The movies are very good movies, though the movie, aiming towards children of age four to twelve, encouraging them into having love affair to early at their stage in life. I believe the movie should focus on the age bracket of fifteen (15) through age twenty-two (22). The establishing shot in this film is key as it gives the audience an indication of the setting. The various shots give the audience an insight to the characters’ surroundings which makes the film seem more personal. The establishing shot of a snowy log house denotes that high school students are on their holidays. This then cuts to a pan of the party. This once again gives the audience knowledge of the location. Mid shots of the two main characters …show more content…
The trilogy was directed by Kenny Ortega, who is also famous for directing Hocus Pocus. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful film that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel, “High School Musical 2,” released in 2007 and the feature film, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, released theatrically in October 2008. It is the first and only DCOM to have a theatrical sequel. The film's soundtrack was the best-selling album in the United States for 2006. On January 20, 2016, Disney Channel showed a rebroadcast of the first movie for its 10th anniversary.
“High School Musical” was Disney Channel's most watched film that year with 7.7 million viewers in its premiere broadcast in the US, until August's premiere of The Cheetah Girls 2, which achieved 8.1 million viewers. In the United Kingdom, it received 789,000 viewers for its premiere and 1.2 million viewers overall during the first week), making it the second most watched program for the Disney Channel (UK) of 2006. On December 29, 2006, it became the first DCOM to be broadcast on the BBC. Globally, “High School Musical” has been seen by over 225 million