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Title: 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.

3
What are Teen Movies?
  • Teen movies are films that both shape popular
    culture and are also shaped through popular
    culture.

4
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.

8
Teen Movies 1980s
  • The Breakfast Club
  • St. Elmos Fire
  • Pretty in Pink
  • Sixteen Candles
  • Ferris Buellers Day Off
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High

9
Teen Movies 1990s - Today
  • Clueless
  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • Mean Girls
  • American Pie
  • Shes All That
  • Varsity Blues
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