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West Side Story : Opening Sequence

The Jets, a white gang led by Riff (Russ Tamblyn), and the Sharks, a Puerto Rican gang led by Bernardo (George Chakiris), brawl in the streets.

Opening Sequence

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accelerando , aerial shot, bird's-eye view, brownface, camera leading, close-up, color, depth of field, diegetic sound, dissolve, dolly in, dolly shot, establishing shot, everyday mise-en-scene, following shot, full shot, high angle, hurry, leitmotif (sound), long shot, low angle, match cut, medium long shot, medium shot, montage, music, nondiegetic, opening sequence, pan, production number, rhythmic editing, tilt, whip pan, wipe, zoom-in

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LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, Latinx: Brownface, Latinx: Hispanic, White: White American

"Opening Sequence" in West Side Story. Directed by Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins, United Artists, 1961, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2676

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Eduardo Mendoza

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