Teen movies, task 2.

One teen movie I picked out is mean girls. Mean girls are targeted mainly towards females. The whole movie is based on female problems and lives which us teenagers relate to. It is based in a high school setting where we could compare our lives with theirs. You have boyfriend drama, mean popular girls and the new girl that doesn't make many friends but in the end reaches to a stage where they become popular in their generation. This all occurs in our high school life which makes it more enjoyable and meaningful to understand and watch. This wouldn't really attract males because there isn't much in the movie to attract males attention into watching it other than having the popular steal someone's boyfriend etc. The main character is Lindsey Lohan and she is a popular actress which has a lot of female admirers which means it attracts more fans to watch it.

One teen movie I picked out is '17 again' with the famous actor Zac Efron. For this movie I believe that the target audience is a mix match of males and females. This is because it involves both lives of each gender which attract a lot more people to watch it  However, as Zac Efron is the main character females would be attracted into watching him more which wins a lot of fans. This is a comedy film and it is a high school based movie which teenagers can relate to and enjoy more watching it.

Another teen movie is Twilight and it is a series of romance fantasy films which is targeted mainly towards females. Although you have main characters that is a male, it doesn't really appeal to males in general to watch as it has got to do with romance and typically they would watch action, comedy etc. Here we have the main character as Robert Pattison which appeared in a Harry Potter movie, the Goblet of Fire which made a huge success across the whole globe which means this therefore would attract a lot more people into watching Twilight. 

Task 2 teen movie

Task 2 

Comedy

  '17 again' ,2009 American Comdey  follows 37-year-old  Mike (Matthew Perry) who becomes a 17-year-old high school student (Zac Efron) after a chance accident. This film include genres of coming of age , fantasy comedy and drama.This movie may appeal to young females as Zac Efron is this protagonist of the movie and is seen as an 'attractive' teen, as well as High School Musical fans may be interested in this movie . Zac Efron also had a small role in hairspray ,this may also attract older people to watch the movie as he played a strong role of the film based in the 60's.

Romance   

This movie 'Save the last dance'  is a 2001 American film produced by MTV Films, directed by Thomas Carter and released by Paramount Pictures on January 12, 2001.Film stars ; Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas as a teenage interracial couple from Chicago , combine different elements of ballet and street dance ,training for Stiles dance audition.
This movie may appeal to an urban audience , young dancers ,female teenagers for it's romantic theme and people who hear hip hop music.This movie also aims to show integrity ,hard work, anti-racism, perseverance and commitment ,which determines viewers to do the same.

                           Crime Fiction / Drama

                                                        

' Boyz n the Hood' is 1992 American drama film starring Ice Cube ,Cuba Gooding ,Jr. and many more terrific stars depicting life in South Central Los Angeles.

 Director Singleton tries to educate his audience through the statement at the start of the movie.This is primarily aimed aimed at African Americans ,paying attention to the violence against black people. This film may also be aimed at males more than females ,to teach them morals and values of life and how to stay focused within society. This film also goes through parent hood relationships ,especially male parent hood  as father guidance. Some characters have been raised the right way ,whereas 'Doughboy' is obedient and lacks a relationship with his parents. This relates to some of the teenage struggles now a days.                                                                                       

Teen Movie types

I chose my three different trailers based on their respective demographics. When someone says teen films, I assume rom-coms, although it has a much wider range, and inside teen films their can be numerous genres like comedy, sic-fi, and fantasy.

I chose Scott Pilgrim because it has a mainly male demographic, but also still attracts females. The audience typing is based on the video game nature of the film and light comedy, I think it attracts the underdogs more than the class bully, but the underdogs became cool about last year.

The second film is a stereotypical chick flick, with a female protagonist. The enemies in these films are generally another student, and it has a romance and comical side too it. The also mostly have internal monologues, which would be helpful to add to the short film.

Harry Potter is strange in the sense that throughout the 8 films, the mood and themes strongly change. Because it is meant to age with the characters, the 8th film is significantly more serious than the 1st, and it has a very gender neutral fan base.

Audience research task 1

We did some audience research into teen movies, we asked 

• What are their favourite teen movies?
• what is appealing about these films?
• Who is your characters?
• What is you favourite teen film genre?

We then came across someone who wasn't really into teen films.

Teen movie

What is a teen movie?

A teen film is a film genre targeted at teenagers and young adults in which the plot is based upon the special interests of them.

                                                          Who watches teen movies?

The majority of the people that watch teen movies are teenagers and early 20 year olds. They have certain elements in which they may be interested in watching for e.g. high schools, being in conflict with an authority figure etc. However, the teens are not the only people that watch it. We have older people who watch teen movies for nostalgic reasons for example 30,40 year olds.

Why do we like teen movies?

Usually because the target audience can relate to the environment as they experience it on a day to day basis. For e.g. high school, the subject manner, the characters etc.

What Happens at The Start Of a Film?

TITLE SEQUENCE

Usually when you have the title sequence before the movie you have the production company and distributors logos so we know who has funded the movie and then e get into who was involved in making it for example; actors, producers, director, camera person etc. Sometimes we see what the actors do in the movie so we have an idea of what kind of character they are.

You also get in the title sequence little previews of what is in the movie before you see it but this only happens in some movies not all. There is also music during the title sequence which is like a mood setter for the beginning of the movie such as if it was a scary movie you would have slow or fast past music, usually instrumental not with lyrics. Also you some times get voice overs and writing on the screen so we can follow what he/she is saying.

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world/

We chose to analyse Scott Pilgrim vs the world's title sequence. In the title sequence we see  the Universal logo. While the Universal logo is shown we hear the Universal theme song which is played in a video game kind of sound which makes us think what is in the movie is joint to the idea of video games. 

We then get a voice over, mans voice, and tells us a little bit of the movie such as where it is set and the name of one of the characters in the movie. The voice over seems to be a narrator sort of person and not someone we would see in the movie. He has a deep voice and talks at a slow pace which makes us think that it's like the beginning

of an adventure and he's giving us the back up story. Another link we made was that the Charlie and The Chocolate factory (recent one) also has a deep voice narrator. 

In the clip we see the characters of the movie and with that we get a side box which tell us their names and their age as well as other small bits of information. They also include edits such as writing with sounds like ring of the door bell and the banging of the drumsticks. 

Near the end of the clip we then see them start playing in their band a very up beat song. While this happens we see the title of the movie and then we get into the different people who were involved in the making of the film. In the background we have sort of scribbles and block colours which you could say contributes to the sound of the music being played.

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