Opening sequence Lalaland

Question 1

cinematography in the film

Answer 1

1. The camera acts as an additional performer during the dance sequences.
2. The complexity of the camera the camera movements in the films musical sequences, a variety of panning and tracking shots, take the audience involvement into the dance.

Question 2

sound in the film

Answer 2

1. The lyrics refer to the characters that have left behind the safety of their ‘normal’ lives in an attempt to achieve fame and success.
2. The shift from diegetic to non diegetic reflects the style of an old traditional musical but grounded in reality where life isn’t perfect

Question 3

mise en scene in the film

Answer 3

1. High key lighting and primary colours romantics the city. It seems like a vibrant and exciting place to be. This is the ‘myth’ of the Hollywood Dream.
2. the clogged freeways and smoggy landscape presents the reality of the heavily populated city of LA.

Question 4

Ideology

Answer 4

1. As the signers and dancers leave their vehicles they let their feelings of optimism pour out, by the end they are back in their cars going now where.
   - This could be seen as symbolic of the characters but also, frustrated at the lack of movement towards their goal at becoming stars.
2. The unrealist nature of singing and dancing in a traffic jam shows that this wouldn’t happen in real life. This establishes the typical Hollywood escapism who know this genre would expect.