In High School films, the title sequence often shows the titles in the following order:
1) production company
2) film title
3) actors names
4) who does the casting, music, photography and costume design and so on.
5) producers and writers
6) director
In the movie Mean Girls, the first few titles are on a black screen. It then changes and the goes onto moving images. The titles are bold, colourful and and in capital letters. They are often placed at the corner of the screen or in the centre. The actions behind the titles shows the narrative of the main character starting high school in America. So we are introduced to the setting and characters.
Summary about the order and type of titles in youth movies
Youth Films have much shorter title sequences compared to High School Films. They generally follow the same order as high school movies (of the main people being credited at the end) but exclude people who do the casting, music, photography and costume design and also the actors names.
In Kidulthood, the very few titles (5 being production companies and the title) are over black screens. The production companies are in a small, white, formal font in the centre of the screen. Whereas the title is in a graffiti/street style font to symbolise the main plot of the youth movie.
The main difference in the two sub-subcultures is the amount of titles shown. This may be due youth movies having a lower budget compared to high school movies for the production. However, Youth movies do have more production companies and producers credited as they all combine in order support the production financially.
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