Film Studies - Analysis of "Grease"

by Niamh Barry
1. Do you think the music conveys a competitive atmosphere?
-Yes because it gradually builds up and you can hear people cheering in
the background.
2. Do you think the colours and patterns of the cars show what type of
personality the two drivers have?
-Yes because they have a black car with fire flames on it for the "bad guy"
and a white car for the main character to show the audience who to vote
for and also white is a colour of purity and innocence so its also makes us
think that deep down !anny is a nice guy.
3. Did you think Danny jumping over the water in slow motion was
effective?
- yes because it tells us this is an important part of the scene and race that
there is hope he will win.
4. Was there many cutsfadesmontages in this scene? What was the
most used camera angle?
- "here was a lot of cuts used and # didn$t see any montages and very few
fades. %uts were the most used camera angle.
!. Do the camera angles when Danny wins show him in a different
perspective than "efore?
- Yes they show !anny surrounded by his friends with the camera look up
at him and shows his competitor from behind.