Movie evaluation

The last movie i went to see was Dance flick, which recently came out. Before i went i imagined it to be along the lines of step up 1 & 2, get served, stomp the yard etc, which is quite serious but a very likable and gripping story line. It was not like i imagined, as the story line was based around other dance films that have been released over the last couple of years. Dance flick took the mick out of previous films and showed them in different ways and everything was made a lot more dramatic. For example there is a car crash and instead of people rushing to help her, they all rush to steel her engine so they can catch petrol from the over turned leaking tanker.

In real life this would never happen, as this did not happen in the film like this either in the original film it was left to the imagination, with just the viewers knowing that the character had unfortunately died from a car crash.

The film was split between being shot during the day and night however there seemed to be more night scenes. This meant that it was often night times and there was a lot of artificial light used which were all bright colours however it still seemed to be quite dark and dull a lot of the time. Diagetic and non diagetic music was used a lot as it was centered around dancing there needed to be music. Even when there were not dance scenes, music was still projected in the back ground and played a big part in creating tension.

Overall i enjoyed the film, although i may have felt a bit of disappointed as it had not been what i expected however it made up for it in humour as i sat there laughing throughout the film. But it would have been my fault as i did not find out about it before going to see it i just went off of the name and new it was a dance film so assumed it would be good. I would recommend people to go watch it as i think they would find it extremely funny, but to go there with an open mind. It may also help if you have seen the films that are featured within it, because then you realise the purpose behind it. Although it is not necessary but it enabled me to grasp onto the point a lot quicker.