The document analyzes the opening title sequence of the film "Grease" across several aspects of filmmaking. It notes that the sequence uses animation despite the film not being animated. It discusses various shot types used, including establishing shots, close-ups, and long shots. Color analysis finds that red is a dominant color, relating to Americana. Genre conventions imply the film is a 1970s American musical comedy. Editing techniques like jump cuts and melting titles are employed. Character names are paired with images to clearly identify the actors.

1. Film Opening Sequence Analysis
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Grease
Name: Megan
Hughes
My Analysis
Supporting Images
Cinematography &
Camera
Techniques
The ‘Grease’ movie opening title sequence is in animation even
though the film is not. It also contains a large selection of shots
varying between close ups and long shots, establishing shots and
mid shots.
The first shot I would consider an establishing shot as it’s of a big
speaker which bounces onto the screen and it allows you to
jump to the conclusion immediately that the music is about to
start. You could also consider the first shot as a close up shot as
the speaker takes up the full width of the screen and it’s very
dominant just like how the music is when it begins so it links in
really well.
The use of a long shot is also included early on in the opening
title sequence, long shots help to conclude the setting and
context as you can see a bigger picture overall. In this case you
can see the image of a full body and in the background is a
bathroom.

2. Film Opening Sequence Analysis
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After the last shot, the camera zooms in on a toothpaste bottle
therefore creating a close up shot. Close up shots are useful as
they include a large amount of detail… Like the example is have
chosen for you to the right, you can see the creases in the
toothpaste bottle from where it is being held whereas if it was a
more zoomed out shot you wouldn’t be able to see as much
detail.
This shot is one of the first that includes text. Over all it’s a mid-shot
as you can see some detail of the setting e.g. the sink,
however within this mid shot there is a close up shot of the
actors face in the mirror.

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Visual Effects &
Colour Scheme
The colours are mixed overall and are a bit wish washy and bland
but throughout the colour red does occur a lot and is very
dominant in a lot of the shots. In my opinion, I think the colour
red does relate to America slightly with the typical red dinner
chairs and red clothes and cars.
It’s noticeable that its set in America from the shots as it actually
shows part of the town at the end which potentially does look
like a realistic American city back in the day. As well as this, there
are American style cars in the opening sequence and within the
titles you can tell some of the names are American too.
Genre Conventions
From the shots within the opening title sequence it is easy to
guess that Grease is a 1978 American musical, romantic, comedy
film as they show shots of couples, they show shots of dancing
and music themed animations, also I think from watching the
opening scene it is easy to discover that it’s a comedy just
because of the humorous animation shots and the story that the
shots tell put together.
Narrative
There is no dialogue present between characters within the
Grease opening title sequence, however, at the beginning there is
sort of a commentating act of a man who starts off the music and
talks about the day ahead of the main character who comes on
first. The man rhymes and makes a joke out of what he’s saying
which draws attention because it sounds overly fluent at the
same time as being humorous.

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Editing Techniques
Various editing techniques would have been used in this opening
scene especially considering its animation. Just browsing through
the clips there are lots visible because they stand out very clearly.
They tackle things such as changing font into pictures by melting
it out such as the word ‘Grease’ shown to the right, they show
titles which obviously have to be edited in, they show various
objects cutting in and out of the screen (also including jump cuts),
and on top of this there’s the editing of the actual characters
(animations) to allow them to move and distort their bodies.
Title Credit Design
As shown in the picture, throughout the opening title sequence
there are many shots where the main characters are present so
they’ve done certain shots like this example towards the
beginning so you know who the character is and who its being
played by. Also, instead of just putting the credits on a blank
page and leaving it plain, they’ve put a picture of the character
next to the name to it’s clear for the audience who is who.

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