Shot-by-Shot remake of a High School film : The Breakfast Club

In our group we choose to remake 'The Breakfast Club' which is a classic teen drama. The task was to recreate teh action whilst placing the title credits on a moving image instead of a solid black screen as in the original begining.  We placed all simlar scenes in the same order to create the same effect.

The purpose is to

•  learn how to plan/shot list and story board the the title sequense .
•  to learn how film using range of shot types conventional High sschool teen movie title sequence.  
• learn how to edit using FCP 
• learn how to use motion to create titles

Our steps

1. Watch the Title sequence for the film and list shots  AND the title credit in order , using shot - lis sheets.

 

2, Transfer the shots into a story board.

3. Identify which locations you will need to use an which props you may need to source, make or improvise .

Props we need: Cars (green screen ?) ,clock, cantine, billboard,graffiti ,lockers ,newspaper ,trophy cabinet ,litter ,hall ,book man of the year , IT room ,changing room ,teachers desk & prom queen ballet

clothing :Leather jacket , scarf ,blazer , beanie , head band ,jacket ,baseball jacket ,hoodie ,trench coat

 & sunglasses.

The Finished Product :

 We editted the sequence in two different programs that allowed us to do even more and explore the abiity further then originally planned.

Evaluation :

It was easy to edit the title credit in order however due to the high bugdet film this envolved a large number of credits to use within our remake.
We chose to create very similar colour and font for the title credits to create a full remake. This was both successful and create a good sync with the whole video. The title were cotrasting with the dull hallways and items as for the yellow font.
If we were to do the task again we would attempt to use the green screen to allow a more realistic car effect.

Research: Micro Analysis of conventions in a High School

Reasearch : What are the sub-genres of Teen Drama Films ?

The term genre means "catergory' or 'type' and is useful when discussing film because it helos to group or organise different films accordng to what they are about and wat they look like. This helps producers make and market their film to the audience.With these films, common plots and storylines, charcater, settings and location referene to contemporary popular culture (especially music and fashion) became established as a codes and convertions of the genre.

However, not all films migt use the codes and onvections in the same way. films of the same genre, which use the same codes and conventions in distinctly differenct wat, or knows as sub- genre and it is another way which we can catagorise teen film in more detail.

Youth Drama -
Focus on the social dilemmas faced by the ain, often main charcter. Popular with teen audiences,seen to be more authentic representation of youth than HSD. The chracter is often rebellious and /or in conflict with others. This focuses on the difficulties of adoescent experience. Youth as difficult or a problem.

High School Drama-
Became very popular in the 1970s, 80s and 90s with lots of variations within the sub-genre.
The socialization of teens and young adults by institutions such as school,college  and at hom. They often, but not always celebrate the idea of being young or youth as fun. Often 'girl centres' but might focus on a male lead.They tend to focus on changes, make over and/or confict within different groups at school.

High school Drama and Youth Drama : Similarities and Differences.

Sub-Genre Conventions

Target Audience Reseearch Activity.

What is an Audience?
assembled spectators or listeners at a public event such as a play, film, concert, or meeting.

What is teh definition of Target Audiences?
a particular group at which a product such as a film or advertisement is aimed. 

Why is it useful for a film to have a taget audience ?
This allows the people to agnologe what advertiment would be more uselful for the specific audience and allow to promote it most effectively.

Which audience to you think Teen Dramas apeal to ? (Age/location/profession/intrest) 
The age of 12-21 and even may be up to the year further. The gender can be both however it does tend to weight to females who are considered 'fantasities' about common themes in most teenage dramas and intrest of the teenage world and the experience which all teenagers share such a love and friendship. 


Task 2 - Part A

Task 2 - Part B

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Teen Films and their Audience

Task 1 -The possible teen film audiences include:

• Teenagers due to them being able to relate to the possible story of the teen dram in some sort of way.
• Childrens who are soon to be teens. This is very likely with them to be watching teens drama as they way want to think about what live may be like in the future which may be very inaccurate.
• Adults would like to hold onto the past and their childhood this involves films like 10 things i hate about you.

Task 2 - Audience Profiles for Teen film

Task 3- conclusions 

How many different audience are there for teen films ?
This shows only two types of audience for both the high school drama and youth drama which is ages 25-39 and 18-24 this is suprising as I was very much expecting a younger dempgraphic.

Do the profiles you have found in task 2 match those you found in task 1 ?
They fit the last predition which I had however overall I find this very unexpected and much older.

Analysis of High school and youth drama

Favourite Film Analysis

pick your favourite film, analyse the type of title sequence it uses, and the order the credits are in.

FILM NAME : CITY OF BONES.

The film begins with the Screen Gems , The sony pictures entertainment content and Constantine film and unique features (TMI) INC. These are the producers due to the major film and blockbuster.
This is then repeated on a black screen. This then is edited to panel of NYC with the title.

The rest of the credits are the present in the end of the whole film. It begins with the director( Harold Zwart), screenplay( Jessica Potigo Pagueete), Producers (x4), Actors and Actresses (from most present on screen to least) , casting, Canadian casting, Directors of Photography, Producers, Editing , Costume, based on novel by Cassandra Clare, A hard Zward Film, Assistants (x2), co-exuctive producer and Visiual effect. These are present in anime and then after they are again repeated in black credits which move down the screen.

This shows that this is a huge film with the need of many to make. This can be seen through the use of anime during the end which is considered very expensive and time consuming to have this created.

Teen Dramas - Title Sequences - Research into Institution

Task 1: Title Credits

Mean Girls

Paramount Pictures
Production Company - Lorn Michael Productions
Main Actor - Lindsay Lohan
Title of the Film
Other Cast
Music Crew
Producers
Directors
Editors
Designers
Main Producer
Main Director

Beautiful Thing

Channel 4 Films
A World Production
Linda Henry - Main Actor
Other Main Actors
Title
Other Actors
Writer
Producer
Director

My Brother the Devil

White Horses Production
Rooks Nest Entertainment
Film Clinic
Main Cast
Executive Producers
More Producers
Title

10 Things I Hate About You

Touchstone Productions

A Mad chance 

Jaret Entertainment Productions

Title

Main Cast

Casting Crew

Music Team

Design

Producer

Editor

Director

Writer

Task 2: Budget

Mean Girls

Budget/; $17,000,000
Opening Weekend: $854,852 (France)

Beautiful Thing

Opening Weekend: $33,931
Gross: $1,500,000

My Brother the Devil

Budget: $1,200,000
Opening Weekend: $10,305

10 things I Hate About You

Budget: £16,000,000
Opening Weekend: £439,975

Task 3: Mainstream or Independent

Main Stream

10 Things I hate about you

Mean Girls

Independent

My Brother the Devil

Beautiful Thing

Task 4: Comparisons

Mainstream

Longer title sequence, a lot of credits, shows all the main companies and people involved

Independant

Less credits, shows less production companies and people involved

Extension - What is the purpose of a film opening?

From watching "Watching" we can answer the following questions:

1.What does Thomas Sutcliffe mean when he says "Films need to seduce their audience into long term commitment. While there are many types of seduction, the temptation for instant arousal is almost irresistible"

This means that the audience is given trailers and merchandise in order for them to establish a long term connection and interest into the film. 

2.According to the director what are the risks of 'instant arousal' 

Some of the risks are that it gives the audience a bit too much information and that it provides the audience with most of the story line.

3.Explain why "a good beginning must make the audience feel that it doesn't know nearly enough and at the same time make sure that it doesn't know too little"

This is because the beginning of the film establishes a relationship with the audience and for the director this is the most anxious part for him/her as it gives has to give a good impression of the film to the audience. The directors have to make sue that the audience are receiving the right amount of information for them to be satisfied and content on what they are watching.

4.What does critic Stanley Kauffman describe as the classical opening?

He describes a classic opening starting with a long shot, establishing the setting, 

5.Why is Kyle Coopers title sequence the film seven so effective?

The credits tune the viewers to the right dissent pitch and allows them to be apart of  the transitional time that is being portrayed. The opening sequence also allows the audience to get ready for what is about to happen, it establishes the genre and introduces them to the obsessive nature of the film. It also creates an atmosphere of psychotic energy and is effective as foreshadows later events that take place in the film.

6.What did Orson Welles want to achieve with his opening to the film of A Touch of Evil? What did Universal Studios do to it? Why?
He intended for it to be seen without any titles or credit and he wanted to 'plunge' his audience into the story without giving them time to prepare themselves but the studio on the other hand were far more cautious. This resulted the 'effect' to be lost and blunted Orsons Welles chance of originality as its fluency without the credits allows the audience to watch the film and almost makes them forget that they are watching the film at all.

7.What is meant by a 'favourite trick of Film Noir'? What is the trick?
Its a kind of an ending rather than a beginning to look ahead to what's to come.

8.How does the opening to the film The Shining create suspense?
At the opening, the audience are presented with a nice calm natural scenery of the mountains but in the next the scene the camera pursues the camera as a predator, catching the car high up and behind as it remains fixed on a tiny object(car) in such a huge scenery. This suggests that the car is going in the wrong direction and this is what builds the tension and suspense to the film.

Title Sequences

Definition of a title sequence:
A title sequence is the way in which media institutions use text and or sound to portray their titles, cast and crew members and lastly their units of production. The title sequence sets the tone and atmosphere of a film/programme as well as introducing the main protagonists to the audience.

What have we learned about title sequences?:
Title sequences introduce the film/programme to the audience. They set the tone and are the outlay of the film/programme. They often follow opening credits but are indeed different. Title sequences vary from credits as they introduce global institutions {For example Marvel} if present, during the location setting, which appears in the background of the text. Title sequences can be integral in a film/programme as they can be used to foreshadow events that may unfold in the piece of Media as seen in the Titanic title sequence. This is extremely potent with the title sequence in Forrest Gump below:

Forrest Gump title with setting in the background.

Tittle sequence of The Incredible Hulk begins with the global institution 'Marvel'.

Title sequence of Titanic foreshadowing the events that may unfold.

In conclusion, title sequences can be a synopsis of technical elements such as actors, directors and global institutions as well as hooking the audience and alerting them of the genre of the film.

Analysing clips from www.artofthetitle.com

Too Many Cooks

• Introduces the setting by showing a wide shot of the american style house.
• Introduces each character by themselves and gives a bit of background information by showing what they are interested in or what they normally do e.g. the young boy with a science kit, the grandma reading a book with the baby etc.
• Whilst introducing their characters they freeze them and state their real names
• Shows the expansion of the house 
• Portrays the title sequence as a humorous, conventional family drama 

Are you afraid of the Dark?

• Establishes the genre of the film by introducing dark and gloomy settings including props such as a clown doll in an attic and swings swinging in the wind and rain. 
• Keeps the storyline a mystery and just shows that it is a horror due to the sound effects, filters, props and settings. 

Prelim

Welcome to our blog!

Hi, We are group 21!

 Our names are: Rahim Ahmed, Tolu Oguntohun, Nabeelah Siddiqui and Konstancja Szwed. 

We will be posting our research, planning, production and evaluation of our youth drama film on this blog. Buckle your seat belts and let the journey begin !