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“High School Musical”

I. Settings/Characters
The movie High School Musical was filmed at East High School located in Salt Lake City, Utah; the auditorium was at Murray High School and; the house of Gabriella and Troy was at Downtown Salt Lake City.
The main characters are Troy Bolton, Gabriella Montez, Sharpay Evans, Ryan Evans, Chad Danforth, and Taylor McKessie. Troy Bolton is the most popular male student at East High School, and the captain of the varsity basketball team. He also had a crush on Gabriella Montez. Gabriella Montez is a Math whiz kid, an Einsteinette, and one of the braniacs on the scholastic decathlon team. She develops a love for Troy. Sharpay Evans is an energetic and fabulous student interested in theatre. She is also the president of the Drama Club. Ryan Evans is the twin brother of Sharpay Evans. Chad Danforth is Troy’s best friend since kindergarten. Last but not the least; Taylor McKessie is Gabriella's best friend. She is captain of the school's Scholastic Decathlon team.

II. Summary
It was New Year’s Eve. Troy and Gabriella met at the party at the ski lodge. The two was called upon to sing karaoke together. At first they were shy to each other but they seemed attracted and exchanged numbers after the party.
After the Christmas break, Gabriella moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico and transferred at East High School over the break. Troy was surprised because he didn’t expect that he will see Gabriella there. After all, he was looking for her after the party. Troy showed Gabriella around the school. They paused in front of the signup sheet for the audition of winter musical. The Drama Club president, Sharpay Evans was signed up the whole sheet because she assumed that Gabriella was interested at the play. Because of what happened, she wanted Gabriella to eliminate at the competition. She investigated the new girl and she found out the past academic achievement of Gabriella. So she printed an article about

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