La La Land

The opening scene of La La Land starts with a pan of cars all stuck in traffic, showing drivers' neck up in their car. It continues until it zooms in on a woman signing in her car, beginning the first song of the musical. She gets out of her car, and the camera moves outward, as she starts dancing between 2 cars. The frame stays between cars, but just pushes backwards as more people join her. The camera physically turns around. The majority of this scene involves the camera following the characters;there are a lot of long cuts.
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