Genre and Convention

A teen film is a film targeted at a teen audience. Teen films often have themes of love, sex, violence, cliques, family and teen angst. In teen films characters will often be found at the same locations for example within the home teens are usually in their bedroom, bathroom, kitchen or out by the pool. In school they will be found a classroom, by the lockers, in the library, canteen, toilets, gymnasium or outside in the car park. Sports locations in teen films are usually in the gym, changing rooms or field/court. Teens will hang out at the cinema, a party, prom or at a diner. Other locations also consist of a street corner, the shops, in a car or on a school bus. Often in teen films each character will fit into a clique or cliché, for instance there will usually be a jock, nerd, popular girl and outsider.