First five mins:

Grease (1978)- The film opens with a shot of waves and the sea crashing against the rocks which automatically tells the audience that the beginning scene is set on a beach, the non-diegetic music to go alongside the first few shots suggests a romantic genre as the lyrics include the word 'love', and the music is also quite uptempo and joyful. The camera shots then fade into each other creating a sequence of images of the characters Danny and Sandy which are pictured as a couple as they are shown to be holding hands etc. The edited shots fade slowly and at some points you can still see the faints outlines of existing shots which add effect of a memorable and lasting image. The camera shots also range from long to medium and even some close ups which show expressions and what is going on in the enviroment around the characters. Whilst the charcaters are talking before the opening credits start the shots are shown to be slightly over the shoulder to create the effect of a conversation. The music continues to play whilst they are speaking and at one point when there is a passionate/slightly tense moment the music increases tempo and pitch.

The opening song and credits then start quickly with another upbeat song that is fast paced which could signify the type of lifestyle the characters are shown to have in the film. The credits are alongside a short animation of each charcters morning routine which is predictable to see in a film of this genre. The editing for the animation is fairly simple just including straight and fading cuts, aswell as just medium, close up and zoom in camera shots.

To end the first five minutes the animation agian fades into a shot of the school where the basic plot is mainly set around, therefore, setting the scene once more for the audience. The costumes are particularly styled to indicate the time era (1950s) alongside the props such as the cars and the style of music.