This essay will focus on the opening sequence of 'Save the Last Dance', the dramatic teen romance movie staring Julia Stiles as the main character, Sarah, and her estranged father played by Terry Kinney.
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Mike Davies 10S English Coursework, 1st draft This essay will focus on the opening sequence of 'Save the Last Dance', the dramatic teen romance movie staring Julia Stiles as the main character, Sarah, and her estranged father played by Terry Kinney. It will look particularly at the flashback sequence at the opening of the film, predominantly concentrating on the effect that the flashbacks have on us, the audience. At the start of the film, the barriers are coming down at the road crossing of a railway track as a train comes down the tracks towards the camera, and then past. The camera then cuts to Sarah sitting alone on the train staring out of the window mournfully. A black woman enters the scene, glancing at the book on the seat, the first prop. 'I love ballet', she exclaims, 'You dance?' she asks Sarah happily, she replies meaningfully, 'I used to'. This leads into...


