Stereotypical representations of teen in movies

There are many stereotypes that are included in teen films, this makes it much easier for film makers to make the film successful, another main reason for this is it relates to the target audience which the majority of the audience are teenagers.

The stereotypes that are in teen movies are the following;

Jock 

This character is one of the first to be introduced in teen movies, they are normally a tall, hunky and vulgar blonde guy who are usually seen wearing the schools football team letterman jacket. A jocks main role in teen movies are to bully the geeks/nerds and to have a relationship with the popular girl of the school. However in teen movies the role of a jock is to normally be humiliated throughout the film and in doing so become more humble and welcoming towards the geeks, they also fall in love with the more unpopular girl and seems to befriend many of the geeks at the end.

Mise en scene:

Baseball jacket

Jeans

Flashy car

Tall

Geeks

This character is also introduced fairly early to the start of the film. Stereotypical characteristics that they contain include the following, they are smart, they are only allowed to associate with other geeks, very unpopular and always picked on by other popular members of the community. They're normally rejected by girls but do adore the popular girl when she walks by. However throughout the movie the geeks will become popular mainly from humiliating the popular guy but in doing this they also make him more humble and end up befriending him.

Mise en scene

Glasses

Tight clothes

Small in stature

Weak

Quiet

Unconfident

The popular 'girl clique'

 The popular 'girl clique' are always introduced together, it'll normally consist of one ring leader who'll stand out a little more from the others, this girl is normally in a relationship with the main jock and will have other people, such as the geeks, run around for them. Throughout the movie the clique will begin to fall out and the ring leader will be humiliated either by the jock when humble or the geeks. This would either lead to two outcomes either the popular girl and her clique will end up realising the bad they've done and befriend the unpopular girls and maybe even getting in a relationship with the geeks or they'll be left alone and have to no-one, this also making them reflect on how they've treated others bad when popular.

Mise en scene

Make up

Pink

Barbie like

Very pretty

Tight clothes

Jewellery

Flashy clothing and accessories

Teen movies that involve these types of characters are as follows:

High school musical

Mean girls

Not another teen movie

A cinderella story

A walk to remember