Grease: Movie Analysis

The creation of a finished movie involves several stages of production; pre-production, production, post-production, distribution and exhibition (Media College, 2017). In the pre-production stage of a musical film a concept and storyline is brought to a prospective production company with the purpose of attracting backing. When this is successful then the actors are matched to parts, screenplay written, dances choreographed, songs and music written, settings and props sourced along with technical and support crews. Grease, initially being a Broadway musical written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, had to be adapted for film; while half of the original songs were used, others became background music and more were written specifically for the film (Callahan, 2016).
With all this preparation completed in the pre-production stage the film-maker then moves onto the production stage where all scenes and film sequences are shot either on location or in a studio. The convention of setting matches the expectations of viewers both socially and historically. Grease was shot in high schools, parks and other areas around Venice, California as well as Paramount Studios with the opening scene shot at a beach in Malibu (Dewey, 2014). High School Musical was shot in high schools in Salt Lake City. Utah, and Murray, Utah; Also a theatre
With musicals, this heavily involves song and dance routines interspersed with dialogue. In the dance scenes in both Grease and High School Musical the scenes were edited in quick succession due to the fast movement of the characters. In the editing process of the films all the different camera angles are brought together and blended smoothly to create the scene and give the appearance of the roving eye of a member of the audience (Caldwell,