Teen films are targeted at teenagers and young adults, with plots focused on their lives and interests like coming of age, first love, rebellion against parents, and teen angst. These subjects are presented in an exaggerated, stereotypical way and include humor to downplay seriousness. Some teen films appeal more to young males, others to young females. The Brat Pack refers to a group of young actors who appeared in popular teen films of the 1980s like The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire. Common character stereotypes in teen films include jocks, princesses, geeks, rebels, misfits, and loners. Settings are often high schools to showcase different social groups.
2. • Teen films is a film genre targeted at teenagers and
young adults.
• Plots based upon the lives off all teenagers so the target
audience can relate
• interests of teenagers, such as coming of age, first love,
rebellion, conflict with parents, teen angst, and
alienation.
• These subjects are presented in a glossy, stereotyped or
trivialized way. Based around humour to take
seriousness away.
• Some teen films appeal to young males while others
appeal to young females.
3. The Brat Pack
The Brat Pack is a nickname
given to a group of young
actors who frequently
appeared together in teen-
oriented coming-of-age films
in the 1980s. First mentioned
in a 1985 New York magazine
article, it is now usually
described as the cast
members of two specific films
released in 1985 – The
Breakfast Club and St.
Elmo's Fire – although
sometimes other actors are
included. The "core" members
are Emilio Estevez, Anthony
Michael Hall, Rob Lowe,
Andrew McCarthy, Demi
Moore, Judd Nelson, Molly
Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy
4.
5. Characters
most widely used conventions are the
stereotypes and social groups. The wide
range stereotypes most commonly used
include:
• The Jock/Cheerleader
• The Princess
• The Geek/Nerd
• The Rebel
• The Misfit, or The Outcast
• The Average Girl/Boy (the boy/girl
next door)
• The New Girl/Boy
• The Loner
• The Band Geek
6. Apart from the characters there are many other
codes and conventions of teen film. These films
are often set in or around high schools as this
allows for many different social cliques to be
shown. This is different in hybrid teen films, but
for the classic romantic comedy teen film this is
almost always the case.