Analysis of title sequences from sub-genres (Research)

When researching upon high school dramas and youth drama films I found many differences in the title sequences and the openings of the film. For both types of subgenres I analyzed the order in which the tiles appear, the type of title sequence, the font type of the tile and the action behind them.

For a high school drama I analysed the movie "10 Things I Hate About You" and these were my results:

Order of titles:                                                 

Production x3
Tile- "10 Things I Hate About You"
Cast- actors
Casting by
Music by
Executive Music Producer
Costume Designer
Associate Producer
Co-Producer
Editor
Production Designer
Executive producers
Producer
Writer
Director

Category/ type of title:

Titles over moving images

Type of font:

Handwritten animated font

Action?:


The action behind the title shows the start of the movie in which the setting of the movie is discovered- a high school in America

For a Youth Drama I watched and analysed the title sequence of the movie "Kidulthood" which had totally different results:

Order of titles:

Production x3
Film title "Kidulthood"

Category/type of title:

Titles on a blank black screen

Type of font:





Bold in the colour white

Action?

No action behind titles- Movie starts as soon as they have finished

After analysing both, i have gained an understanding that both types sub-genres have differences. The main contrast that can be made is that the high school drama includes many more title credits and the people that are involved in the film however the youth drama, "Kidulthood" only includes the production of the film and the film title. This can too be linked back to the institutions and budgets of the film. And so, it can be seen that the high school movie, "10 Things I Hate About You" has a higher budget as it can afford the use of mentioning more title credits which shows that it probably is well known popular stable film. This is also shown in the type of font used being a unique animated font to show the use of more technique and graphical skill in the title sequence. The movie has the use of titles over moving images which allows the start of the movie to play with the title credits over them which further adapts the use graphics. As well as this the key plots are conveyed as the opening scene shows the socialization of teens and young adults by school/college

Unlike high school dramas, youth dramas are shown to have a simpler title sequence and opening scene. After watching the the opening scene on "Kidulthood," I can be understood that they use a lower budget to produce the film and so have a simple title sequence. The title credits only includes the production of the film and the film title which is shown on a blank black screen. However, there is no action behind the credits as the film begins as soon as the title credits have finished. The audience will definitely know that this is a youth drama as the opening scene presents the focus of social dilemmas faced by different characters and popular teen audiences. There is also a sense of youth shown being a difficult experience and a problem as there are different social groups.