Teen cinema

Teen cinema

Teen cinema

Adolescent cinema (also known as teen cinema) is a film genre aimed at teenagers and young adults, whose argument is often based on the special interests of the youngest, such as coming of age, first love, rebellion, conflicts with the parents, teenage angst, and alienation. Often, these serious issues are presented in a superficial, stereotyped or trivialized way.

Films in this genre are usually located in schools or are played by high school students. Sexual issues are common, as is nudity and the raw form of humor.

Types

In addition to the classic teen movie, there are several subgenres of it that include:

•    Teen Science Fiction

•    Teen Terror

•    Teen drama

•    Teen comedy

•    Teen musical cinema

There are many more types of films for teenagers, which can be divided once again into subcategories, which can be found in the list of films for teenagers.

Codes and conventions

The codes and conventions of this genre vary depending on the cultural context of the film, but usually include dances, alcohol, illegal substances, the institute, group sports, night parties, losing the virginity, social and loving relationships, social groups and other clichés of American pop culture.

The codes and classic conventions of teen films come from American films, where stereotypes are frequently used, as are social groups. The most common stereotypes are:

•    The athlete and the cheerleader

•    The "queen bee" of the school

•    The "nerd" / geek / geek

•    The rebellious boy

•    The apathetic-rebel girl

•    The Gothic boy

•    The marginalized boys

•    The newcomer or the newcomer

•    The lonely boy or girl

•    The group of popular girls

Apart from these stereotyped characters, there are many other codes and conventions of the adolescent cinema. These films usually focus on or around the institutes, as this allows the viewer to enjoy many different social groups, and feel identified with one.

People often associated with movies for teenagers

John Hughes

The adolescent genre gained more credibility in the eighties with the appearance of writer and director John Hughes. His legacy of films for teenagers turned out to be attractive not only for the audience but also for the critics.

Éric Rohmer

Éric Rohmer is a pioneer director of the " New French Wave ", characterized by focusing on young adults, and their amorous complications in several of his films.

Notable actors

Teen movies feature actors like Annette Funicello and Hayley Mills who played important roles in the sixties and seventies, members of the Brat Pack in the eighties and early nineties, and later Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sean William Scott, Jason Biggs, Zac Efron and other sensations that were preadolescents or teenagers at the time of the films they starred in.

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