Teen Movie Genre

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Teen Movie Genre
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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.

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What are Teen Movies?

• Teen movies are films that both shape popular
  culture and are also shaped through popular
  culture.

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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 its just typical
  teen drama.
• Sometimes, the teen serves as a guide for other
  troubled friends.

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Consumers of Teen Movies

• Young People (Teens)
• Adults (Nostalgia factor)
• Adults (Content/Controversy)

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Setting

• High School
• Prom
• Shopping Mall
• Parties

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Characters

• Jock/Cool Guy
• Sensitive Guy/Nerdy type
• Cheerleader/Popular Girl
• Ugly Girl (transformed to beautiful)
• Surfer/Stoner
• Outcast
• Teen Nemesis Principal, Parent, Etc.

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Teen Movies 1980s

• The Breakfast Club
• St. Elmos Fire
• Pretty in Pink
• Sixteen Candles
• Ferris Buellers Day Off
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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Teen Movies 1990s - Today

• Clueless
• 10 Things I Hate About You
• Mean Girls
• American Pie
• Shes All That
• Varsity Blues