Sub-genre conventions

Sub-genre: High School Drama

Sub-genre: Youth Drama

High School & Youth Dramas - order of the titles

High School Drama: The Breakfast Club

Titles and order:

• Universal Pictures
• Production company
• John Hughes film
• Title
• Starring (in alphabetical order) - 7 actors listed
• Casting by
• Costume designer
• Production supervisor
• Executive producers
• Music composer and supervisor
• Editor
• Production designer
• Director of photography
• Co-producer
• Producer
• Writer and Director
• 22 credits

What type of title sequence?

• On a black screen
• Mainstream, global release

What font used?

• Capitalised font, yellow in colour in the middle of the screen

Action behind font

• None

High School Drama: Grease

Titles and order:

• Paramount Pictures x2
• Title
• Credits (actor as ...) x9
• Dance, music, choreographer
• Music supervision
• 'Grease' music and lyrics
• Associate Producer
• Production on Broadway stage by
• Editor
• Production designer
• Director of photography
• Based on
• Screenplay
• Adaptation
• Produced by
• Director
• 
  

What type of title sequence?

• Built around animation (animated)
• Mainstream, global release

What type of font?

• Capitalised, curved font, original 'Grease' font

Action behind font

• Animated characters and place it's set in.
• Introduced to the 3 main characters through an animation in their bedrooms/what they look like
• Get an idea of the general setting/where the main scenes will be set
• Introduced to the other main characters briefly

Youth Drama: Beautiful Thing

Titles and order:

• Production company
• Actors x3
• Title
• Actors x2
• Writer
• Producer
• Director
• 10 credits

What type of title sequence?

• Independent UK
• Titles over moving images

What type of font?

• Bold, orange, simple

Action behind titles:

• Council estate
• Boy leaving football/P.E. class
• Woman rushing home

Youth Drama: My Brother, the Devil

Titles and order:

• Company name x2
• Film Clinic
• Actors x10
• Producers x3
• Writer
• Director
• Title
• 20 credits

What type of title sequence?

• Independent UK
• Titles over moving images

What type of font?

• White, capitalised

Action behind titles:

• Boxing
• Boys
• Community club

Differences and Similarities:

The youth drama films which we have used are low-budget, independent usually British industry films, whereas the High School movies are high budget, have a lot of credits and are generally Hollywood movies which are supported, produced and distributed by American companies

Reflection blog

To improve my blog I need to do the extension tasks (tasks 5 and 9) and update some blogs such as "What is a title sequence?" (task 3) and "Categorising title sequences" (task 6). I further need to complete task 10. I also need to post tasks 11,12 and 13 on my blog. 
Furthermore I need to attend more lessons and improve my punctuality.