In the title sequence we can see the production companies appear on the screen first. They appear on a plain black screen in white capitals. Then the film begins with what we can assume is a main character telling her story of how she began to dance. We can't see her as they only show a video of people dancing on the street and she is doing the over voice which matches the pieces of footage shown at the beginning. The footage is fast forwarded sometimes and we can hear people laughing a bit in the footage suggesting they're enjoying themselves just as the girl in the over voice is saying how much she thought the dancing was amazing and like from another planet and how much she wanted to be like them. After that short footage the name of the film appears with 'Step Up 2' written in a bold black font and 'the streets' written in a slightly smaller red font. At the end of the footage the girl in the over voice says that the streets have changed and then after the title the actual beginning of the film starts with cars driving past an then we're on the train. Then the camera zooms in on some people suggesting that they are a part of the film and that there is something about to happen. Then two guys start dancing on the train in masks and everyone looks a bit scared and then they make it look like they are infecting others and making them dance as well in the masks. When the train stops those people start to run away and then we find out that they are all a part of a dance crew and that it was just a part of a prank. I think that this a very good and very different way to start a film like that. The narrative is very clear and we can see it at the beginning by watching the footage and listening to the over voice. I also think that it is very interesting how they started the film showing the difference between how the dancing has developed and changed into something completely different and maybe a bit dangerous for some people.
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