Genre Research

My teen film touches on the idea of magical/un-explained theme. Many other films of this genre also follow this theme. Films such as Just My Luck, Freaky Friday and 17 Again.
In my film we see the character Mollie 'delete', her boyfriend Nate. In Just My Luck, the characters of Ashley and Jake share a kiss where their luck is swapped, Zac Efron's character Mike, in 17 Again transforms from a 37 year old man to a 17 year old teenager and in Freaky Friday the mother and daughter switch bodies.

Common Stereo Types of a Teen Genre

Genre: Teen

Taditionally in a teen genre film there are two groups of friends, ushally in a schhol. One group is traditionaly the 'popular' group, who consist of the bitchy girls and the 'jocks' (popular boys). The other group is traditionaly the protagonist so 'the unpopular' group. Taditionally a group of people who don't follow the crowd and are seen as uncool, and reffered to as 'nerds' or 'geeks', they are ushally victims of bullying from the 'popular' group.

In the High School Musical triology, the lead character Troy Bolton is the popular kid in school, captin of the basketball team and the school heatthrob, this sterotypically is seen as antagonist but in HSM he is the protagonist. Troy is still hard working at school and also part of the drama club which is not stereotypical of a 'jock', his girlfriend is also the new girl at school and is seen as the geeky clever girl. This is a more traditional representation in this genre.

Analysis of Teaser Trailer: High School Musical 3

Starts: 25 seconds in

Breakdown of Teaser Trailer

Production Company name, logo – Disney
Heart beat – chanting
Establishing shots of a school – fade to black
Troy walking to his locker – mid shot from behind ‘BOLTON’ on his shirt, tells us who the character is
School bell ring
White flash
Over shoulder shot
Quick cut of several shots
Music continues of a series of shots from the film
Music slows down – Troy & Gabriella sing
Music picks back up
Cuts to titles – THE MUSICAL EXPERIENCE
Cuts back to clips of the film
Cuts to titles – OF A GENERATION
Clip of Sharpay – talking (show must go on)
Clips of the film
Cuts to titles – BECOMES A MOTION PICTURE EVENT
Clips of the film
Clip of Gabriella & Troy – talking (goodbye)
Cuts to titles – FROM WALT DISNEY PICTURES
Quick cuts of film clips
Titles – HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR
Clip of Sharpay and Troy
Titles – Featuring 10 new songs
Graduation hats thrown into the air
ONLY IN CINEMAS

Analysis of Film Poster: A Cinderella Story

Like the 17 Again poster it uses negative space well creative focus on the subject of the poster, however the white colour background is more fairytale like than modern and professional. The poster is still professional, but the soft blues of the text give the fairytale softness. This is supported by the big white dress Hilary Duff is wearing, like a princess. The film title also supports this. She is also wearing pink converse suggesting she could be a tomboy, but because they are pink she is still girly. She is on Chad Micheal Murray's back suggesting their close, and a possible romantic connection. The poster also displays a quote from a film reviewer. The quote is possotive so it attracts audiences, to make them what to go see it.

Film Posters

Here are some existing film posters. These posters fit the genre of Teen/Tween films, a genre I am going to look at.

Film Websites

High School Musical 3
http://www2.disney.co.uk/DisneyMovies/high-school-musical-3movie/

Hannah Montana: The Movie
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/hannahmontanamovie/#/home

17 Again
http://17againmovie.com/