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 tellThe 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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