This document compares the musical films Frozen and High School Musical. Frozen tells the story of Princess Elsa of Arendelle who has ice powers and her sister Anna. High School Musical is about Troy Bolton, the captain of the basketball team, who meets Gabriella at a New Year's Eve party. The films differ in their music styles, target audiences, and mood. Frozen features the song "Let It Go" and has a tone of love, while High School Musical has upbeat musical numbers and a happy atmosphere. Both films use music to tell heartwarming stories but appeal to different age groups.

1. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN
THE DESIGN SCHOOL
FOUNDATION IN NATURAL BUILD ENVIRONMENT
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NAME: WOO SHIR LEY
STUDENT ID NO: 0317732
FILMS SELECTED: Frozen and High School Musical
WORD COUNT: 967
ENGLISH 2 (ELG 30605)
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1: COMPARE ESSAY
LECTURER: CASSANDRA WIJESURIA
SUBMISSION DATE: 19TH SEPTEMBER 2014
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2. Genre film is a term for movie to carry the intent of connecting into
a cinematic genre, so that the particular fan of that genre can appeal to their
favourite. Directors search for fresh and new ways to present their film, so they
combine and divide the genre of the film to tell stories. Example of genre film is
action film, horror film, mystery film, romance film, science fiction film and
more. According to the TGV cinema survey, the musical based film have a
higher rating on every age category. As musical film may brings out the heart-tugging
story and drama. The mellifluous of soundtrack will attract audiences’
attention and they can belt out the song with the fellow viewers. The Disney
company make a good strike on producing musical based movie. And now, I'm
going to discuss about the differences of two movies, Frozen the film had
great potential to be a success and the most outstanding musical film High
school musical. Both films content different background and lifestyle of the
protagonist, music genre, target audiences and mood in the film.
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Frozen Elsa and High School Musical Troy Bolton both have
different background and lifestyle. First of all, Elsa is a princess in Kingdom of
Arendelle. She has the ability of creating ice and snow. Elsa stay a distance
away from her sister Anna as she accidentally hurt Anna. Tragically, her
parents died in the middle of the ocean. Elsa tok her father’s place as Queen
of Arendelle. At the coronation party, her sister Anna met Prince Hans and she
immediately falls in love with him and she wants to marry him after he
proposes. Elsa does not agree to the marriage and she accidentally loses
control over her powers and she unintentionally revealed her abilities. After this
accident, she decided to left Arendelle and starts her life in a icy castle. Elsa is
afraid of people and lonely after all this incident that had happen to her. On the
other hand, the background of Troy Bolton is the complete opposite. He is the
captain of the school’s varsity basketball team. He also involve in school’s golf
team. This perfect guy meets his first love Gabriella at a New Year’s Eve
karaoke party. However Troy wants Gabriella not to mention his singing
performance to anyone, as he is afraid of what people around him wold think,
especially his father.
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Music is like a element of the classic and spinal of musical. In the
film Frozen, every audience was addicted to a song called ‘Let it go’. The
composer is a couple songwriting team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert
Lopez. Performer of this song is Idina Menzel in her vocal role as Queen Elsa.
They do compose a slightly different pop version of soundtrack and which was
performed by a former Disney channel star and singer Demi Lovato. Disney
company released a multi-language version of this soundtrack, and featured

3. over 25 different of voice actresses which who portrayed Elsa. Surprisingly, the
86th Academy Award gave Disney a gift, The soundtrack had gain itself a
medal which is ‘Academy Award for Best Original Song’. Nevertheless, there is
no special title song for High School Musical but the do have three album in a
row, and total up they have 28 songs in this three album.
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Both film is under different category and they have their target
audiences. Frozen is showing the value of family loyalty and not everything is
what it seem. Parents may brings their children to enjoy this education-able
film. From the heart-tugging stories and heart-warming moment to the amazing
soundtrack and stunning animation. Frozen has captured young lady as the
stories is a converse compare to those typically Disney princess movies,
although the protagonist remain the true of aesthetic but she still have flaws
personalities, it encourages female viewers. The marketing team had done a
great job, as they not only attracted the young lady and children’s attention, but
the golden age viewers. In the meantime, High School Musical shows the
positive message of being true to yourself and encourage you to step out form
your comfort zone. The main female lead is a scholar in the school, but she is
shy. At the first night, She met Troy and they was selected to perform on the
stage, at first Gabriella have no self-confidence but she still go up onto the
stage. Basically, High School Musical is more suitable for teenagers than
reaching puberty. The marketing team promote merchandise and DVD to draw
people attention to this musical.
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Last but not least, Tone in film refers to the feeling and atmosphere
of the film towards the audience. where as mood refers to the feeling or
atmosphere that the audience feels towards the film. As if the film that have a
good atmosphere, it will influent audiences’s emotions. Frozen show the
feeling of ‘love’ between Anna and Elsa, Anna was cursed to show or kiss her
truelove, so that she can melt her icy heart. Frozen also features a romance
between Anna and Kristoff, who joins Anna on her journey of retrieving her
sister (Bean,2013). On the contrary, High School Musical filled with happiness
atmosphere. During the song-and-dance-filled musical numbers including
"Breaking Free," "Start of Something New," and "We're All in This Together" the
movie sometimes feels more like a music video.
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As a conclusion, both films has different background and lifestyle
of the main character , type of music, target audiences and feeling in the film.
Personally, musical film is my all time favourite movie, the stunning animation
and motion, the fantastic soundtrack are the reason that i pick musical film

4. over other genre of film. The lifestyle of the protagonist had taught me many
values.
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