Teen Dramas - Title Sequences - Research into Institution

What is Genre and what is a Teen Drama film?

Defining genre is simple, but defining a Teen Drams film is slightly more complex.

noun.

a style or category of art, music or literature

In film, genre is similar to the literacy term but in a film, the audience are able to see them being conveyed physically. In English, genre refers to a category related to narrative elements, such as love, or death, or action, which are made into the sole purpose of the book. A Teen Drama is one of the most discussed topics; it really does depend on the audience and what they think about it.

Using IMDB, I've found out some information about these two films:

Ten things I hate about you (1999)

10 things' is a romantic teen comedy drama. This movie made the most profit, after spending a budget of $16m. At box office, this movie was screened to 2271 cinemas in the US, and, in the UK made £439,976 in the opening weekend. It had more than 24 departments of production crew, and almost 100 people working in the movie. As the film was Mainstream, they had a bigger budget to spare, which meant they had a better chance in making the most success, in terms of reviews and profit, overall.

My Brother the Devil (2012)

My Brother the devil is a youth drama. This movie was independent, however received a lot of positive criticism, amongst others, like all movies. In the opening title sequence, we can see that their production team is notably shorter compared to 10 Things', and that their title is not as elaborate as theirs either, as they just use text over still images, which one could not deny is equally as effective.This movie's budget was £650,000, which is around $1m, and through the course of a month, gained a small $87,150 in the UK and Ireland, which leads us to wonder: how much of a success was the film, really? 

Mainstream and Independent movies:

What is a Mainstream film?

A Mainstream film is a film that is largely discussed, and has a renowned status within a cultural or social society. These vary by country, and a film in one country may not be thought of in the same way in another. These movies will tend to spend more than $50m.
In terms of its content, you would generally expect to see a very long list people who are credited in a Mainstream film. Because they are supported by large film institutions, such as Paramount or Universal, these movies tend to have a larger audience due to bigger marketing strategies. Their profit is also expected to be remarkably higher, too.

e.g.

Pixars "Toy Story" movies have made a life-time gross of over $691m, screening in over 10,000 theaters all together, and a new movie is on it's way in 2017. Their first movie's budget was an estimated $30m, in 1995's Toy Story.


Disney's "Frozen" has made a lifte-time gross of $400,738,009, and screened in over 3,000 cinemas in the US only. This movie's budget was $150m


Universal's "Fast and Furious" movies have made a life-time gross of over $727m, screening in approx. 16,000 theaters in the US alone.



Last by not least, Sony's "Spider-Man" movies have altogether made an outstanding 1.5 billion dollars in gross, their movie screened in over 21,000 screens in the US, and 10 awards due the course of it's life-time. According to Times.com, their newest movie - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 reported Sony's marketing budget has been raised to $200m, in addition to the movie's overall budget, more than some have even spent on a whole movie itself, in the hope that it would have the most success, after it's release in May of 2014. This just proves how well a movie is expected to be, if supported by a Mainstream company in the film industry, which can be translated into any industry, such as technology or music.


What is an Independent film?
An independent film is a film which has resulted in being categorised as a 'feature film', due to the way it has been produced, which is mostly or completely outside of the Major film studio's system. This type of movie can also be referred to as an Indie film. In an independent film an audience should expect to see shorter/cheaper titles, and in terms of acting and visuals, something with a more realist touch, which the general public will tend to drift to if they want to see a movie with less comical or fantastical story-lines and more relatable and truthful ones.

These include movies such as:

 Fox Searchlight's "Little Miss Sunshine", "Juno"  and "500 Days of Summer" 

These movies are some of the most recognisable Independent movies. Their budgets are not as large as the Mainstream company's, however, this does mean if the movie is a success, they will get double, maybe more, than that of a Mainstream movie's budget. For example "500 Days of Summer", which had a budget of around $7.5m, but made over $32m in gross in the US, almost 5 times what they spent, not forgetting it also screened in multiple countries, such as Greece, Australia, Switzerland, Brazil, France and the UK, to name just a few. Spending a similar amount, Fox Searchlight made the biggest gross of $143,492,840 in 2008, with the release of "Juno". 

Some not as recognisable Independent movies include:

Independent Pictures (II)'s "Kids" 

This movie's budget was estimated at $1.5m, however should be praised for the $20m it made altogether during the year it was released in the US, in 1995.

and 

  Miramax Films' "Pulp Fiction"

This movie was also a success, by making a profit of over $2m after spending an estimated $8.

I would definitely say that making an Independent film is easier, but a Mainstream film does statistically offer the most success.