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Musical Movies

Musical Movies. By: Devin Dobran & Melanie Gonsalves. DID YOU KKNOW ABOUT MUSICALS?. Well in movies that is. There have been many musical throughout the years, but we will focus on the following: Singin ’ in the Rain West Side Story Rent. SETTING:. Big cities High Schools

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Musical Movies

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  1. Musical Movies By: Devin Dobran& Melanie Gonsalves

  2. DID YOU KKNOW ABOUT MUSICALS? • Well in movies that is. There have been many musical throughout the years, but we will focus on the following: • Singin’ in the Rain • West Side Story • Rent

  3. SETTING: • Big cities • High Schools • The Roaring Twenties (time of swing) • The streets • “Fantasy” lands • Foreign countries

  4. Characters: • High school students • Rising stars • Transitional characters • Vaudeville celebrities • Families • People in love

  5. Actors: • Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins & Sound of Music) • John Travolta (Hairspray) • ZacEfron (Hairspray & High School Musicals) • Nancy Kwan (Flower Drum Song) • Natalie Wood (West Side Story)

  6. Stories: • Making dreams come true • Uniting two opposing sides • Problems on the way to achieving big dreams • Falling in love • Falling out of love • Falling in love again

  7. Scenes • Revenge battles • Romantic shots of lovers • Dance sequences • Small action shots • Depressing scenes/ Heartbreakers • Happy ending

  8. Iconography • Microphones • Stages • Music sheets • Tap shoes • Instruments • Exuberant and flashy costumes • School dances

  9. Visual Style • Bright • Colored lights • Glitter and sparkle • Close-up romantic scenes • Medium shots for dance sequences • Long shots for a big group of dancers

  10. Soundtrack: • Fast paced music, school bells ringing, sounds of fighting or noises in the streets, dance music, loud bass or drum beats, happy tunes, loudly personified actors, love songs, dramatic music, loud saxophones.

  11. Notable Films • Classics: Sound of Music (1965) 42nd Street (1932) Wizard of Oz (1939) Annie (1982) South Pacific (1958) West Side Story (1961) Flower Drum Song (1961) Singin in the Rain (1952) Grease (1978) • Contemporary: High School Musical (2006) Hairspray (2007) Mamma Mia (2008) Dreamgirls (2006) Moulin Rouge (2001) Rent (2005) Phantom of the Opera (2004)

  12. Singin’ in the Rain • http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x76bf2_gene-kelly-im-singing-in-the-rain_music • In this video, we see a classic scene of one character singing to the general audience. Gene Kelly was an amazing actor/director who was way ahead of his time in the musical movies. The tap shoes that he uses in this scene are common iconography in musical films.

  13. West Side Story • http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1571316/west_side_story_i_feel_pretty/ • West Side Story is another classic film in which we see another common scenario. Two different groups battling it out in dance and song. In this scene we see the display of feelings through song which is also common in musical films.

  14. Rent • http://www.3gpdb.com/videoy.php?b=L5mi3ycmAyZ&take-me-or-leave-me-from-rent= • In this film, the entire mood is set in music and dance. The passion and anger felt over rent prices and being sick is felt by all watching this film. A common scene in this film was the argument between two of the main actors through song. A awesome and powerful fight.

  15. So what have you learned about musical films? What makes them different from the rest of the movie genres? We can tell you: SONG AND DANCE!

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