ANALYSING SUB-GENRE CONVENTIONS

ANALYSING SUB-GENRE CONVENTIONS 

SEMANTIC - the way the films look = MICRO
SYNTATIC - the stories the films tell = MACRO


HIGH SCHOOL


I watched "The Roomates" tittle sequence
 the key plot that was introduced in the title sequence was college life (university) parties, drinks, dancing, socialising, new Roommates, students, booking into rooms, meet new peoples, busy roads, settling in

The storyline introduced is that they show the area, what college the main chararcter is going to, settling into the room, speaking to mother, meeting new friends, going to parties to have fun and then meets a boy which would happen in a typical high school movie, girls meets boy...

The main character is introduced , production designer, music supervision,director of photography, costume designer and casted by, so on

The social groups represented are young adults ( teenagers )



YOUTH DRAMA

I also watched "Kidulthood" tittle sequence
the key plot introduced a school full of students on a lunch breal, everyone during different things, kissing boyfriends, smoking, play fighting , bullying, things that are suppose to be typically done then a older boy comes looking for someone in their school, and 2 boys giving out party invitations.

The storyline is introduced from different things happening in peoples life outside in the playground.

The characters introduced are the main characters
Alisa
Trevor
Moody
Claire
Jay
Beckie

The social groups represented are typcial teenagers and slang language