1.  Type: 1950s Romeo & Juliet +coming of age story  Characters: › Baby (Jennifer Grey)  shy, rich, good girl; brink of womanhood › Johnny (Patrick Swayze)  dance instructor; street kid; thug with a heart of gold  Scene Context: › they’ve fallen in love; Johnny’s been wrongly accused of theft and fired; this is their reunion/coming out party

3.  Cinematography and visual style: close shots on dancers and 1 st person views of partner (intimacy; world falls away), soft lighting (romantic); end lift is key  Production design, costumes: pale pink dress (BABY), Johnny in black; music parallels couple’s feelings  Narrative: very little; they speak through actions (dancing); this is the finale, so there is the sense they’ve come full circle and changed together.  Acting, dialogue, and movement: dancing shows the relationship and is a comparison (Baby before and now)  Genre (romance, romantic comedy, suspense-thriller, tragedy, comedy, action, etc): dance/romance  Connections : love changing people, inspiring them/setting them free to be themselves