Analysis of 'Step Up Revolution'

I watched the opening sequence to 'Step up Revolution'

Mise en scene.Most of the actors whom the camera was on were dancers who stopped traffic to show the world them dance. The scene is bright and so is the clothing that all actors are wearing, it makes the scene exciting and happy. In the scene a lot of cars are involved seeing as it staged in the middle of the road. At the beginning there was two males sitting in a car as if they were planning to dance. They all of a sudden stopped the traffic to dance. With the opening sequence they made it seem as if the dancers were doing all of this to prove a point as when the camera went onto the audience watching, a father covered one of his childs eyes as if he didnt want the child to see. With the opening sequence it shows that the movie will be dance themed and with everything that happened in the 3 minutes it makes a statement which is that they should have the freedom to dance.

Editing.With the editing of the scene, there is a continuous cut throughout the scene, it doesnt change time or place just shows the whole dance routine. The scenes fade in and out to show all the different things that are happening at the same time, for example at first it would be the dancers, then it would fade in to a scene of the cars and dancers and then it faded out and back in to the audience to show how they were reacting to the dancers.

Sound.
In the opening sequence, the sounds that were heard was music playing throughout the scene, due to it being a dance routine scene. At the beginning you could hear two males talking and the sound of a car horn as if they were blocking traffic. There was also the dramatic sound of the screeching of a car as it was spun round to block all cars, the dancers were also banging on the cars as they were jumping on the cars and banging on the sides of the cars as they were dancing, this sound was made louder than the music for a brief moment to emphasize the strength of the dance. Another sound that was heard was the cheering of the crowd whom was on the sidewalk watching all the dancers. With all the sounds in the scene it made the sounds upbeat and in a rhythm.

Camera.
The camera zooms in to the cars and the speakers at the beginning to show what will be involved in the scene. Then there was wide shots of the video so we could see everything that was happening (eg the cars moving and the dancers). Throughout the scene the camera did a lot of moving shots, firstly near the beginning it seemed as if the camera was walking fast paced backwards from the first car with the two males as while this is happening we see all the dancers coming out of the cars. Another moving shot is when all the dancers were dancing in front of the camera, the camera seemed like it walked towards the dancers and zoomed in to the actions that they were doing. The camera also uses angles, a low angle is used and it looks up to the dancers dancing, and then there is a high angle used which makes there seem that there is a birds eye view of the dancers dancing.

The target audience for this film would be for individuals who see dance as a passion or young people aged around 11 to 16.

The narrative of the film is shown to the audience through dance, it tells a story through people dancing and music, most dance films have a moral or a message that they want to tell, others have a story that made them dance and others are where two people come together through dance.