Introduction:
· Thesis
· Genre
· Films
· Outline each main point
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Both Chicago
and Singing in the rain were successful in their establishment of the musical
genre.
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Hair, makeup,
lighting and acting style are all exaggerated and sometimes over the top.
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Both clips use
music to establish situations
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Rob Marshall
is a multi award winning director
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He has
directed two musicals
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Stanley Donan
was on Broadway at 11
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Donan worked
on many successful musicals in his time
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Gene Kelly was
second director, and starred in SITR
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Been in many
other Broadway productions
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Body (paragraphs)
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Paragraph One
· topic Sentence
· introduce main idea/argument
· Supporting Evidence
· Link to next paragrapraph
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Chicago and
SITR use props, costume and acting style to enhance characterisation
situation and genre
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Roxie’s wide
eyes and face in press scene (effective) she is being controlled
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Singing in the
rain costume, good suit getting drenched
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This enforced
the character is in love.
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Builds genre
and characterisation
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Paragraph Two
· topic Sentence
· introduce main idea/argument
· Supporting Evidence
· Link to next paragrapraph
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Characterisation,
symbolism and meaning is enhanced with movement
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Roxie’s stiff
controlled movements show she is being controlled
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Dawn jumping
onto lamp post happily shows he is in love.
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Paragraph Two
· topic Sentence
· introduce main idea/argument
· Supporting Evidence
· Link to next paragrapraph
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· _____________
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Cinematography
builds up a characters personality and situation.
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Low angle shot
of Billy Flynn being puppeteer shows power and control
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Downward pan
onto Dawns face shows love.
4th Paragraph
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Sound and
editing help to reinforce the musical genre.
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They create
feel and rhythm in the scenes
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Quick
invisible rhythmic edits in Chicago create atmosphere and mood
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Show Roxie is
being bombarded with press questions
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Atmosphere and
mood is created in singing in the rain scene
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Song
Juxtaposes the weather
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Music
corresponds with edits
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Dawns tap
dancing sound effect is ineffective
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Conclusion
· Restate key points
· Summarise main idea/argument
· No new evidence
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Both films
successfully establish the genre of a musical
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Detailed and
successful use of genre conventions
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Great films
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Tuesday, 31 March 2015
Planning for genre assignment
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