Planning of Midnight at The Oasis (Toms visit)

Synopsis;

A clear distinction to reality and dream. Walking through the hotel Lola is told to hurry as she is late.She slams the door of her dressing room and she does a star with her name on is shown. Through the window we can see the sun changing into the moon mean while we see Lola touching up her make up in a traditional showgirl mirror. The song starts and all that can be seen is a spot light on a microphone where it is obvious a singer should be, her backing singers can be seen in the background looking round frantically for her. Then we see her run on and start to sing through the microphone so now the spot light is on her.

Chorus;

Reality, Camera pans around the audience who are dancing in couples drinking ect.

Verse;

Dream. The camera pans around her so that it is obvious she is in thought. The next shot we see of her is in the desert with her boyfriend looking at the moon, play fighting and kissing. The camera shoots from behind them to show them running into the hotel. As she enters the hotel the video is back into reality and we see that she is now the only person in the theatre. She realises she is alone and we see her walking slowly out of the hotel from behind like her boyfriend shot. Untill headlights are seen in the distance and you can see her silloutte coming out of the hotel doors until we see a reaction shot as she realises who is in the car. She runs over to the car gets in and the last shot is a close up of the couple from behind as they drive away in the car.

Visual style and infuences;

· 1920's
· Chicago the musical
· Black and White films
· Vegas hotels
· jazz clubs
· 1920 car
· show girl dressing room ie mirror
· desert
· follows a show girl type narrative seen in other films
· Audry Hepburn
· Breakfast at tiffays
· Pearl harbour
· Shift dresses
· Staging of dream girls
· Supremes
· Ball room dancing
· Copacabana song