Who makes title sequences? (9)

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What is Genre? // Sub-Genres of teen dramas(8)

8 - What is Genre

Film genre,  generally means a specific style or subject matter. While a movie may have elements of a number of different genres, it is often classified under a single genre for reference purposes. film genres include drama, romantic comedy, action/adventure, musical and experimental. A film's inclusion in a recognized genre gives potential viewers some general hints about its subject matter and suitability

High School Drama

• Became very popular in the 70's, 80's and 90's, with a lot of variations within the sub-genre.
• The socialisation of teens and young adults by institutions such as school, college and at home.
• Often celebrate the idea of being young as fun
• Mainly girl centered but may focus on a male lead.
• They tend to focus on changes, reinventions, make overs and/ or conflict with different social groups at school.

15 - Analyse of Teen Drama

Teen Dramas - The Breakfast Club

Teen dramas are mainly set in schools, which is where Princess diaries is partly set . The title sequence
starts with a sound track as we have a birds eye view as to where the film is set . we hear police sirens as it accompanies a limo . we then sees the main girl wearing her school uniform as it is partly set in a high school . The sound track changes as she is going down stairs , and as she is doing  so we have a looking up shot with pans down as the main girl is going down the fire pole . the sound track stops when the characters are talking . we see the main girl on her way to school , giving us a clip of what she will do on a regular school day as perfectly timed, she meets up with her friend on the way. 

14 - Sub-genre conventions , Analysis on high school and Youth Drama

16/17) Practical remake activity. The Breakfast Club.

You will have to tilt you head in order to see this in the right angle. 

First of all we would like to show you our storyboard prior to us actually remaking the clip.





Here's our remake footage of The Breakfast Club. Done by Group 5
We hope that you enjoy this

Our successes.
We managed to get al our shots done during the given time of three hours.
We tried to use different ranges of shots, to add effect to the clip.
We tried to be as creativity as possible in terms of getting the scene of the car and conversation, with we could describe as a success, as we managed to be creative and use what we had already.
We successful used garageband to create the loops we used as our backing track playing whiles the action was taking place, in order for the clip to not be boring or dull.
We managed to incorporate the elements that were also in the original film, that being the college newspaper(The Toast) and the institution shot of the building of the college, as well as the car scene and conversation. Trying to get down word for word, the conversation that was exchanged between student and parent.

12 - Differences and Similarities between High School Drams and Youth Drama

Differences and Similarities between High School Drams and Youth Drama 

High School Drama
1. more crew involved , due to them having a higher budget 
2. Normally made by American companies
3. Bigger budget















Youth Drama 
1. they start with a clip before the credits
2. There are more production companies involved , due to them needing to get a high budget from different companies.
3. Normally made by UK companies
4. Independent film
5. simple title sequence

6 - 4 Types of Opening

13.) Differences between high school and Youth dramas

Youth Dramas

• Focus on the social dilemmas faced by the main, often male, character
• Popular with teen audiences as content is relateable and is a more authentic representation of teen life compared to High School Drama.
• The character is often rebellious and or/ in conflict with other characters.
• This focuses on the difficulties of adolescent experience.
• Life as a youth is portrayed as difficult.
• Youth themselves are represented as difficult or as a problem.

Example of a youth drama

Example of a youth drama

High School Drama

• Became very popular in the 70's, 80's and 90's, with a lot of variations within the sub-genre.
• The socialisation of teens and young adults by institutions such as school, college and at home.
• Often celebrate the idea of being young as fun
• Mainly girl centered but may focus on a male lead.
• They tend to focus on changes, reinventions, make overs and/ or conflict with different social groups at school.

- 15 - Title Sequence for Grease and Mean Girls

Grease

The title sequence starts with an editing of an montage beach sequence, in this shot we can hear the crashing of waves and dialogue of what the main people are saying, this is done on a long shot of them walking down the beach wearing the regular 1950s outfits .we also see an over the shoulder shot while on the beach as the two main characters talk to one another.

The next part of the title sequence shows an animated sequence which has a sound track over it, it then goes to a shot of the high school where we can hear the chattering of the students and we see more of the iconic 1950s clothing like the designed leather jackets for the main group of boys and the pink jackets for the girls, we also see the main girl wearing modest and innocent clothing completely different to the people she is hanging around with.

Mean Girls
The title sequence stats with a sound track as the parents start talking to the main girl as she is sitting down , as the girl stands up we see a over the shoulder shot as well as multiple mid shots . . the sound track changes as the voice over starts , during this we see videos and pictures of back when she was living in Africa . We then see her going to her first day of school , this is when the story line starts, there is still a voice over of her speaking as she is explaining what is happening on her first day e.g. doesn't understand why she was always getting in trouble for eating in class and leaving the room to go to the toilet without permission . The clothes that are worn are set in the modern times so now and of people of that age e.g. jeans and t.shirts . 

-13 - Genre and Sub Genre

Genre and Sub-Genre

The term genre means category or type and is useful when discussing film because it helps to group or organize different films according to what they are about and what they look like. This helps producers make and market their film to audiences, and it helps audiences make decisions about what films they like and want to see.

A theorist called Altman says that we can talk about film genre in two ways 

Semantic which is the way the film looks

Syntactic which is the stories that film tells. 

The use of similar features in films of the same genre is called codes and conventions. That help us to quickly recognize the type of film we are watching, to have some expectations about what we could see and what might happen and we will often enjoy watching how the film might use of challenge the codes of the genre

However, genres are constantly evolving in order to keep films interesting and new for audiences and so the conventions of each genre cab change over time

 The code and convention of teen films. With these films, common plots and storyline, characters, settings and locations and reference to contemporary popular culture (especially music and fashion) became established as the codes and conventions of the genre.

The main code of teen films is seen to the concept of coming of age in some way. It also includes the following conventions

Adolescent characters

High school, homes and or streets

Peer groups and friends

Teacher and or parents

Popular music

Romantic interest

7 - Act of title - Good Burger

Which credits do we see and the order?

Actors

Casting by

Co producers

Music score by

Costume design

Edited by

Production design

Director of photography

Executive producer

Produced by

Written by

Directed by

Font type and where is the font placed?

The font is bold type, which is yellow; the font is placed in the bottom of the screen

 What happens behind the font?

Behind the font we see a the start f the film as we follow one of the main guys getting up going to work as well as we see them cut to the fast food restaurant that he works at and the customers and some of the staff there.

Who are we introduced to?

We are introduced to the on of the main guys, and some of characters we will see in some scene sin the movie.

What sound do we hear?

We hear couple of different songs during the title sequence

What do you like about the sequence?

I like that it shows us partly what the movie is about and the type of movie it is, which is a comedy, we are introduced to some of the character and what they are really like, so we can connect to them at the start of the movie.

Why did you pick this title sequence?

I picked this title sequence as I had seen the movie before and the sequence was really funny as it has some of my favourite actors from when I was younger.