Mean Girls: This film is a 2004 American teen comedy. The film is mostly about how female high school social cliques operate and the effect they can have on girls. Most of the main characters in this film are females as it follows the most popular clique in school which is "The Plastics" which consist of 3 females and also the new girl who becomes part of their clique. Because of this the audience for this film is mainly aimed at teen females. Aside from the teen genre it also features comedy and romance. Romance is common in teen films although stereotypically more females would rather watch romance rather then males.
The Goonies: This film is about a group of kids that embark on a wild adventure after finding a treasure map. This film does feature young kids/teenagers and does appeal to the same audience but also has an adventure theme. Stereotypically, more teen boys would be interested into this film as it is about them going on adventure which is what younger boys are in to or even anyone that is more interested in an adventurous theme.
Friday Night Lights: This film features many genres such as: sports, drama and is also a teen film. The main plot is a film documenting the coach and players of a high school American football team. The film is mainly aimed at people with a passion for sport (stereotypically young boys) The film also features many social issues which are linked in with binary oppositions. these issues include: poverty, segregation, racism and
socio-economic disparity. Overall this film would attract more males which are interested in football or any other relating sport and this would be the target audience for this teen film.
This is only 3 examples of different target audiences in teen films although there are many other audiences. They all may be teen films but they all feature different genres which attract different types of teenagers within this genre.
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