what is a teen film:
A teen film is a movie constructed to relate to teenagers,
through the: Locations, Characters, Age groups
and themes within the film. Teen films is a film genre targeted at
teenagers and young adults in which the plot is based upon the
special interests of teenagers.
sub genre:
A sub genre is a subdivision of a certain genre,
such as: media, film, literature and music. A lot of teen movies
consist of similar sub genres such as horror, romance and chick flicks.
sub genre examples:
Audience:
Every film or production is created and produced to appeal to a certain audience,
as it is the audience that control how well the film does and the profits from the movie
are dependant on the public/audience. producers insure that their film is interesting and relatable
to their target audience to interest them an capture their attention. Teen movies have an obvious
target audience (teenagers), and so producers include things in their movies that will appeal to teenagers such as: young love, violence, drugs etc.
sub genre:
A sub genre is a subdivision of a certain genre,
such as: media, film, literature and music. A lot of teen movies
consist of similar sub genres such as horror, romance and chick flicks.
sub genre examples:
- urban comedies
- British humour comedies
- relationships
- Greek mythology
- Christmas films
- gothic
conventional themes:-
Conventional themes are main ideas that are focused on
throughout a film, examples of a conventional theme would be:
relationships , death and the idea of old vs. evil.
Audience:
Every film or production is created and produced to appeal to a certain audience,
as it is the audience that control how well the film does and the profits from the movie
are dependant on the public/audience. producers insure that their film is interesting and relatable
to their target audience to interest them an capture their attention. Teen movies have an obvious
target audience (teenagers), and so producers include things in their movies that will appeal to teenagers such as: young love, violence, drugs etc.
Locations:
within teen movies the locations tend to be similar to one another, this is because these below
locations are where teenagers are seen to spend the most time according to society and so
film makers try to associate teenagers with certain locations in order to capture the audiences
understanding.
examples of frequent locations in teen movies:
- A messy bedroom
- Secondary school/ High school/ College
- The Mall
- On an estate/ A famous hang out spot.
- Gymnasium
- Lunch hall/Cafeteria
- House parties
- The park
- The jock
- The cheerleader
- The nerd
- The rich kid
- The social butterfly (Someone who gets along with everyone
- Gang members
- Parents
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