Research on my genre (teen comedy/drama)

Film: Welling High
Produced : Jazmine, Brittany & Bronte

Target audience: Teenagers (girls)
Realising Period: Summer
Directors: Mark Waters

Kyle Cooper

Two Evaluations of my genre "teen comedy"

Mean Girls- Teen comedy

Cady Heron (Lindsey Lohan) is a newly student at North Shore High School just moving to america from Africa candy doesn't understand or know the life of a american teenage high school student, and breaking into reality that she's not in africa anymore is a shock to her but she certainly comes rounds and finally settles in to her new school with a few mistakes along the way, she finally does it. Her first steps on the high school grounds as junior is a shock to her and would be anyone, she has no idea how "wild" things can be in civilisation until she crosses paths with one of the meanest species of all, the "Queen Bee," who at this particular high school is the cool and calculating Regina George. But Cady doesn't just cross paths with this "Queen Bee" until the moment she falls for Regina's ex-boyfriend Aaron Samuels and now Cady has certainly got Reginas attention. Now Regina is set to sting back by pretending to still like Aaron so he won't go out with Cady, all the while pretending to be her friend. With no choice but to fight fire with fire and cady attacks back by getting revenge on her in order for her to stay in the game, the "Girl World" one-upmanship escalates until the entire school gets dragged into a first-class mean-fest.



American Pie - Teen comedy


American Pie is a 8 series film and is hugely successful like mean girls, this film perfectly demonstrates teen comedy and its a great example. In this coming of age comedy, a group of friends at the end of their senior year make a pact to lose their virginity by prom night. In their outrageous attempts to fulfill this mission, they come to some surprising, hilarious and often touching realizations about themselves, their friendships, their notions of love, romance and their relations with the opposite sex. 

Genre "Teen Comedy"

Presentation on my Title Sequence genre

For my title sequence i am going to be basing it on american high school teenagers; a teen comedy genre. my idea for the title sequence is for the whole duration of the sequence is there to be a person flicking though that years year book. the book is to be full of memories, pictures, quotes and information about the "cast" from their years at school. inspired by many american films i got the idea of the title seance to be flicking through a book by the "burn book" from Mean Girls. i really like the way its played about with the colours, text, pictures and how its written. however the one in my title sequence will not be a burn book but simply looking at the people who go to school there.

as each page turns you will see pictures of cast members acting as "high school" teens. group pictures of the popular group, the jocks, the nerds, the freaks and so on. a very stereotypical view on a american school and how its portrayed in many films. along with quotes and doodles from the teens, its may also have that scrapbook vibe to the audience, with having doodles, torn pages, glitter, small decorations and loads more. i think this will be very successful title sequence because i have planned it out very well and the idea is simple but effective, if done to my expectations i think it will be a impressive title sequence. the names of the cast and crew will appear not he pages as the person flicks through, i will have music playing in the background and it will be a music that teens can relate to, meaning that when its played they will all know it. Plus when listening to it the audience straight away knows what the genre is and can get a idea of what is to come in the film.

"Forrest Gump" title sequence analysis

The Forrest Gump title sequence starts off telling us who the presenting company was, and in they case was paramount pictures. they incorporated this into the settings an had it on a sky blue slightly clouded sky, which is the original background of the compmay. This is a very elegant title sequence, and its elegance is unchanged by having the falling feather as the main attraction, its also gental and traditional and this gives us the idea that its family friendly. compared to L.O.W this is on the other end of the scale of genre types. the sequence has background music from start to finish, from my point of view to me the music is very magical. Also the music reminded me at points of twinkling stars, this ironic because the opening sequence is set during the day and the music makes me feel happy and free just like the feather in the opening sequence. from the opening sequence Forrest Gump sounds like a romantic film. The music is very soft and romantic which gave me the impression that it is a romance film. Also, Forrest himself is well dressed, except for his old trainers he has a gift wrapped box of chocolates, which implies that he may be going to meet a lover.

"lord of war" title sequence analysis

This title sequence is s POV to a bullet, its showing the audience the travels of a bullet from when its made right up to the loading point and when its explodes, travelling to a young child. Its a very basic title sequence but effective to the audience at the end when its shot at the young child. The headshot to the kid tells the audience that is just what its to come, besides other dramatic events due to it being a war genre film. This is opposite to other title sequences, rather than watching titles appear on coloured or edited screen this shows us a unique way of how a bullet travel from one place to another. something that no one has properly even seen or thought about which is why its interesting and unique. By the POV of the bullet it creates a idea in your mind of what the films going to be like, and in this case is how identified the genre of war and action.

title sequences analysis 19/01/16

“Mission impossible”

The music indicates that it’s a spy film, along with the spy like movements done by characters throughout the sequence the genre is obvious . Key objects such as fast cars, gadgets and guns are shown in the title sequence, the fuse that is continues throughout the sequence is a key action to spies, with explosions being spy/action like it helps the identification of the genre. The fuse is continues and draws the attention the audiences eye, when this fuse is moving names and titles from the film appear, this makes you actually read the names and tiles, unlike boring title sequences that you don't even pay attention to. The title sequences is different than some others, the film begins and mid way through out the acting turning into the title sequence, this is when we can identify the genre. The scenes are shown with all different settings, this helps audience understand what the films about and in this case helps you identify it’s a spy genre.

“Napoleon dynamite”

This title sequence gives off a quirky, unusual vibe when we are first introduced to it. The music played in the background went with the genre, by carefully listing to it I instally knew it was a comedy genre. It’s set in a high school and it’s a light heart funny film, I know this because of the school dinner plates where the characters names are displayed on food plus the bright colours and happier atmosphere makes it light hearted. By the names being on food and there being other random objects automatically indicates that its not a serious film. the target audience is clearly teenagers, I know this because of small key elements I noticed that you wouldn't realise straight away. such as using bright colours and lights, an by laying out differently to other title sequences. stereotypically speaking adults wouldn't find the fun in the creativity, they wouldn't see it as being "mature". where teenagers would find it appealing as they are still practically kids and have that childlike humour.

“Children of men”

I feel as if it’s going to be a hard hitting emotion film, its going to pull on the heart strings. It’s set in the future, a Dystopia film. Set in a dystopia era which is made up, this is because we don’t know how the future is going to be or even look like so it’s not realistic, but by this its intriguing because your now thinking this is how life will be. The police and government indicate that there will be crime and the distressed movement and actions of the people show that its defiantly a drama related film, It has a real life elements to it but then in a way doesn’t seem realistic. The ending of the sequence leaves you on a cliff hanger and makes you become hooked onto the films as well; I do think that the soundtrack helps you become involve in the film due to the real life noises of the fire and footsteps. The sound of the cracking fire is what hooks me onto watch the film.

“Django”

I can tell there are black ethnicity in this by the singing black man thought the sequence. The chains indicates crime, and the genre is western, I know this by the drawing of western elements because of the windmill, horse stables, horse cart, animals and many more. ‘Django Unchained’, this modern western’s title sequence conforms heavily to the stereotypical conventions of western title sequences, which as a group we have decide not to use, however, this opening sequence incoporates them in such a way, that the film fits into the western genre whilst having, to an extent, a sense of style and sohpistication, to this title sequence. 

Notes from Lesson on Saul Bass

Saul Bass 1920-1996

• american graphic designer 
• best known for his simple geometric shapes and their symbolism 
• studied design at the art students league in Manhattan
• bass worked as a freelanced graphic designer 
• his work often had a hidden sophisticated message in his work 
• best known for his recognizable style
• he started with poster work, it stood out from many and that is how he got reconsidered
• his work was consist of bold, strong colours
• most famous for his 60s style title sequence "catch me if you can" 

Evaluation of "Se7en"

The filming of the title sequence was shaky, unsteady and had a gritty look to the camera,
From looking at the title sequence story board I personally think it’s a fantasy, or sci-fi film because of the vines and the weird and wonderful look it has, plus the green tinted colour which to me indicates sci-fi. The genre is sci-fi; they have created an imagery to indicate its genre by the use of green.the title sequence is a montage of many short clips from the film itself, disturbing images which is giving us a sneak peak of the film but not given too much away. the titles sequence contains various frames of graphic and disturbing images, a perfect convention for the thriller genre. With the use of black and sepia colours is giving the audience the look of two different types of groups, as if its good vs evil which does connect in with the film.

Continuity Sequence - thoughts and feelings when working on it

When we got told about making a continuity sequence i felt very confident with my ideas and thoughts for it, and when we started planning the frames in the story board i had a rough outline of how i wanted it to go. even though we had a structured plan, when it came to producing and filming the task it didn't go as well. Firstly it was only a minute long, continuity sequences should last about 2 minutes at least. With it being a minute long you can tell it was then unorganized behind the scenes, when we started filming our locations were interrupted twice so we had to move locations, this was time consuming because we then had to start all over again so the setting was the same through out. plus when we played it back our filming was shaky and unfocused, it made the video look unprofessional and sloppy.

Evaluation of "catch me if you can"

The movie “Catch Me If You Can” came out in 2002, the title sequence was a throwback to the 60s we know this due to the sixths themed outfits, music and imagery. Directed by Stephen Spielberg, this action packed film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a con man, and Tom Hanks who’s the detective trying to track him down.The title sequence was created by French animators Kuntzel and Deygas, who was inspired by Saul Bass.This mystery is kept up throughout the sequence as the animated man, who appears to be representing the main character, running away from the detective through out the title sequence trying to hide or disguise himself, and looks as if he is trying to stay away from another character. 

The text of the title sequence is plain and basic, this is for the classy 60s look that its based on. The word "present" underneath dream-works and other words through out the sequence are in a different font, it looks like a type writers font. A type writer is a key symbol of the 60s and a key object to the film, giving clues to whats to come. Serif font was used for the word "presents" and a sanserif font was used for "dream works", i know this because "presents" has tails coming off the end of the letters and "dream works" dosnt.