Scott's Change In Strictly Ballroom

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Scott has changed a lot since the beginning of the film (Strictly Ballroom directed by Baz Luhrmann), from his beliefs; his actions and the way he thinks. He started off following “the only way to dance”/ the Federation way and throughout the film he slowly (gradually gains more confidence and realises….) becomes more and more confident and realises what his heart wants to do, not want his head does. Scott changed because he was under the influence of others and if the people who had a negative influence on him; I think his actions would have been slightly different. His confidence and ego would have been bigger than what it was in the end because his ego wouldn't have been knocked down quite as much. The film helped me understand that Scott is the sort of person to take a leap of faith and is not a follower because the way his emotions are shown …show more content…

Barry repetitively says “Well, of course, you can dance any steps you like! But that doesn’t mean you’ll .. win...win.” He says this to show he has power over everyone and the whole competition, even though Scott believes that you can dance any way you like and still win.

In the beginning Scott went against the Federation during one his performances (the Waratah Championships) using his “crowd-pleasing steps”, everyone in some form of power thought he was a disgrace to the dancing world and because of that his partner Liz left him she said, “I’m not dancing with you, alright? I’m not dancing with you ‘til you dance like you're supposed to!”

When the movie picked up, he was influenced by some people like Shirley and Barry; showing what people say or do can really change the thoughts and actions that come with it. After everybody pestering him about whether he should dance Federation or

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