High School Musical History

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Music has been a part of dramatic presentations since prehistoric times and can be traced back to the theatre of ancient Greece. According to Musicals101.com, a musical is “a stage, television, or film production utilizing popular-style songs -dialogue optional- to either tell a story (book musicals) or showcase the talents of the writers and/or performers (revues).” Movie musicals are often described as pure entertainment and simple wish-fulfillment. The film musicals were a way for the fans and creators alike to ease into an unfamiliar medium with a familiar genre. The 1940’s were a golden age for movie musicals and they hit their peak popularity. Pitch Perfect and High School Musical are very similar films that were released in the early …show more content…

They meet at a holiday party when they were forced to sing karaoke together on New Year’s Eve. After winter break, Troy goes back to his high school, East High, just to find out that Gabriella is a new student there. They quickly become close friends and accidentally audition for the school musical. After getting a callback, the jealous and upset drama queen Sharpay Evans and her brother Ryan plot a way to kill their chances. Troy’s best friend, Chad, becomes scared that Troy will become distracted from their championship basketball game that happens to be on the same day as the musical. Along with Gabriella’s friend, Taylor, who wants her on the Decathlon team and is willing to do anything to get her on the team instead of participating in the musical that falls on the same day. Chad and Taylor work together to make Troy and Gabriella dislike each other so they won’t want to audition together. Meanwhile, Sharpay and Ryan manipulate the callbacks to make it at the same time as the championship game. The two must fight to make it to auditions while also meeting their existing commitments to the basketball team and the academic decathlon. On the other hand, Pitch Perfect is a story about a freshman at Barden University, Beca Mitchell, who has no intention of the …show more content…

In Pitch Perfect, the Bellas seems to feed off of that to make them a better singing group and High School Musical misses out on that completely. The films show different point of views from music groups. The goals that Troy and Gabriella have are not as high as the Bellas goals. The Bellas also have a greater responsibility than Troy and Gabriella’s musical. The excitement of the Bellas making it to finals is what sets High School Musical apart from Pitch Perfect. Pitch Perfect is the overall better movie because of its realistic events, intriguing plot, and suspenseful scenes. I hope that musical-based film can increasingly be produced as it inspires more people in music. The Barden Bellas shows encouragement to never give up until you reach the top. Also, musical film actually does help in developing the content of the story. This pulls more audience to continue watching. Pitch Perfect makes all of these statements true and is the best movie to show all the good criteria in a film

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