A) Reason for Selection

The opening begins with an establishing shot of New York city, included in the shot is a view of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge which is visited by the characters numerous times throughout the film.
After showing the establishing shot which is taken from a a helicopter moving along the bridge it flicks to Tony checking his shoes against some in a window. This shows his modern style and the fact he has hip clothing and fits into the hip scene. The scene continues to move between long shots of him walking down the street and mid-shots to show his walking style and shoes. Several times when in long shot he is shown to try to flirt with girls however gets rejected.
The end of the opening scene shows him arriving back at the paint store where he works and the owner signalling him to use the back entrance to re-enter the store. This is because they had run out of paint for a customer and then Tony had run to a competing store to buy the paint so that they did not lose a sale.
The song 'Stayin' Alive' by the Bee Gees is played during the scene.

The opening scene introduces the main character as a modern teenager who is thinks that he is untouchable. He knows lots of people and is generally out to have a good time.
It shows his place of work which is revisited multiple times and also him placing a five dollar down-payment on a shirt that later on in the film is referenced and worn.

I choose this film sequence as the song by the Bee Gee's is great (how could you disagree) however, more to the point the way the character is portrayed through both his actions, facial expressions and also the shot angles is interesting to decipher. The film was set and filmed during the height of the disco era and the films original target audience were those my age and up into early 30s. After the success of the film it was then re-cut for younger audiences and stamped PG with most of the offensive, drug related and sexual material removed. As i mentioned in my first post i really enjoy the musical genre in movies. However, this style as opposed to ones in the same vain as Glee where the characters make the music and dance along and that kind of carry on. There needs to be a nice balance between musical fun and good dramatic storyline, and even though this movie could be seen as absolutely terrible to me it's a great little movie that i could watch over and over.