Teen Film

Genre and convection

Teen films is a film genre that is aimed at young adults and teenagers. The plot is often based upon the special interests of teenagers, eg. coming of age, first love, rebellion, conflicts, alienation etc. These normally address serious subject matters which are often presented stereotypically. Teens films consist of mostly teenagers, which is why they appeal to teens, but they also feature adults eg. teachers, parents and other members of authority such as the police. The majority of teen films usually occur in schools/colleges, their house; or more specifically the teenagers bedroom and hangout spots like a park or mall. Teen films also have subgenres, which is a subcategory within a particular genre, in this case, teen films.

Another teenage movie

From the gif, you can see that the film is set in a school/college, as expected. Another teenage movie features a high school senior branded uncool in the ninth grade and then gets himself expelled so he changes his image to cool kid at the town's other high school. The film involved prom, bets and school and has a subgenre of comedy. Trailer:

The target audience for this would of course be teenagers, mainly teenage girls because it's kind of cliche, however adults may also be interested because of the element of comedy in it.

Thirteen

Thirteen is a film about a girl who is at the edge of adolescence. As you can see from the screenshots, it is mainly set in her house and bedroom and hangout spots like the mall or the park. It is also set in school as well. Tracy is a smart straight-A student- if not a little naive. When she befriends Evie, the most popular and beautiful girl in school, Evie leads Tracy down a path of sex, drugs and petty crime (like stealing money from purses and from stores). As Tracy transforms herself and her identity, her world becomes a boiling, emotional cauldron fueled by new tensions between her and her mother--as well as, teachers and old friends.

The film tackles the issue of drugs, sex, petty crime and peer pressure; many issues teenagers are dealing with. 

The film has subgenres of drama and biography and although it is a teen movie, it can appeal to everyone because it is quite hard-hitting and many of the issues tackled are relevant to everyone; not only teens.

Twilight


http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2012/nov/14/twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-two-trailer

Twilight is about a teenage girl risking everything when she falls in love with a vampire. Twilight has subgenres of adventure, drama, fantasy and romance. This is relatable to more than just teens, as shown in our teen movies research video when an adult states that she loves twilight. Twilight is mainly set in school/college and Bella's room however because of it's subgenre, it's slightly different and is also set in forests and fantasy worlds and universes.

Fans waiting for twilight to be released, not only teenagers.