Genre and Teen Drama films

What is Genre?

In film theory, genre refers to the method based on similarities in the narrative elements from which films are constructed. Most theories of film genre are borrowed from literary genre criticism. As with genre in a literary context, there is a great deal of debate over how to define or categorize genres. Besides the basic distinction in genre between fiction and documentary, film genres can be categorized in several ways. 

What is a Teen Drama film?

A teen drama is a type of drama series with a major focus of teenage characters. The genre was relatively non-existent during the first 45 years of television. It become more noticed with the introduction and popularity of the Beverly Hills series. Writers and producers later realised the potential of the previously ignored demographic and decided to make more.

Tile Credits for Teen Dramas

Title sequences in teen dramas are often used to introduced the main cast to the audiences, For example in the title sequence for Juno we can see that she is the only person we see and how isolated she is from everyone, all ready giving the audience important information. When it comes to fonts and overall colours, bright and vibrant are used most of the time in order to attract the teenager target audience.