From Grease 2 (1982), there is a scene where Stephanie (Michelle Pheiffer) is singing to Michael (Maxwell Caulfield). There are three definite types of shots being shown in this scene. As we know, different types of camera shots show off different types of emotions and certain information depending on the way the shots are put together in a scene. And in this scene, an opposite effect occurs on the characters. Stephanie for example, who is trying to get away from a sticky situation when she gets asked out by Michael, starts off with a long shot that shows that she clearly wants nothing to do with him based on how far she puts herself away. Michael has not moved not one little bit, this being a close up, and shows he wants to be with Stephanie and that he is being very persistent. Of course, on Stephanie's mind the best thing to do is tell him what she's actually interested in a guy. So she does so by getting some one closer, a medium shot. You can tell by her facial expressions that she's daydreaming as she's telling Michael of what her ideal guy would be like. Obviously this is going to make Michael feel uncomfortable to he begins to back away. You see him in a medium shot. Stephanie now feels she is finally getting through to Michael and making him get that she wants nothing to do with him. So, she goes in for an even closer approach, a close up, where she truly shows how serious she is about the matter. Finally after being told he's simply not what she's looking for, Michael gets even farther away, long shot, and the distance makes him seem so defeated and unwanted.
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