Music is one if not the most important part of not only the opening credits of grease but the movie itself as the movie is a musical.
The song that is used in the opening credits of grease is 'grease is the word' sung by the beegees. Grease is the word is an up beat happy, fun, energetic kind of sign that is very much a song that gets stuck in your head. I think that the song is one of the main factors of the opening credits being mrmorable. It is a song that most people to this day know even though it was made in the late 1970s.
These lyrics really help us to relate to the overall movie and give us a bit of insight into the type of not only film we are watching but the characters as well. This song is really based around teenagers and gives us a feeling of the type of life that we are about to be thrown into for 2 hours.
"We take the pressure and we throw away
Conventionality belongs to yesterday
There is a chance that we can make it so far
We start believeing now that we can be who we are"
These lyrics really give us an insight into the themes of grease itself so I would say that they are almost forshadowing what happens in the movie. As well as delivering a message to the audience not only about the movie but the characters themselves.
The use of the up beat music really gives us an impression of the characters before the movie even starts.
It also helps us get into the mood and into the context of the movie and gives the opening scene some flow. The song itself uses the title "grease" in it repetitively to help emphasize the title of the movie and also shows that grease will be important throughout the rest of the movie. It also helps to show us the time period of the movie as grease put in peoples hair was big in the 50s.
The music in grease also helps to entertain us and get our attention as it is an upbeat song with repetition of the line "grease is the word" so that we as viewers can easily learn the words and sing along with it. It keeps us watching the screen and helps us to get into the mood of the musical. Entertainment being the key word though as we are drawn to the screen because of the catchy song and keep watching as it continues.
The music in grease also helps us to recognise the genre of the movie- musical as the type of song helps suggest this.
The music in grease helps set the genre, the setting, the era, the mood/tone of the movie, tells us a little bit about the characters and a little about the movie itself.
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