High School Drama Analysis
Grease
Order of Title Sequence:
- Production company (Paramount Pictures)
- Title of film (Grease)
- Producer x2
- Actor (John Travolta as Danny)
- Actor (Olivia Newton-John as Sandy)
- Actor (Stockard Channing as Rizzo)
- Actor (Jeff Conaway as Keneckie)
- Actor x3
- Actor x3
- Dances and Musical Sequences Staged and Choreographed by
- Musical Supervisor
- "Grease" music and lyrics by
- Associate Producer
- Produced on the Broadway by... In association with...
- Edited by x2
- Production designed by
- Director of photography
- Based on the original musical by x2
- Screenplay by
- Adaptation by
- Produced by x2
- Directed by
Total of 30 credits. This high number of credits mentioned in the opening title sequence of a movie leads the audience to believe that it is a mainstream movie and is US big budgeted with a lot of people on the production team.
Camera:
A number of camera shots are used in the first scene to display the scenery and the characters on the beach, wide shot is regularly used to present the characters in a number of locations within the beach, this incorporates the scenery with the actual scene, emphasising its relevance. As the school is scenery of the school is introduced after the opening title sequence the camera uses an establishing shot is to establish the location we are now in, a high school. As we are introduced to character the more important to the film an actor is the lower the angle of the camera, showing that they are superior within the storyline eg. John Travolta as Danny. Less superior characters like the T-Birds are shown from a slightly higher angle showing that they are more inferior that certain others, being Danny.
A number of camera shots are used in the first scene to display the scenery and the characters on the beach, wide shot is regularly used to present the characters in a number of locations within the beach, this incorporates the scenery with the actual scene, emphasising its relevance. As the school is scenery of the school is introduced after the opening title sequence the camera uses an establishing shot is to establish the location we are now in, a high school. As we are introduced to character the more important to the film an actor is the lower the angle of the camera, showing that they are superior within the storyline eg. John Travolta as Danny. Less superior characters like the T-Birds are shown from a slightly higher angle showing that they are more inferior that certain others, being Danny.
Editing:
The opening scene begins we see a beach and a couple who through jump cuts show that they are excited and through this they have been there a long time as the camera cuts to a number of shots of the couple in different positions and locations on the beach also with the use of elipsis.
As the first scene presents itself a continual shot is used to establish the scene of the High School. Whereas as the characters are introduced through match cuts and cross cuts and we flicker from the introduction of the boys gang (T-Birds) to the girls (Pink ladies). This is a cross cut because the two scenes are linked together, we know thjs because of the recognisation of the two main characters; Sandy and Danny, who we have already been introduced to at the very beginning of the movie.
As the first scene presents itself a continual shot is used to establish the scene of the High School. Whereas as the characters are introduced through match cuts and cross cuts and we flicker from the introduction of the boys gang (T-Birds) to the girls (Pink ladies). This is a cross cut because the two scenes are linked together, we know thjs because of the recognisation of the two main characters; Sandy and Danny, who we have already been introduced to at the very beginning of the movie.
Sound:
In the opening scene of Grease diegetic, gentle, oceanic sound is used, synchronous to the scene on the beach to convey the love that is present between the couple on the beach. As the title sequence begins the music picks up speed and level of sound and it gradually reflects the attitude and character of the characters in the movie as well as the title "Grease". The song is famously connected to the Grease movie as it was created for the film and it is feautures on the soundtrack for the film.
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