Genre is a term used for type, group, or category. This allows people to identify typical conventions that are expected of the film, before they even see it. Which will later determine whether they are to enjoy the film or not. The use of said conventions and codes, of recent, are now becoming more manipulated. There are several things in films of today that are expected within their genres, and others that are not. Genre allows the producers of films to directly market their film to the right audience, allowing for greater success of the film. Genre can be looked at in two ways: the semantic approach (how the film looks visually) and the syntactic approach (the plot being conveyed). Teen films, as a whole, require codes and conventions in order for it be considered 'typical of the genre'.
Teen genres can be split into two genres.
Youth Drama - Drama movies with complex social, youth, education, gangs, suicidal,
conflicts, racism, violence, sex, drugs etc background content. Youth dramas tend to be seen as a representation of youth today, allowing the teenage viewers to connect really well with the characters in the film, their battles, conflicts, etc.
High School Drama - Drama movies with a much more positive outlook on things, usually involving 'trendy' music, several different classes/groups of people (ie jocks, nerds, goths, etc). Also, high school dramas of past showed a lot of binary oppositions between teachers and students, whereas now, it is more common to see teachers and students communicating on the same level.
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