing since her father died Changy), who she would see again when she was
some years earlier. She begins to be tutored by a older. While her father was alive he told her
mysterious "Angel of Music", who she hears in her about "The angel of music", a guardian who
dressing room. She believes the Angel to have been sent by would look after her if he couldn't. When her
her father, and after his lessons she is given a leading role, father died when she was seven years old, she
and astounds everyone by singing with a rapturous passion was taken by a good friend of his, Madame Giry,
they have never heard before. to the Paris Opera House where she lived and
trained as a ballerina. Since the Phantom of the
Raoul, a childhood friend, sees her again and falls in Opera became her music teacher, she has
love with her, but soon realizes that she is under the sway believed that he is her "angel of music".
of another man - her Angel reveals himself to her and leads
her through a passageway behind her mirror, down into his  Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny (Patrick Wilson) -
home in the cellars of the opera house. He is a genius, a Raoul de Chagny is a viscount and Christine
composer and inventor, who has fallen in love with Daaé's childhood friend. They first met when he
Christine, and shared his love for her by inspiring her was a young child when he went on vacation in
voice. He also wears a mask, and when Christine tears it Northern France. He meets up with her again
from his face she discovers that he is badly disfigured. after watching her performance at the former
managers' retirement ceremony at the Palais
The story is basically a love triangle, with Christine torn Garnier. He reminds her that he is "the little boy
between her attraction towards the Phantom, which who went into the sea to rescue your scarf,"
confuses and frightens her, and her feelings for Raoul, which provokes her laughter. At first, Christine
which are more innocent and safe. refuses to recognize Raoul, in fear that the
"Angel of Music" would return to heaven.
However, they become engaged later.
Unknowingly to them, Erik had been spying on
them. On the day they were going to elope, Erik
kidnaps her during a performance of Faust at the
opera house. Raoul then, along with the
mysterious man known as "The Persian", goes
down into the cellars of the Opera in an attempt
to rescue Christine. He and the Persian endure
near-drowning and torture in a mirrored, super-
IV. Characterization heated chamber before Erik eventually relents
due to Christine's willingness to sacrifice her
happiness for Raoul's life. Raoul nearly commits
 Erik/The Phantom of the Opera (Gerard Butler)
suicide under torture, and, when Christine's
- In the original novel, few details are given
marriage promise to Erik saves them, has to be
regarding Erik's past, although there is no
 put to bed by Erik because of a poison that has
left him "limp as a rag."

 Madame Giry (Miranda Richardson) – Madame

Giry has belonged to the Paris Opera House for
many years. As head of the chorus line, and
mother to Meg, she is the only one who knows
the truth of the Opera Ghost. When Madame Giry
was a young girl in the chorus line, she and the
rest of the girls went to town to see the carnival.
There she encountered what the carnies called a V. Acting
beast, but she only saw a young boy. Later, she
went back to rescue him after he killed one of the The film is pretty amazing, that they deliver
men who tortured him, and hid him under the they lines by means of singing. Everyone should
opera house. When Christine Daae joined the be applauded especially the two leads Emmy
chorus line, she took her under her wing, and Rossum and Gerald Butler they were great. It is a
opened her up to the world of the Angel of visually stunning movie, the costuming and sets
Music. Madame Giry always made sure he had are as extravagant and lavish as the music.
what he needed, and made sure he had the
appropriate access to Miss Daae to instruct her in The casting is pretty good for the most part,
her studies. they are very convincing in portraying their
characters. Their voice is very powerful, to get
 Carlotta (Minnie Driver) - In the novel she is a the attention of the viewers. One of the
minor character hailing from Spain. The first time interesting part is the beginning, when the film
that she is mentioned in the novel is during the changed from black and white and went back in
chapter "The New Marguerite", where it is time to tell the story.
revealed that she could not perform at the
ceremony for the former managers. Later in the Gerard Butler's portrayal of the Phantom is
novel she is threatened by Erik that if she the finest, most sensitive, and most provocative.
performs at the Opera House "a great misfortune His singing is full of emotion, making his
will strike". She shrugs the warning off and character believable and powerful.
performs anyway. When she does however
croaking noises come out of her mouth and the
chandelier comes crashing down. Ashamed, she
hides from the public view for a few weeks,
before making a return to the opera house.
VI. Sound
 Joseph Buquet (Kevin R. McNally) - He is the
chief stagehand for the theatre who claims to
have seen the the Opera Ghost. He is the one to
 Speech
first describe Erik, saying "He is extraordinarily
thin and his dress-coat hangs on a skeleton frame. Since it’s a musical movie, instead of
His eyes are so deep that you can hardly see the saying their lines, they sing it.
fixed pupils. You just see two big black holes, as
in a dead man's skull. His skin, which is stretched
across his bones like a drumhead, is not white,  Music
but a nasty yellow. His nose is so little worth
talking about that you can't see it side-face; and Phantom of the Opera is full of
the absence of that nose is a horrible thing to look Andrew Lloyd Webber's trademark
at. All the hair he has is three or four long dark show-stopping songs. "Angel of
locks on his forehead and behind his ears." Music" is a joyous, though naive,
affirmation of Christine's devotion to
her mysterious teacher, as she begs him
to "grant to me your glory." Of course,
 she has no idea of what she must Mood: Setting the tone of a scene. Harsh red
sacrifice for her request to be fulfilled. light has a totally different effect than soft
lavender light.
Then, there is, of course, the titular
"Phantom of the Opera," a soaring duet
sung by Christine and the Phantom, as
he leads her into the dark home he has
made for himself under the opera
house.
Just as beautiful, and far more emotionally complex, is the VIII. Editing
next song in the show, "Music of the Night.” It is a darkly
erotic solo sung by the Phantom as he seduces Christine Film editing is part of the post-production process of
into the underworld where he has been forced to hide for so filmmaking. It involves the selection and combining of
many years. Many performers, both male and female, have shots, connecting the resulting sequences, and ultimately
recorded this song, but none has captured the tortured, creating a finished motion picture. It is an art of
confessional whisper of Michael Crawford, the original storytelling. Film editing is the only art that is unique to
Phantom. cinema, separating film-making from other art forms that
preceded it, although there are close parallels to the
The next love song, "All I Ask of You," a duet between editing process in other art forms like poetry or novel
Christine and Raoul, finds Christine an active participant. writing. Film editing is often referred to as the "invisible
She has decided that "all I want is freedom/ a world with no art" because when it is well-practiced, the viewer can
more night" and turns to Raoul for an easier, less become so engaged that he or she is not even aware of the
demanding love. The Phantom overhears her betrayal and editor's work.
is devastated.
Principal photography for Phantom of the Opera lasted
The second act is less memorable, musically speaking, than from September 15, 2003 to January 15, 2004. The film
the first. Songs include "Masquerade," "Wishing You Were was shot entirely using eight sound stages at Pinewood
Somehow Here Again," and "Past the Point of No Return.” Studios, where, on the Pinewood backlot, the bottom half
"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again," Christine's exterior of the Palais Garnier was constructed. The top
requiem to her dead father, is the song from the second act half was implemented using a combination of computer-
most frequently recorded by solo artists. generated imagery (CGI) and a scale model created by
Cinesite. The surrounding Paris skyline for "All I Ask of
You" was entirely composed of matte paintings.
VII. Cinematography
Production designer Anthony D. G. Pratt was
influenced by French architect Charle Garnier, designer of
the original Paris opera house, as well as Edgar Degas,
Lightning gives beauty to the film, it define the mood John Singer Sargent, Gustave Caillebotte, the Pre-
of the scene. Stage lighting has several functions, although to Raphaelite Brotherhood and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
allow for artistic effect, no hard and fast rules can ever be applied.
Schumacher was also inspired by Jean Cocteau's Beauty
The functions of lighting include:
and the Beast (1946). The cemetery was based on the Père
Lachaise and Montparnasse. Costume designer Alexandra
Illumination: The simple ability to see what is
Byrne utilized a limited black, white, gold and silver color
occurring on stage. Any lighting design will be
ineffective if the viewers cannot see the palette for the Masquerade ball.
characters; unless this is the explicit intent.
Revelation of form: Altering the perception of Every frame of the production is opulent and
shapes onstage, particularly three-dimensional dreamlike almost beyond description, and its voluptuous
stage elements. interior design, sets, costumes; makeup and computer
effects are all Oscar worthy. Especially impressive is a
Focus: Directing the audience's attention to an groundbreaking flashback sequence that visually
area of the stage or distracting them from transforms a ruined 1919 opera house to its 1870s glory.
another.
 the breakthrough performance of Irish actor Colin Farrell,
whom he cast again in his next two features: the crime
drama Veronica Guerin and the blockbuster suspense
thriller Phone Booth. Schumacher then began work on a
film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical
Phantom of the Opera. Released with an onslaught of hype
in the fall of 2004, the film did little to aid the already-
flagging musical revival of the 2000s, and was seen only by
IX. Directing the most devout Webber fans.
The director chose somewhat safer ground with the flashy
psychological thriller The Number 23 in the winter of 2007,
Born and raised in working-class New York City, versatile reuniting with his Batman Forever star Jim Carrey.
Hollywood director Joel Schumacher started out as an art X. Conclusion and
student. After graduating from Parsons School of Design,
he worked for several fashion design firms and dressed Recommendation
window displays at a department store. He found work as a
costume designer (Woody Allen's Sleeper and Interiors)
and screenwriter (Car Wash and The Wiz) before turning to
full-time directing. After a few TV movies, Schumacher It’s a very rare thing to see a musical film. It
made his feature-length directorial debut with the Lily has become such a product of modern popular art that
Tomlin comedy The Incredible Shrinking Woman, its original inspiration, the cast is good, the score is
followed by the Mr. T vehicle D.C. Cab. sublime, the visuals are sumptuous and it speeds
Schumacher finally hit mainstream success in 1985 with along with a delirious romantic power that, if you let
the Brat Pack classic St. Elmo's Fire, kick-starting the
it, can sweep you away. I admire most the sensational
careers of Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Andrew McCarthy,
masquerade ball.
Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Emilio Estevez, among
others. This was soon followed by the beloved teen
vampire flick The Lost Boys, starring both Corey Haim and In short, this production was a stunning work of
Corey Feldman. Schumacher also directed music videos at art and this is coming from someone who knows the
the end of the '80s, including "Devil Inside" by INXS. With book better than the play. If you are a lover of great
the exception of the Americanized romantic comedy music, wonderful artwork, and brilliant acting, then
remake Cousins, he seemed to cater almost exclusively to this is the film for you and I highly suggest it,
the youth market during this time. especially if you are a lover of great literature as well
The medical-student thriller Flatliners introduced
as an Angel of Music.
Schumacher to starlet Julia Roberts, whom he quickly cast
in his next movie, the aptly named Dying Young. Both
films failed at the box office, so he tried a bit of social
commentary with the psychological drama Falling Down
starring Michael Douglas. The success of his John Grisham
adaptation The Client led to a TV-series spin-off and
another Grisham adaptation, A Time to Kill. Unfortunately,
Schumacher had already become commonly known as The
Man Who Destroyed the Batman Film Franchise with the
widely panned Batman Forever and Batman & Robin.

Schumacher tried to make a comeback with the disturbing

and brutal crime thriller 8MM starring Nicolas Cage.
Fortunately, he made a wise move back to writing and
directing comedy dramas with Flawless, starring Robert De
Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman. After doing some
producing, the director teamed up with action extravaganza
producer Jerry Bruckheimer for Bad Company, a box-
office dud featuring the odd pairing of Chris Rock and
Anthony Hopkins. His Vietnam drama Tigerland marked
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