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Pitch Perfect 2

If people were to watch pitch perfect 2 it is easy for you to understand the film without watching the first one. The storyline is different and parts of the last film are explained in this film along wit this some of the characters have left and new ones have replaced them but you don’t get as much of an incite to the existing characters from this film as you do in the second. There is a scene in Pitch Perfect 2 where a main character from the first film comes back however she isn’t explained as to who she is, this could leave viewers confused and wonder if she is a vital character in the film.

The film is a sequel for "Pitch Perfect" which got extremely good reviews and was very popular in 2012 when it came out and made $65,001,093 in the box office which means many viewers who enjoyed or heard good feedback for the first film will probably go to see the second one to see if they think it is as good. Another thing that will make people go and watch the film are the characters, one of the main characters "Fat Amy" played by Rebel Wilson was in the 2011 film bridesmaids, a film that also did very well in the box office and had many good reviews and she has also won 5 awards for her performance in the first pitch perfect film through 2012 to 2013. Along with Rebel Wilson there are other well known actors/actresses for example Brittany Snow from the 2007 musical "Hairspray" and the 2006 film "John Tucker must die" and aside from well known actresses Ester Dean. An American singer, songwriter rapper and record producer also features as one of the main characters in these films. 

The genre for this film is a music comedy; the film pitch perfect 2 is about a girls accapella group competing in a worldwide competition along with other accapella groups from around the globe. Although they don't break into songs that explain the storyline like "Hairspray" and "Oliver" do, the film instead have the singers perform on stage or in a singing battle when they want a song sang in the film which some people prefer as it is more real. The film is filled with jokes and humour and even minor darkness in the film is laughable due to the way its portrayed, fans of comedy or films containing music could easily find this film when looking for these 2 popular genres.  

A fandom is a community that surround a TV show, film, book etc. I am a fan of this film, I recently watched it in the cinema and found it side splittingly funny with a really good storyline. Fans have made this film well known on social media and when you search "Pitch Perfect 2' into twitter there are thousands of great reviews, screenshots of the film and links to the trailer. The Pitch Perfect 2 twitter page has approximately 268000 followers and their Facebook page has 61,468 likes and both pages have got stars of the film along with universal pictures to advertise the film on their pages too. The target audience for this film are teenagers which is also the most popular age of frequent social media users which helps to reach out to their target audience easily as if they had advertised it in a news paper that was aimed to older people the younger audience wouldn't be as aware of the film. 

When I watch a film I like to pay close attention and make sure that I understand the plot. This makes me an active viewer and shows that if I was to watch a film I like to sit down and enjoy it by watching it in full. Passive viewers are people that dip in and out of watching a film or put films on to use them as background noise when they are doing other things. After watching a film once as an active viewer and understanding it, I will sometimes watch it as a passive viewer but not if I haven't seen the film yet. 

Most of the reviews for this film have been positive however their are 3 types of readings; preferred, negotiated and oppositional. A preferred reading means that you respond to the film in the way that the producers/ directors would have wanted you to and that you have nothing bad to say about the film, a negotiated reading is when you have both positive and negative views on the film for example you may not have liked the music in the film however thought that the comedy was brilliant, finally oppositional reading is when you haven't enjoyed the film and don't have much if anything good to say about the film. Views can be swayed by opinion leaders such as film critics or news paper reviews telling people that the film is or isn’t worth watching, this then makes the reader believe them and think if the opinion leader said the film is rubbish that means that its rubbish, this is the 2 step flow theory. Personally I had a preferred reading on the film, I thought that the jokes through the film were hilarious, the cast all gave a great performance and I enjoyed the popular song choices, another thing that I liked about the song choices is that they sang songs from the late 90's early 00's which are all songs the target audience probably grew up with letting the audience join in and bring back some of their old favourite songs. I have however read a few negative reviews for this film saying that some song choices are dated, the storyline was predictable and that some jokes were for an older audience rather than the teenage target audience the film reaches for. I disagree and personally prefer Pitch Perfect 2 to the first film.

I watched this film in the cinema as I find it to be a better atmosphere and the quality is always better. I have however since watched it on a stream which I connected to my TV and watched it with my family at home. I didn't enjoy it as much due to the picture not being perfect and the sound being slightly out of sync however I still enjoyed the film and my family found the jokes, music and storyline just as good as they would have in the cinema the only difference was quality. Most good reviews come from people who watched the film in good quality as poor quality streams and downloads can change a persons opinion of a film all together although its not the films fault.