Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Sub-Genres of teen drama

Sub-Genre of teen drama film

Youth Drama

  • Focus on the social dilemmas faced by the main, often male, character
  • Popular wit teen audiences, seen to be a more authentic representation of youth than HSD
  • The character is often rebellious and/or conflict with others e.g. schools,police, adults
  • This focuses on the difficulties of adolescent experiences 
  • Youth as difficult or a problem
High School Drama
  • Becomes poplar in the 70s,80s and 90s with lots of variations within the sub-genre
  • Often girl cantered
  • Focuses on the different social groups, also known as cliques in school.
  • They tend to focus on changes, makes overs and/or conflict within different groups at school

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