Singin' in the Rain

The opening scene to Singin' in the Rain takes place at a movie premiere in Hollywood. Guests start arriving to the theater soon after two of the main characters appear. Both step out of the car and walk to a lady with a microphone who was announcing the arrival of the Guests. After which the main character played by Gene Kelly does an interview in which he comically describes how he got to Hollywood. The ending scene of the film involves barley any humor however includes more love and emotion

The film I watched was Singin’ In The Rain. I liked this film and thought it was funny and the stunts were cool. For example, Don mentions sunny California while it is raining and when Don is jumping from the bus into Kathy’s car. I liked how this film portrayed the history it was trying to replicate and it showed what was happening at that time. It gave us a glimpse of the struggle film industries had to go through to adapt their movies so that the actors would talk while acting. One aspect of

The film “Singin’ in the Rain”, was directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen in 1952. The film begins at a movie premier. Cosmo Brown shows up and the fans pay no attention to him as they are all anxiously waiting for the real movie stars. Moments after his arrival Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont arrive. The crowd goes crazy and as always the two young stars are questioned about their romance off the big screen. Don Lockwood than shares a story about the beginning of his career with his buddy Brown

The Transition to Synchronized Sound through Singin’ in the Rain Singin’ in the Rain is a 1952, Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen film based in 1920’s Hollywood. It follows the introduction of sound to the motion picture world and the Monumental Pictures studio’s struggle to adapt to the changing times. With the premier of The Jazz Singer, the first talkie, Monumental Pictures must uproot a current film in production and make the transition to synchronized sound film. It is through this background

Musicals are usually a production which includes music and comedy. And although there are many musicals that had been made before and after “Singin’ in the Rain”, there is characteristic about the film that stands out, and that is the shift in register. When a musical is created they need to operate on two types of dramatic registers. One of those is the spectacle, and that usually consist of the musical number. The other register is the narrative which is a set of rules that give coherence and consistency

Singin’ in the Rain Review There are many classic films out there, though only a few help mold future films. Dictionary.com states “classic” means, “serving as a standard, model, or guide”. Singin’ in the Rain is a movie that is just that. A classic. It was filmed in 1952 by leading man himself Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen at MGM Studios. Singin’ in the Rain is a spoof film about the years when film companies and actors were making the transition from silent films to “talkies”. The dynamic acting

The iconic work of Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, the directors of Singin’ in the Rain, has lasted for over 60 years. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and released in April of 1952, Singin’ in the Rain showcases the talents of Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, and Debbie Reynolds. This musical motion picture provides a comedic interpretation on the transition that occurred in the 1920s when motion pictures switched from silent films to talking motion pictures. The transition was hard for numerous

The motion picture of Singin’ in the Rain was created by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, which was released in 1952. The movie production goes through a big outbreak of three different challenges in the film industry, which are the transition from a silent production to an audio production, how the film making is process, and finally how actors went through a journey to get to Hollywood. As Hollywood was coming out with a bunch of their silent productions, which included a black and white picture

production of the scene that begins at 1:07:00 and has Don in the rain. How would you give the impression of rain to the audience? – To give the impression of rain I would have Don have an umbrella and wear a raincoat, and have fans onstage to make it look windy, I would also have street lights out so audiences can see that its dark out. Also, to make it sound like it was raining, I would use rain sound effects. 2. “Singin’ In the Rain” includes a number of musical and dance pieces throughout the film

From the opening moments of the film, Singin’ in the Rain, the viewer is aware that what is said by a character is not always what is so. As they are being interviewed, Cosmo Brown (Donald O’Connor) and Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) invent fanciful growing-up stories of privilege and pedigree while we are given glimpses of their actual youth - scenes of poor vaudevillian children who were not at all the pedigreed actors of the conservatory they professed. This theme of deception or scandal is made apparent