Initial ideas (Blogpost Task 22)

 As a group we decided that would to the Teen sub-genre of High School.This is because it was more easier to relate to and portray as we can put re-life aspects and scenarios into the production of the title sequence.The plot we are hoping to do is a a boy who is from 'out of town' coming into a brand new school.

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Initial Ideas

Sub-Genre: 

high school drama

Initial Plot: 

a new boy comes to a high school, he is guided around by a student at the school, as he is being shown around the school we are introduced to the different social groups in the school

Characters/Social Groups:

Popular Girls
Sporty Boys(Could aslo be popular)
Emo/Goths
Nerds/Geeks

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Institution/Studio that will produce the film
















Touchstone Pictures



Touchstone have also produced 10 things I hate about you & Need for Speed.

Sub-genre conventions (Blogpost Task 13)

Sub Genre conventions - Macro

The macro is factors in which it includes who produced it, audiences for the film, cast, plot lines, character and general idea about the order or way in which the story is told. Teen tend to have a general theme of plots, storylines and characters.

For instance, the main plot of teen films is seen to be the concept of coming of age in some ways.Whether or not this concept is told well depends on the sub genre.There is a sense of youthfulness portrayed by characters,conflict within relationship,conflict  with an older generation,management of adolescence by families,schools, law,romance... The list goes on!

There are two sub genres of teen films which are high school and youth drama.They have different ways of representing the coming of age theme, the ways in which the story unfolds through the narrative and the characters or social groups we see.

The factors of a youth drama is:

1. There is a focus on social dilemmas faces by the main, often male character

2.Popular with teen audiences, seem to be a more authentic representation of youth that high school dramas

3.The characters are often rebellious and of in conflict with others

4.Focuses on the difficulties of adolescent experience

5.Youth as difficult or a problem

High school drama

1.Focuses on the socialization of teens and young adults by institutions such as school, college and home

2.Often but not always celebrate the idea if being young or youth as fun

3.Often girl centered but might focus on a male lead

4.They tend to focus on changes, makeovers and or conflict within different groups at school. 

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With the remake of the title sequence 'Breakfast Club' we decided that we didn't need a lot of the shots that were originally in the title sequence, we also planned to change the order of the credits as they weren't conventional for a typical high school drama.

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A title sequence is the opening that names those who took part in the making of the film and the production companies.