Teen Movie Genre What are Teen Movies Teen

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 Ø Ø Jock/Cool Guy Sensitive Guy/Nerdy type Cheerleader/Popular Girl Ugly Girl (transformed to beautiful) Ø Surfer/Stoner Ø Outcast Ø 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