Looking at movies pre 1990s

Grease 1978

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When deciding on a pre 1990s film I decided to analyse Grease 1971 due to it fitting into a variety of genres and also the audience being able to notice the development of a character.

The 1978 film fits into the following genres of: comedy , drama , romance and the obvious genre which is musical. The iconic songs makes it one of the most famous musicals around, and the typical scenario of boy meets girl also conveys the use of romance throughout the film.

The motif or in other words reoccurring idea or pattern  throughout the film is, the different groups/ classes of people and reputations  particularly  at  school such as the jocks, geeks, the goody two shoes and the popular rebels. The boy meets girl scenario is also used a number of times throughout the film. love in the 1950s was the main idea which the director wanted to portray.

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When watching the film a character which I felt developed the most in terms of personality was sandy. She portrays her image as pure wearing pastel colours and minimal makeup . She falls in love with a T Bird a boy from a popular group at school with a rebel reputation. She makes friends with the pink ladies who are considered as the female versions of the T birds but is portrayed as too pure to be a pink lady .Throughout the film the boy trying to get the girl scenario is repeated several times . Towards the end of the movie sandy transforms into a confident pink lady with a biker image and leaves happily with Danny in a flying car which is portrayed to the audience as anti realism .

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The styling I feel in this film is very important and moves the plot along particularly at the beginning and end of the film , when sandy and Danny meet on the beach, when he meets her again at school , when she tries to fit into the pink ladies and also the complete image change at the end of the film. The styling tends to convey the different classes of people, the T birds and Danny are styled in leather jackets with the famous teddy boy hair style with makes them stand out amongst others. The pink ladies are styled in pink jackets with their group name stated on the back and each of them have a certain characteristic to make them stand out , for example frenchie has the brightly coloured hair, wigs. Jan is known for having  two pony tails , marty's main accessory is sunglasses and Rizzo is usually seen supporting a  neck tie and heavy makeup in comparison to the others , this also conveys the characters personalities. Sandy is styled as pure at the beginning of the film in pastel colours with a neat 1950s hair style  and natural makeup application, at the end of the film her leather cat suit backcombed  curls and red lipstick and increase in makeup application conveys the statement she is making. 

 

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The visual motif which the director is trying to achieve is the different catergories which people fall into and the reputations which come with it .