Audience Task 2: Analysis of 3 Teen Movies With Different Audiences

Teen movies attracted different types of audiences from, young to old, male or female, a particular personality etc. The 3 teen movies I will be looking at is High School Musical (HSM), Mean Girls and 17 Again.


HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL (HSM)

High school musical is an American stereotypical assumption in what happens in secondary school/college. This teen movie is mostly attracted to a young audience mainly from the age of 9 upwards or even a lower age. we can also category this film as a family film as a selection of parents do watch HSM with their children. HSM is targeted at a younger audience due to all the dancing/choreography and singing it includes. Young children love singing along to songs in films and learning all the dance moves to every song. I also suggest this is targeted for the young because it was premiered on Disney Channel. Disney Channel is a channel that is also targeted for the young youths as it includes shows such as Ant Farm, Fish Hooks, Suit Life Of Zack And Cody etc.

Here is a scene from the movie, this is one of the most popular songs and dance routines that a majority of people know from this teen movie.

MEAN GIRLS
                                                                                   

Mean Girls is mainly targeted at a female audience. This is because the film is mostly about what teenage girls face going through in high school such as relationships, arguments, friendship groups etc. This film is based in a high school setting which immediately lets us easily relate to it. All the events which happens  in mean girls such as boyfriend troubles will all occur in our high school (secondary/college) because of this, this makes it more fun and enjoyable to engage in. This wouldn't attract a male audience and that is because this film doesn't consist of things a male would tend to enjoy but on the other hand there is some factors which may attract which could be the mise en scene which includes there costumes as they are really promiscuous.

 

 

17 AGAIN

 

17 again is a romance comedy teen film, which is about a man that turns back into a teenage version of himself. The ending of this film is how most teen films end.. "and they live happily ever after." I would suggest that this film is targeted to a female audience because of the protagonist Mike O'Donnell who is played by Zac Efron. Zac Efron is a popular male that most female teenagers love and this is because he is well known from the teen film high school musical but also he is sexually appealing to the female audience.