Film Title: Singing in the rain

Director: Stanley Donan and Gene Kelly

Information about the director

Stanley Donan -        On Broadway at 17 -        Directed 31 films -        He was dubbed king of Hollywood musical Gene Kelly - Ranked 26 in Emperos UK’s top 100 movie stars of all time

Genre Identification: Identify the film sequence’s major genre and relevant sub-genres

Major sequence genre: Musical Relative sub genre: Romance

Research and identify specific genre conventions relating to these genres

Mise-en-scene:

-        Over the top or exaggerated hair makeup costume -        Enhanced lighting, even ‘natural’ lighting can be enhanced to make the character look a certain way. -        Setting is often stereotyped and over the top -        Acting style is commonly over the top, very enthusiastic or exaggerated, can be stereotyped.

Cinematography:

- Anything to enhance the character, situation, setting, there are no specifics related to this genre.

Sound and editing:

- Music, song and dance and rhythmic editing to correspond with the music.