First five mins:

Hairspray (2007)- The film opens with a birds eye view shot slowly zooming into the streets of Baltimore whilst Non-Diegetic uptempo music plays alongside the camera panning through the streets. Usual everyday sounds are used such as car horns, general chit chat and the sound of animals, which indicates the story will be centered around this city. At one point the camera zooms right ontop of a newspaper that shows the date in which the film is set and automatically give the audience a sense of what time era it is set in,aswell as an indication from the props and costumes.

After a minute the camera zooms into the character Tracy Turnblad's bedroom, and provides us with a close up of her eyes as she is waking up, to show her first facial expression, the camera then quickly cuts to the alarm clock which is ringing, again setting the scene and showing the audience that the film starts first thing in the morning.

The camera shots vary from close up shots to birds eye views alongside the fast tempo cuts and music which signify that the film has a lot to include. The cuts from each scene to the next are quite simple apart from one where the hairspray is sprayed towards to camera and as the haispray fades a new shot is shown. Which links in with the title of the film for added effect.

The lighting is considerably bright throughout the opening which suggests that the film is cheerful and positive. As the opening is mainly music and song it would also suggest the same attitude however it could be interpreted by some audiences as 'cheesy'.

The character Tracy walks through the street singing which once again gives chance for the audience to be reminded of the setting with medium camera shots panning down the streets, but also shows her everyday situation which some audience members could perhaps relate to.