Tuesday 9 December 2014

8: What is Genre and what is Teen Film?

Genre and Sub-genre

Genre is a term that means type or category and is useful when trying to organise  films according to what they are about and what they look like.
ALTMAN: semantic: The way films look
                  syntactic: The stories the films tell


The codes and conventions of teen films


Common plots
Story lines
Characters
Settings
Locations
Established as a codes and conventions of genre.
The main code of teen films is seen to be the concept of coming of age.


Youth films


-Became very popular in 1970s,80s and 90s, with lots of variations within the sub-genre.
-The socialization of teens and young adults by institutions such as school, college and at home.
Often girl centered.

-They tend to focus on changes, make-overs and conflict within different groups at school.
-Focus on the social dilemmas faced by the main
-Popular with teens audiences
-The characters are rebellious
-Youth as difficult or a problem


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