Practical Remake Activity

12- Analyse order of titles for high school drama & youth drama titles

Analysis of the use of technical conventions from youth drama

Analysis of the use of technical conventions from youth drama

Camera
- begins with an establishing shot to show us the location. The camera zooms in slowly. It zooms into a mid shot
- arc shot to his face
-  close up to the back of his head
- long shot of him riding his bike
- tracking out shot with the camera following him on his bike

- POV shot of what he is seeing on his bike
- ariel shot before seeing the little girl jump on the trampoline, which is also long shot
- shallow focus on whiteboard on fridge that says -wheres Donnie?'

Editing
-  Jump cut to an ariel shot of mountains
-  cuts to him riding on his bike
- Pull focus of the Halloween billboard to him riding past it on his bike  
- cuts to his neighbours going for a walk together

 mise-en-scene
- Very natural scene. It looks early in the morning. Donnie is laying on the floor in 'house clothes'
- Reaction to the accident is weird because hes laughing to himself
- as he walks out the screen, the title sequence appears and shines to white
- He doesn't talk once through out the title sequence
- the location was very secluded and empty
sound
- diagetic sounds : his bike, location sounds including cars or chattering
- non diagetic  sounds : the upbeat music playing in the back ground

Categorizing title sequences

Categorizing title sequences

14- Analysis of conventions in teen title sequences - Micro Analysis

15- title sequence, analysis of camera, editing, sound and mise-en-scene

7- favorite film title sequences

Fast And Furious

Type of title sequence:

• titles with moving images 
• Narrative and stylised title seqences

Order of credits:

• distribution company- Universal studios
• title- Fast and furious

Rush Hour

Type of title sequence:

• titles with moving image
• Narrative title sequence

Order of credit:

• production company - new line cinema
• more production companies
• main cast
• title
• more cast
• casting director
• costume designer
• music supervisor
• music by
• editor
• production designer 
• director of photography
• co-producer
• co-executive producer
• executive producer
• producers
• screenplay by
• story by
• director
• 
  
• 
  

5- Extension activity "watching"

6- Categorizing title sequences

Analysis of sub-genre conventions - Macro

Youth Drama
Donnie Darko 

the key plot idea introduced in the title sequence was the main event that changed the main characters life, the accident. When Donnie was riding his bike home, it took us around his neighbour hood, like 'a trip to memory lane'. When he got into his home, he opened the fridge and it said 'where's Donnie?' This also makes us skeptical of what it means, encouraging us to watch along.The story line is introduced in a particular order. It first shows the after math of the main characters accident. He then gets up, unphased, and rides his bike home. Right after he gets off his bike the family is shown, or introduced individually doing their things, which gives us an idea of what they are like.The characters introduced was in order of importance in the movie. First was the main character. Then his dad, sister and mother were all shown right after each other.The social groups represented in this title sequence was age because the adults in the scenes were doing 'adult things' like reading (for a hobby) and outdoor chores. And the younger ones like the little sister was bouncing on the trampoline and the main character was riding his bike.

Kidulthood 

The key plot idea introduced is young rebellious teenagers getting into trouble.  this is shown by images of teens smoking, being in gangs, saying slang words, guns, people running and the police lights.

The story line is not really shown in this title sequence, it only shows what we are about to see later on. No specific characters are introduced here, but all the things we see the teens doing may resemble certain characters in the story. The social groups represented here are age and gender. Age is because it only shows adolescent teenagers doing rebellious activities. Gender because the rebellious activities are portrayed by boys and the only girl on there was kissing another boy.

High school drama

Grease

The key plot idea introduced in the title sequence is young romance and high school life. This is shown in the beginning where the main character Danny has to get out of bed to get ready for the beginning of high school. The storyline begins when a fantasy summer romance between the two main characters come to an end because high school has begun. During, the sequence is very colourful and sketchy. It is very stylized and cartoon-like and in a very up beat motion to portray the characters feelings of the beginning of high school. The characters introduced are the main ones, which includes; Danny, Sandy, Rizzo, the T-birds and the pink ladies. The social groups represented here are age and gender. This is because these are meant to be high school adolescents and the boys are portrayed as strong hard workers, and the girls are very conceited.

The social network

 The key plot ideas introduced in the beginning is college relationship, and it wasn't going well because he is very 'nerdy'. It then also gives us an insight in the college lifestyle the main character wasn't involved in, like partying and getting really drunk. The storyline shows his girlfriend breaking up with him and he goes home to blog about it because he was upset about it. He then begins to hack others accounts in order to create a new website. The characters introduced was the main character (Mark) his girlfriend whom he recently split with and a couple of his room mates. The social groups represented are gender and age. This is because the guys were seen as more nerdy and some stayed in their dorms. But the girls  seemed more rebellious and sexually active.

11- The sub-genres of teen drama films

Analysis of Sub-Genre Conventions

High School Drama

The Social Network (2010)
Title Sequence

Key plot idea introduced:

1. Relationship issues
2. Revenge
3. Typical 'Nerd' on the computer indoors
5. Idea of sorority partying lifestyle

Storyline:

1. In chronological order
2. Guy breaks up with girlfriend at bar and seeks revenge online
3. Guy ('Nerd') moves on to creating idea of site but has to hack into others' computer
4. Contrast with 'Nerd' indoors, with sorority party life style, scenes flip back and forth

Characters:

1. Mark (main character)
2. Erica
3. Other extras

Social Groups:

1. Young male

2. Students

3. Nerd stereotype

4. Youths partying

5. Sororities 

Youth Drama

Boyz N The Hood (1991)
Title Sequence

Key plot idea introduced:

1. The idea of racism

2. Gangs and crime related stereotypes

3. Growing up

4. Black stereotype

 Storyline:

1. Innocent children in classroom talking about a gun incident, contrast between childhood and danger

2.Introduced to crime 

Characters:

1. Young Children in class

2. Teacher

Social Groups:

1. Young black children being introduced to crime

2. Young male

13- Sub-genre conventions, Syntactic

Boyz N the hood

(Youth drama)

Key plot introduced in title sequence:

• Idea of racism 
• growing up and maturing 
• gangs and crime
• the black sterotype

Order storyline in introduced?

• Chronological order
• innocent children talking about a gun incident 
• punishment
• crime

Characters introduced?

• Young children (black)
• teacher (white)
• mother
• father

Social groups represented?

• Young black children
• young black males

The Social Network

(High school Drama)

Key plot introduced in title sequence:

• socialising 
• relationship issues 
• online references

Order storyline is introduced?

• chronological order 
• socialising 
• break up
• partying 

Characters introduced?

• Mark 
• 2 main characters
• Erica 

Social groups represented?

• young male
• student
• smart
• 'nerd' stereotype 
• young people - partying 

Kidulthood
(Youth drama)

Key plot introduced in title sequence?

• relationships
• what it means to be cool
• acceptance by young society 
• education
• social stereotype

Order storyline is introduced?

• Narrative
• chronological order
• showing different social groups in playground 

Characters introduced?

• teenagers 

Social groups represented?

• bad 
• loud 
• youths 
• 
  

Art of the title - Analysis of title sequence

Se7en (1995)

Credits:The credits shown in the following order:
1.distributor 
2.production company
3.main actors/casts 
4.music/audio
5.costume designers
6.editing team
7.production of design
8.director of photography
9.co-producers
10.co-executives
11.executive producer
12.writer
13.producer
14.director
Font:
The font from the title sequence is called 'se7en' alongside a type-writer styled font.
The font is scattered all over the screen from the title sequence of Se7en when the credits change from different categories. The font is white, for this to be seen in the title sequence, it is placed on a black/dark background. In the background of these fonts its is either a completely blacked out screen with just the font settled somewhere on the screen or it has a clips of a person writing in his journal and doing strange activities. The audience is introduced to the beginning of the film and also clips that may be important later on in the film. The font is placed on top of these clips and images. The title sequence also has an eerie sound throughout, this creates a scary atmosphere for the audience leading them into the genre of the film, crime and horror. 

Other:
I chose this title sequence as it had 9 sections with strange images. When watching this title sequence, it instantly informed me of the genre of the film due to the font, clips and sound. Together, they instantly made me feel a sense of fear but also it gave have enough information to want to know what the clips in the background meant.

The Lego Movie (2014)

Credits:The credits shown in the following order:
1. Directors
2. Screenplay
3.Storyline
4. Producers
5. Exclusive Producers
6. Animation Supervisors
7. Film Based on
8. Cinematography
9. Production Designer
10. Editing
11. Music
12. Feature animation
13. Co-Producer
14. Associate Producers
15. Casting Crew
16. Cast
17. Production Companies

Font:The font in the title sequence of The Lego Movie is called 'Impact Label'. The font is located in the centre of the screen, if the image on the screen is not moving. However if the clip is of a moving image the font is located anywhere on the screen. Behind the text there are clips of Lego built objects  such as buildings and machinery. The font seems as though it is embedded into the Lego. The title sequence also has a theme song playing in the background. The Lego is bright and the font is quite simple, this creates a balance between the two. Despite the text being simplistic, the Lego creates a child like feel to it, this implies that the film is targeted at a younger audience.

Other:This title sequence appealed to me as it has bright colours, this is different to the other title sequences as they are either have dark or neutral undertones. Furthermore, when watching the title sequence, it intrigued me as it is unusual to see Lego being made into a film when it is commonly known for being a physical toy.

What is a title sequence?