Story lines and Plot

        How are binary oppositions established in teen film openings?

                              GREASE

       The film into is GREASE..........                                                    
Grease is a well known american musical film made in 1978 by Paramount Pictures following the journey of two teenager lovers Sandy and Danny that fall in love over the summer holidays. Grease genre has shown to be romance between the two lovers Sandy and Danny but also the relationships that develop throughout the movie between The Pink Ladies and the T-Birds

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       Theme/Topic
    Romance (love/innocence)

                  Musical

           Different cliques

            Social statuses

     Locations

         School

          Diner

          Beach

                                   Characters                                                                 T-Birds                                                       Danny,Doody,Sonny,Kenckie,Putzie                                                                                      
                                              Pink Ladies                                                 Sandy,Marty,Frenchy,Jan,Rizzo

           


In the film intro we come to see that there are many different binary oppositions                                            

Innocence              vs         Bad Boy

The Pink Ladies   vs         T-Birds

Sandy                    vs         The Pink Ladies

Youth                    vs         Education

Also we see that there is binary opposition in the four technical areas 

• Mise en scene
• Sound
• Camera
• Editing

Binary opposition in Mise en Scene 

In the opening intro to Grease we quickly become aware of the different characters as The Pink Ladies are shown to be wearing pink dresses with a pink bomber jacket on top whereas the opposition T-Birds are shown to be wearing black leather jackets with a black T-Shirt tucked inside high waisted jeans.

Sandy body language is shown to be reserved and innocent as when we are first introduced to her character she is shown to be a shy person who later develops her personality.Whereas The Pink Ladies are shown to be more flirtatious and are confident girls as they are shown to be popular just like the T-Birds.

Cigarettes have shown to be the key prop in the movie Grease as we see that both T-Birds and The Pink Ladies smoke showing sense of rebellion highlighting common themes shown in teen movies.

Mise en scene has been used in the movie Grease as we see that both friendship have shown to have different hangout places which could show their class as The Pink Ladies are shown to hang out at the Diner which is sophisticated and modern whereas the binary opposition T-Birds hangout at the garage which is shown to be dirty, dull. 














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 Binary oppositions in Sound

Binary oppositions have been used in sounds as we see songs are performed by different group members during the play

                                       Summer Nights 

                                        We Go Together 

                               Your The One That I Want 

Binary opposition in Camera

Binary oppositions has been used in camera with the different camera shots such close up of Sandy face showing her expression and emotion. 

We also see a mid shot of The Pink Ladies when they are having a group discussion on whether they want to let Sandy in the group. From this mid shot we see The Pink Ladies in a whole another view as they are shown to be 4 tough girls that are in a clique. Linking with other teen films as we see that most movies are shown with friends in friendship groups which is what Sandy eventually gains with The Pink Ladies. 

Binary opposition in Editing 

Binary opposition has been used in editing between the oppositions as we see that the pace of the scene is of medium pace we see that Sandy, Danny, The Pink Ladies and the T-Birds have the most screen-time as they are the main characters in the movie Grease.
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