Mean Girls
Genre: Comedy
Target audience: Teenage girls/ Young adults
Star appeal: Lindsay Lohan is very pretty and it
is every young girl’s dream to look like her. She’s also very famous and has
starred in many other teenage films so people have warmed not only to her
acting but her as a celebrity. Jonathan Bennett has the typical image of every
young girl’s crush (dreamy blue eyes, tall, flowy hair…etc.) And so attraction
to the characters looks alone can drive potential audiences to go and watch
this film. 
Storyline: A new girl goes to a new high school,
‘inexperienced’, and gets caught up a group with the ‘cool’ girls. She falls in
love with one of the cool girl’s ex-boyfriends. Once the new girl starts to
change and become "one of them", her old friends become more distant
and she eventually gets herself in a whole big mess. This storyline appeals to
young girls because most young girls can relate to having a crush and not being
able to have him and vice versa. The story line also appeals to Teens as well as
young adults because many have found themselves in a situation where they go to
school/college and their not the most popular. It is most people’s dream to be
the most popular person in their school.
Setting: Licoln Park High School in Chicago. During my research into
teen movies I’ve noticed that most teen movies are based in the USA with
American characters. This is because it has the ‘Hollywood advantage’ which
means it is focused on very a particular kind of moviemaking: films that are
entertaining, highly visible, and have broad global appeal. The setting appeals
to its target audience as it is set in a high school and therefore would
attract those who are in highschool.
A Cinderella story
Genre: Comedy/ Family/ Romance
Target Audience: Pre-teen girls
Star Appeal: The main character (Hilary Duff) has starred in Lizzie McGuire
which is a famously known TV show which airs on Disney channel. Disney channel
is a platform for young viewers and so many of the young girls who love Lizzie
McGuire are bound to be a large percentage of the people who ended up watching
‘A Cinderella story’. Jennifer Coolidge who acts as the evil stepmother in the
film has also starred in films such as American Pie, Legally Blonde and
American Union which are all targeted at older audiences and so loyal fans of
the actress may be inclined to watch the film because of her.
Storyline: High school senior, Sam Montgomery, lives at
the beck and call of her self-obsessed step-mother, Fiona, and her sinfully
wicked step-sisters, who treat her more like a servant than a member of the
family. With her sights set on attending Princeton, Sam finds her
less-than-sparkling social life wonderfully complicated when she meets her
prince charming online. However, when her anonymous cyber soul mate turns out
to be her high school's uber-popular quarterback Austin Ames, Sam makes a mad
dash back to reality, leaving her cell phone behind just before the clock
strikes midnight. Fearing rejection if her secret is revealed, Sam dodges
Austin's relentless efforts to discover the identity of his princess. Her
chance at "happily ever after" lies in the hands of fate.
Setting: The film was filmed in California, USA.
Setting: The film was filmed in California, USA.
Juno
Genre: Comedy/ Drama/ Romance
Target Audience: Juno's target audience would be 16-25 year olds as the majority of the characters are teenagers making it appealing to the youth market. However, it may also appeal to an older audience as its script shows it to be far from the usual teen movie.
Star appeal: The director, Jason Reitman, has been very successful with his films, five of them being nominated for oscars (including Jun itself). Also, the main character Ellen Page has been in globally succeessful films such as Inception and X-men.and starting recieving awards for her acting from as early on as age 10! Many young people interested in acting will not only see Ellen as a star but a role model.
Star appeal: The director, Jason Reitman, has been very successful with his films, five of them being nominated for oscars (including Jun itself). Also, the main character Ellen Page has been in globally succeessful films such as Inception and X-men.and starting recieving awards for her acting from as early on as age 10! Many young people interested in acting will not only see Ellen as a star but a role model.
Storyline: This film is about a 16 year old teenage british girl who ends up having an unplanned pregnancy and wants to abort the baby but soon changes her mind and goes in search of people to adopt of her baby. She lives with her younger sister, mother and step-dad. She has her parents full support and the film tackles a very stereotypical yet common scenario found amongst the youths of today - Teenage pregnancy.
Setting: The film was set in various locations within Canada.
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