【歌舞青春】劇情大綱
故事主角原本是兩個表面毫無關係的高中生
－學校籃球隊隊長 Troy Bolton
 跟性格害羞、成績優異的新生 Gabriella Montez ，
他們兩人本是兩個不同世界的人，
在除夕假期的一個卡拉ＯＫ比賽中，
他倆發現原來彼此對唱歌都十分熱愛，
假期結束後，他們更發覺原來就讀於同一學校！
於是 Troy 及 Gabriella 打算參加試音，
希望成為學校最新音樂劇的男女主角。

Gabriella 新認識的朋友 Taylor McKessie 
及 Troy 的好友兼支持者 Chad Danforth 知道消息後均表示不贊成，
Chad 不希望見到自己的籃球偶像登上舞台，
而 Taylor 則擔心自己帶領的學術比賽隊伍將失去一個重要的隊員。
一向都是學校音樂劇主角的 Sharpay Evans 
及 Ryan Evans 亦擔心自己在學校的地位將受動搖，
於是聯同 Taylor 及 Chad 
想盡辦法使 Troy 及 Gabriella 不能成為音樂劇的主角。
雖然如此，
但 Troy 及 Gabriella 並沒有因此而放棄，
反而更積極追尋自己的夢想，
亦影響到其他同學向別人展示一些他們一直隱藏起來的才華！
究竟最後 Troy 及 Gabriella 的歌唱夢想能否實現呢？ 

男主角                                                   女主角
Troy Bolton                                           Gabriella Montez
飾演：Zac Efron             飾演：Vanessa Anne Hudgens
他是籃球校隊隊長，是學校中的風雲人物。         她是個性內向、成績優異的高中新生，十分熱愛唱歌。

從小便喜歡看Disney的影片，不論是動畫或是原創電影。
原因是少了一般電影中血腥色情，
多了許多的溫馨及感動，
很簡單的對話，卻很真切的反應現實及人心。
影片的前十分鐘我的心就被男女主角合唱的Start Of Something New給俘虜了!
我馬上按下暫停鍵，
快速連上foxy下載整張OST。
當你幼稚園時，認識一個新朋友，
只消十分鐘你便能和他玩在一起。
長越大，好像越難交朋友，
上了大學後，常聽週遭的朋友感歎道，
上一秒鐘你可以和他看似無芥蒂的聊的很愉快，
但下一秒鐘，你怎知它是不是再心底偷偷罵你呢?
或是說，大家的心機都好重喔。
說實話我也這麼感歎過，
再怎麼熟悉的朋友，還是會習慣性的保留一部分(即便只有10%)
曾有一陣子，我的保護層築的很厚很厚，為了抵抗外侮。
但現在，那些保護層慢慢剝落了，我想這是好事。
不想猜測別人怎麼看待我，我只想做我自己。
新的環境面對新的人群，或許也是另一個新的開始。
ANOTHER KEY POINT!
常聽到對自己有期望的人說
YOU ARE_______,NOT A _________.
電影中，教練對TROY說(你是個控球員，而不是個歌手)
當你聽到時，你會怎麼做呢?
放棄其中一個，亦或是選擇兩者兼顧呢?
如果是我，兩個都是我喜歡的東西，我會很貪心的選擇以上皆是!
OK~大家有空去看看吧!絕對不會後悔的一部電影。
冷冷的冬天最適合窩在被窩裡看一部溫暖人心的電影了!

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  'High School Musical' Spotlights Teens 
       There was a time, back in the '80s, when it seemed as if every other kid was wearing leg warmers, a leotard or a ripped sweatshirt and wanted to be a dancer. And why not? With the releases of "Saturday Night Fever" in 1977 and "Grease" in 1978, dance was back in a big way on the big screen. 
   
    The subsequent decade then produced "Fame" (1980), "Flashdance" (1983), "Footloose" (1984) and "Dirty Dancing" (1987). All were exuberant musicals that took dance numbers off the stage and the soundstage and threw them out in the street. 

     But if you do the math, most of today's teens weren't even glimmers in their parents' eyes back then. As time passed, young moviegoers' tastes turned to special-effects-laden blockbusters, gory slasher films and raunchy comedies. On television, song and dance became more about MTV than Broadway.
  
    On Friday, Jan. 20, Disney Channel hopes to reverse that trend with "High School Musical," an original movie set in a contemporary high school but full of old-fashioned singing and dancing -- with a modern beat.  

      Kenny Ortega, who choreographed "Dirty Dancing" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," is director and choreographer (with Charles Klapow and Bonnie Story) of this movie, written by former music journalist Peter Barsocchini ("Shadow-Ops"). It has a score by David Lawrence and songs by five separate composing teams. 
 

    "Young people don't get too many musicals," Ortega says, "and it speaks of the time that they live in. That's what I thought was really fun about this, that we could go back and borrow from the classics, not reinventing the wheel, but do something for young people today that don't have the privilege of having music-driven stories. 
 

     "So that was really appealing to me, to put something out there for young people and excite them about music and dance and storytelling, and also about listening to that voice inside and having the courage to stand up for it." 

     Zac Efron stars as Troy Bolton, a basketball whiz who meets shy, academic-decathlon competitor Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) over winter vacation, where they discover a common love of singing. 
 

    When Gabriella transfers to Troy's school, the two decide to try out for the school musical, to the horror of Troy's basketball buddy, Chad (Corbin Bleu), and Gabriella's new pal and fellow decathlon competitor, Taylor (Monique Coleman). Also opposing the duo's musical ambitions are the school's heavily rhinestoned drama queen, Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale), and her performing partner, twin brother Ryan (Lucas Grabeel). 

    "High school is such a polarized time," Barsocchini says. "You've got the jocks, the brainiacs, the goths, the drama geeks; everyone has preconceptions about each other. 

     "The result in the story is that when the star of the basketball team admits he wants to sing onstage, it turns the school upside down. It's a comedy, but there's a message: Don't judge a book by its cover, and don't typecast people on campus that you don't know."

     For his 23-day shoot, Ortega headed back to the familiar territory, where he choreographed the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2002 Winter Olympics, which earned him an Emmy. 
of Salt Lake City

    "It's a city of voice," Ortega says, "and it is a city of music, and it is a city of dance. I was one of those people that didn't know that."

    With one exception, all of the background dancers and extras were from Utah. 

     Before production, the cast was put through two weeks of intensive dance training. And for those playing the basketball players, that also meant training with a professional basketball coach. 

     "Zac wasn't the best dancer in the world or the best basketball player," Tisdale reveals, "and seeing him on the screen, he looks like the best basketball player and the best dancer."

     "Before the movie," Efron says, "I had one year of basketball under my belt, and one year is really only three months to play in a season. So I was not very good. I was a little better than Corbin, a tiny bit." 

     "I've been dancing since I was 2," Bleu says, "so, for me, that was second nature. The basketball, on the other hand ... . We had basketball players who had never danced and dancers who had never played basketball. We were able to help each other. 

     "By the end of the training, I was spinning a basketball on my fingertips."

     Asked how he is at actually making baskets, Bleu admits, "Mediocre. But compared to how I was, it was a huge step for me." Unlike a lot of high-school stories, this one doesn't involve drugs, drinking or teen pregnancy, but that doesn't bother Hudgens. 

     "Everything's turned into sex and violence and things that are very unnecessary," she says, "so it's nice to get away from that and have a good, heartfelt movie. There's no soap opera drama going on."

     Ortega, who studied under mentor Gene Kelly, hopes "High School Musical" gets kids to move beyond the Hot 100 and music videos and see what else is out there. 

     "That was my hope," he says, "that this could spark their curiosity and perhaps even open the door for more opportunities like this, even to get those kids to research a little bit, look into 'Singin' in the Rain' and all those other great classics. 

     "These kids, their heart is on the screen, their spirit is on the screen, and I think young people are going to find it very accessible and enjoy it."