Tuesday 16 December 2014

Analysing conventions in High School and Youth Drama Title Sequence - Micro Analysis

Attack The Block 
The first thing we learn in the title sequence is that the film is set in London town. We know this because a tilt is used to show us a high street in London town and a popular underground station. In this title sequence we are introduced to two main characters and some supporting characters. Firstly we meet a lady who seems to be coming home from work. A wide shot shows us what she is wearing. she is wearing a green jacket and a purple hat and scarf suggesting to us that the time of year is winter as she is trying her best to keep warm. As the lady is walking a way and we see her from the back we hear what seems to like a gun shot . This suggest that the lady is going to be in some danger. We see a group of boys who are in hood , hats and are on bikes. We immediately stereotype them and associate the woman being in danger to have something to do with them. We can tell that they are young by the way they are speaking in slang.
10 things I hate about you
A birds eyed view of the road is shown at the start of the title sequence to show the setting and surroundings, it gives us a clear understanding that the film isn't set in London that its set in america as the roads are different.
Also in the title sequence it introduces us to two, group of girls both similar in so many ways as both groups of girls wearing basic teen clothing this indicates they are teenagers and they go to a high school.  A very extreme close up is used to show the girls facial expressions these facial expressions immediately get the audience thinking that these two girl groups are enemies and there is tension between them the title sequence protray what kind of film it is and the sub genre which is teen films also the music represents high school as the music is played as the title sequence introduces a couple of teens in a high school.

Inbetweeners
Inbetweeners is an example of a high school drama. In the film there is an example of cross cutting. During the film, the parents are seen kissing each other and then the camera crosses over to a shot of one of the teens of a mid shot and shows the facial expression of being embarrassed by seeing his parents kiss. This shows the conventions of how high school dramas celebrate the idea of being young. Another thing was that in the title sequence sound was used to show the conventions in high school dramas, in the film opening one of the teen says "I don't know. I guess I'll just be going on holiday.". This shows the conventions of high school drama as it celebrates the idea of being young and having fun. When one of the teens is in their room the camera does tracking and the camera moves freely and shows a messy room which could be seen as a convention of a teen boy who is young. Props were seen while the camera was tracking. Some props that we see are posters all around the room. This shows the image of the teen being young and celebrating his youth. This could be matched with the costume which he's seen wearing which is a football t-shirt.

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