Mean Girls.
Genre: Comedy,Teen film.
The target audience of Mean Girls would be teenage girls, age 12-17, most likely attending school. Some of them would look up to these characters and some could relate to some of these characters. But as secondary it is also a family film as it's genre is drama comedy which could be targeted at family. The social classification of a group of people identified as a common characterises for teenage girls in this society. The movie has stereo typical characters that you would find in a everyday teen movies, Such as 'dumb' blonde, this is used in mean girls as the girls are stated as 'Mean' girls and are 'dumb' blondes. Teen girls could relate to this movie as it shows how teenage girls act like and thinks the worry about at that age such as boys.
Lindsay Lohan was the main star and she played Cady Heron in mean girls. She appeals to her target audience as she wants to fit and be a part of a group in her school. This appeals to the target audience which are teenage girls because it shows how some teenagers feel when they are at school. its all about the popular group and trying to fit in so a lot of teens can relate to Cady as they meant have been in the same situation as her.
Grease (1978)
Genre : LGBT, Romance Film, Comedy Musical, Teen film,Romantic comedy.
It is based on Warren Casey's and Jim Jacobs's 1971 musical of the same name about two lovers in a 1950s high school. The film stars John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, and Jeff Conaway.
The target audience for grease in 1978 wasn't teens, It was adult baby boomers, people who'd experienced their teens in that early. The show tackles such social issues as teenage pregnancy and gang violence; its themes include love, friendship, teenage rebellion, sexual exploration dbeluring adolescence, and, to some extent, class consciousness/class conflict.age of rock and roll. Themse such as love friendship and teenage rebellion is what you would find in most teenage flims. This movie is mostly aimed at young women from teenagers to mid-twenties.
The musical part of it allows it to appeal to different types of audience such as older women and males. However is also appeals to people that are not fund of musical because it has such a great romantic storyline and there is also some type of gang violence which could appeal to boys ages 15-20.
The main female character ( Sandy Olsen) can relate to many oteenagers and young adults, teenage pregnancy; trying to keep it away from her parents and not knowing what to do. Likewise it also shows Sandy trying to fit into a new environment in when she starts high school, this appeals to teenagers as they have been or going to go through that once in their life.
Kidulthood
Genres: Indie film, Drama, Teen film.
The target audience for this film is mainly aimed at people aged between 15-24 mostly males, however females tend to watch it. The teenagers are portrayed as being reckless and antisocial young people who commit crimes such as petty theft and serious violence. The film also showcases how the characters engage in recreational drug taking behaviour.This hard-hitting British film explores the social experience of being an inner city teenager in London, with bullying, drugs, partying,teenage pregnancy,sexual activity and fighting presented as a daily norm. this appeals to a everyday London teenager as they can relate to the film and have probably been through some of the issues. The film itself attempts to represent a serious number of issues of what some teenagers growing up in today's society have to go through; this explains why so many people who are in this age group may watch it. There is also a very realistic approach within this film as most of the actors and actresses are within this age group and therefore know what others their age go through.
All of the teenage characters also use colloquial language which a teenage audience is likely to be familiar with, including words such as "blud", "safe" and "badman." these show that its targeted at teens as they are familiar with the use of language.
Men are likely to be targeted through the protagonist Trevor, as he is seen as the "hero" in terms of Vladimir Propp's character theory. This would therefore cause him to be admired by a male audience. Men may also be targeted through the attractive character Stella, as they are likely to find her sexually arousing due to her aesthetic appeal. preatcntcy
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