High School Musical 2 - Opening Scene

          

High School Musical

The opening scene (2 minutes)

The camera zooms out from the clock

Introduction to the actual school/ building – the outside surroundings

Name of the school, flags, logo of the school… colour scheme (red)  

Name of the film (Disney High School Musical 2)

We see the inside of the school…i.e.… canteen …basket ball court… drama studio or stage … the corridors of the school (lockers)  where the main parts and action takes place or even to recap from the first movie High School Musical. Looking at all these parts of the school gives you a feeling that the film is about students from school just by looking at the setting and not even seeing any of the characters.

At the bottom there are small credits of the actor’s names that have taken part of the film.

A camera shot from outside the classroom but from the outside of the doors moving towards the inside of the classroom.

You can see the clock repeatedly … so time means a lot in the opening scene. 

Clothes – no uniform, casual and modern clothing but sensible to … all look like good students no piercing or bright and luminous colours worn.

Props – Corbin bleu holding a basket ball – shows his hobby is basket ball and also links to the setting shown before the basket ball court. This could suggest his part of the basket ball team.

There is only one student with papers and book over the desk this may connote she is good student and more into her studies more then others.

Gesture and posture – all bored waiting for the summer holiday to start,

We see a part when Zac Effron looking and Gabriela … this could show the main two characters the introduction to them … or they have a main part of the film. This could also show they share good relationship… maybe hint more then friends.  

Everyone waiting for summer to start... the pace and the rhythm of the opening scene gets faster towards the end…may shows something big or start of something going happen.

The camera shots and movement 

There more close-ups of the man character in the film… so the group of friendship that involves the characters. This could introduce characters in the film. Mainly straight cuts are used in the movie this could show more verisimilitude and realism.