Analysis of favourite film title sequence - Research

The Fault in Our Stars 

The title sequence for the fault in our stars uses a lot of animation and motion. This means that it required a lot of digital technology and stylised editing. Although it being simple it was effective and set a tone for the film as calm/sad music was played in the background. Throughout the title sequene it gave you drawings of objects mentions in the book. For example the rollercoaster. By doing this, the title sequence has become discrete as the audience won't know what it means until the watch the film. The writing of the credits was shown as white handwriting text, by doing this the title sequence suggests that it is playful which contrasts the sad music.

The credits went in this order:

• Fox 2000 pictures presents 
• in association with temple hill entertainment 
• A film by Josh Boone 
• Starring - Shailene Woodley, Willhem Dafoe, Ansel Elgort, Natt Wolff
• Based on the novel by John Green 
• The Fault in Our Stars
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Research- What do we expect to see in a Film's Openong Title Sequence?

Skyfall

In a title sequence we see the theme song for the movie, the name of the film, actors and their names, the crews names and images.

What is genre and teen drama film? - Research

Genre is a style of film that is changed for example, horror, comedy, thriller etc.

Teen Drama is a genre of film that can relate to a particular target audience.

Teen drama title sequences

1) Beautiful Thing; title credits. 

Channel four films presents, a world production

Linda Henry 

Glen Berry

Scott Neal 

BEAUTIFUL THING

with Ben Daniel

Tameka Empson 

written by Jonathan Harvey 

produced by Tony Garnett and Bill Shapter

directed by Hettie MacDonald 

2) Mean Girls 

Paramount pictures presents A Lorne Michaels Production

Lindsay Lohan 

Mean Girls 

Rachel McAdams

Tim Meadows 

Amy Poehier 

Music composed and conducted by Rolfe Kent 

Co-producer Louise Rosher 

The title sequence with the most credits was mean girls. I think this is because it was a bigger film due to it having a very large budget. The film also had more cast and crew. 

Target audiences - research

Task one:

What is an audience?

an audience is a group of people who watch the same thing e.g. film, play, music event etc

How do we define a target audience?

find out information on your audience to see what type of people like it. For example  if a certain age group is popular or people who live in the same country are interested in your film. You can do this by speaking to customers, requesting feedback and run surveys. 

Why is it useful for a film to have a target audience?

It is useful for a film to have a target audience because it is helpful to plan advertising which saves money. 

Which audiences do you think teen dramas appeal to? 

I think teen drama's will appeal to teenagers because that it their primary audience, also it will have the lifestyle of teenagers in the film which attracts the audience. Mainly teenagers around 15-19 will watch teen dramas. I think most girls will want to watch the genre.

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Research- Teen films and their Audiences

The Inbetweeners Movie

Mean girls 

Kidulthood

Teen films and their audiences - research

The inbetweeners 

Mean girls

Kidulthood 

Categorising Title Sequences - Research

Titles on a blank screen

• Usually a white typeface is used on a black background to create contrast 
• used for low budget 
• they can offer simple, uncomplicated to include institutional information 
• psycho - plain, dull 
• pulp fiction - fun, catchy 

Titles on still images 

• better than just text - incorporates visual image 
• title accompany still image 
• credits become longer 
• more elaborate
• Wimbledon - entertaining not exciting

Titles on moving images

• moving image behind the titles, sound and usually no dialogue 
• helps introduce the tone or storyline of the film to an audience 
• Alfred Hitchcock Rear Window - music is playful, writing colourful 
• The sixties - interesting 

Titles using animation or motion 

• moving images and are integrated together with images we see
• requires a lot of digital technology and stylised editing 
• Casino Royal - interesting but length is long 
• Catch me if you can - simple, cartoon 

the two categories will are focusing on is titles on moving images and titles using animation or motion.

Narrative title sequences 

the titles are involved into the moving images in some way as the film begins. The shining - very boring. Panic Room - suspense building. These are used to get the audience into the plot right away. 

Discrete title sequences 

titles are integrated into the moving images but it isn't entirely clear what the films plot or storyline is. Helps set the tone and gives clues the audience will understand later. 

stylised title sequences 

high quality, mixture of other two sub categories in terms of what we see but the moving image and the title credits have been stylised to create a combined effect.

personal preference 

discrete title sequence because it's good to give us clues  aways without the audience knowing.