High School Drama example 1: Mean Girls
High School Drama example 2: 10 Things I Hate About You
Youth Drama example 1: My Brother the Devil
Youth Drama example 2:Beautiful Things
What titles did we see?
Title sequence of 'Mean Girls' included:
- Paramount
- Paramount pictures
- Lindsey Lohan (main character)
- Title
- Cast
- Casting director
- Author of the book the film is based on
- Music supervisors
- Co-producer
- Costume designer
- Editor
- Production designer
- Director of photography
- Executive producer
- Producer
- Director
- Production company
- Title
- Cast
- Casting director
- Music director
- Executive music producer
- Associate producer
- Co-producer
- Editor
- Production designer
- Executive producer
- Producer
- Script writers
- Director
Title sequence of 'My Brother The Devil' included:
- Film company
- Production company
- Cast
- Executive producer
- Producers
- Director
Title sequence of 'Beautiful Thing' included:
- Channel 4 films
- Cast
- Title
- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Category/Type of Title:
Mean Girls: Titles over moving images
10 Things I Hate About You: Titles over moving images
My Brother The Devil: Titles over moving images
Beautiful Thing: Titles over moving images
What font is used:
Mean Girls: Bold text for the first name, narrow text for the surname: the two names are different colours
10 Things I Hate About You: Sketchy font/ bold colours
My Brother The Devil: Capital, bold, white font for the names
Beautiful Thing: Italic yellow font
What action do you see behind the titles?:
For all 4 of the tile sequences we see the first scenes of the film, establishing the settings
Write a summary about the order and type of title sequences in High School Drama films.
High School Drama films give the impression that they have a larger budget than Youth Drama films. This is suggested in their title sequences, as they are longer and more detailed. They have the titles over the opening scenes of the film, and introduce the main characters. The main actors and actresses are credited first and the director is credited last. The title of the film appears near the start of the title sequence.
Write a summary about the order and type of title sequences in Youth Drama films.
Youth Drama films give the opposite impression of High School Drama films, budget wise. Their title sequences are less detailed, therefore shorter, giving the impression that they have a lower budget. They credit the actors and actresses, but don't credit everyone involved in the pre-production stage, such as the casting director, director of music etc.
Summarise the main difference between the title sequences of films from each sub-genre.
One of the main differences between Youth Drama and High School Drama films is their budget, which reflect on the length of their title sequence.
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