Analysis of sub-genre conventions - Macro

When analysing the codes and conventions of any film, we can break yo the analysis into the micro and macro elements. 

1.Semantic : the way the films look = Micro

2.Sybtactic : the stories the films tell = Macro

The use of similar features in films of the same genre are called codes and conventions.

Macro conventions 

Teen films share common plots, storylines and characters and we are going to focus on these in order to analyse differences in the Sybtactic aspect of the teen film genre.

Th main plot of teen films is seen to be the concept of coming of age in some way.

The two sub-genres of teen film will have different ways of representing the coming of age theme, the ways in which the story unfolds through the narrative and the characters or social groups we can see.