Teen comedy films started in the 1950s with movies like "The Wild One". These films typically feature stock characters like jocks, nerds, and rebels in a high school setting. The movies usually focus on an outcast trying to fit in and involve themes of teenage parties, drinking, and losing one's virginity. Teen comedies became more prevalent in the 1990s as censorship laws loosened. They commonly use upbeat background music that fades during dialogue.

1. A summary of what I have learnt so far;
The conventions of a teen comedy
genre are; One of the first teenage comedies made was
Teen comedy genre
‘The wild one’ which was made in 1953.
The jock/cheerleader, the princess, started up in the 50s.
the geek, the rebel, the misfits, the
average girl/boy, the new girl/boy,
the loner and the bank geek.
Most teen movies
are set in high
Teen comedy schools to match the
genre conventions.
It is normally the character that is the outcast
of their high school that the film is about as it
is normally them trying to fit in which also
makes the film funny.
Teen comedy films themes are normally
about going to parties and getting drunk and
teenagers trying to lose their virginities.
Teen comedies increased a lot more in the
90s as the laws were not as strict as they
were in the 50s.
In most films they normally have upbeat
music for teenage films which is non – digetic
sound and then when there is dialogue the
music normally goes quiet.