Opening Image:The film starts out with a shot of a movie theatre. It is crowded with people and cars. There are lots of lights including spot lights. It is a big movie premiere.
Catalyst: The moment that Don Lockwood jumps into Kathy Selden's passing car. They start chatting and getting to know one another. From that point on both of their lives are different.
Mid-Point: The mid-point in this film is when they have decided to make the talking picture movie into a musical. They will input Kathy's voice as Lina's in this movie and then announce later that it is Kathy's voice and Kathy will become a star. Everyone is on board with the plan and it seems things are falling into place.
All is Lost: This is after the everyone has seen the film and they are excited to announce that the voice the crowd heard was in fact Kathy's. Then Lina tells them that they cannot. After consulting with her lawyer she tells them that she will sue if Kathy gets her media build up.
Finale: After hearing the devastating news, Don comes up with a plan. They set Lina up to lip sync and then open the curtains to reveal that the singing voice is actually Kathy's.
This film is a musical. It has multiple song and dance routines where the cast does the singing and dancing themselves. There is also heavy choreography in this film. As far as I can remember every song had its own dance number. Each dance number was more than a few dance moves. It was well thought out and took practice.
This film was successful because it was funny, dramatic, and has catchy songs. The characters are fun and relatable. It has comedy, love, music, and even a little suspense.
Explicit meaning:The conflict of the movie business having to start making talking pictures instead of silent films accompanied by music.
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