Grease
How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?
Around thirty-four in total titles including names were used in the opening sequence, including, the main cast, the directors, set producers, the production agencies, and the artist responsible for the opening song.
What images are prioritized in the opening sequences of the film?
The images were of the main cast, also of what was big at the time like Elvis and Marilyn Monroe, famous places to eat at the time like diners, famous baseball players, the things teens may have in their rooms at the time, and it's animated to be like a caricature of the people.
What connotations do the images carry?
The images represent a time period, showing what the adults may see, as the teens try to slick back their hair, and the girls act like princesses. Illustrating the time period of the 50s..
How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?
The genre is shown by telling the audience they are teens when they show up at the high school. They also have many things in their rooms that teens at the time would have like posters etc.
It lets the people know what they are like but not at how they all relate to each other this makes it very mysterious as to how they all fit together. Also, the way the directors made their personalities show to the audience makes the audience curious as to what kind of people are they really.
What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
They include all of the things that the teenager at the time would be interested in like the things are for males and females or every type. for instance, they look at the people who use grease for their hair to slick it back to look cool, they show the girl whos like a Disney princess and can talk to animals, they show a bad boy and him fixing his car, and they also show a girl who is punk and rebellious who doesn't wear what other people want her to wear.
How has technology been used effectively?
Technology has been used very effectively as for the time period all this was new so the fade from the animation to the actual scene of the high school was very cool. When they showed the different peoples names on the individual signs the transition was the pollution from the car to act as sort of a transition piece. The way it was animated made each of the characters show their characters in a split second, with the short time they showed the characters they were able to tell the audience what they were like.
