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Teen Movie Genre
What are Teen Movies?
• Teen Movies are centered around the issues of love, relationships, and growing up.
• Teen movies often include themes of fun, craziness, and teenage optimism.
What are Teen Movies?
• Teen movies are films that both shape popular culture and are also shaped through popular culture.
Plot
• In the typical Teen Movie, a teen must overcome some personal obstacle that makes him/her a better person. Sometimes that obstacle is the adult nemesis and other times it’s just typical teen drama.
• Sometimes, the teen serves as a guide for other troubled friends.
Consumers of Teen Movies
• Young People (Teens)
• Adults (Nostalgia factor)
• Adults (Content/Controversy)
Setting
• High School• Prom• Shopping Mall• Parties
Characters
Jock/Cool Guy Sensitive Guy/Nerdy
type Cheerleader/Popular
Girl Ugly Girl (transformed
to beautiful) Surfer/Stoner Outcast Teen Nemesis:
Principal, Parent, Etc.
Teen Movies: 1980’s
• The Breakfast Club• St. Elmo’s Fire• Pretty in Pink• Sixteen Candles• Ferris Bueller’s Day Off• Fast Times at Ridgemont
High
Teen Movies: 1990’s - Today
• Clueless• 10 Things I Hate
About You• Mean Girls• American Pie• She’s All That• Varsity Blues