Sunday, 8 December 2013

Genre and sub genre

Teen films are a film genre targeted at teenagers.
They usually consist of ideas such as:
coming of age
first love
rebellion (drinking, smoking, taking drugs, partying)
conflict with parents 
teen angst


Mostly set in school environment with characters that attend school
There are sometimes scenes of sexualized nature as well as humour.

There are also sub genres that fit into teen films such as teen drama, comedy, horror, musicals and many more.


These two GIFs are from 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' which is an American coming of age, comedy/drama film.

An example of teen angst.
Project X consists of three friends throwing a massive party that goes wrong. This consists of teenage rebellion.


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