Title Sequence Analysis-Grease

Title Sequence Analysis-Grease

The opening title was displayed like this at the very beginning of the opening sequence.

All of the main characters like Danny, Sandy, Rizzo and Kenickie were displayed like this.

The minor characters like the T-birds and the Pink ladies were displayed on billboards and as we followed the cars down the street throughout the opening sequence, all of the billboards that we passed had different names on them for the jobs that these people did on the movie.

 

With the order of the titles, I learned that the main characters are always displayed first. This allows for the audience to see who is starring so that they get a better interpretation of the movie before it has begun. The visuals in opening sequence really help the audience to understand the personality traits of all the characters. For example, Kineckie is introduced inside a car, which lets the audience know that he enjoys cars and can be a big tomboy. This is also the case for the T-birds who are introduced wearing black leather jackets! The song "grease" that is played during the opening sequence is bouncy, catchy and very likeable. This allows the audience to presume what type of movie is about to begin. By editing the credits onto billboards (like the above photo) provides an idea of the timeframe that the movie is set, this is because Grease was set in the 1950's and so many advertisements were done using billboards.