2. Stuart Pearson heads with his family to spend a summer vacation in
Creek Landing, Michigan, with his brother Nathan Pearson and his
sons and their mother Rose in an old lake house they had rented.
When the television has trouble with the image, Stuart's son Tom and
the arrogant boyfriend of his sister Ricky Dillman go to the attic and
then to the roof, where Tom meets his cousin Jake and they find the
antenna dish totally destroyed. Sooner they discover four alien
invaders that are preparing an invasion of the Earth that use a mind
control weapon that only affects adults and they lock the quartet in
the attic. Now they need to a find a way to force the adults to leave
the house and discover the vulnerability of the invaders to plot a
defence plan to save our planet.

3. Love
 Family
 Teenagers
 Family issues
 Rebellion
 Troublesome teens
 Cheating
 Sibling rivalry
 Lies


4. 
In the Teen-Film ‘’Aliens in
the Attic’’ There are many
characters which have
their own unique qualities;
This plays a major part in
how they are represented
and they play a major role
in the film.

5.  Oldest boy in the family
Venerable
Known as the smart one- getting
further education.
Care less
Protective
Doesn’t get on with his dad that
much
Parent troubles
Main protagonist
 Troubled Teen
Favoured by his father
 Cousin of Tom
Second protagonist
Has a big family
Comical character

6.  Flirty character
Has a love life
Typical teenage girl
Aware of her appearance
Shown to be scared
Can be dominant as she is
the oldest sister
Sibling rivalry between her
and the younger brother
 Youngest of the
characters
 Very naive and shown to
be innocent
 Sweet and careless
about everything
 Caring and tries to help

7.  He’s a very unique
character, he’s not in it most
of the time but is shown to
be the villain in the movie
Creates tension, has
authority
 Bully
Player
Rich guys who likes the
female protagonist
 Old pensioner
Smart and wise
Can kick-ass
Shown to be sweet yet
vague
Not boring at all; has
stories to tell

8. 
This film is a typical teenage film, it’s set in
a bed room and a house. Unlike other
films which have party scenarios, this
doesn’t. Location is a main part that
contributes to teen films; They help
portray the set identity of the character
and give them more definition.

9. 
In all films, teen or not, there has to be a main problem or
conflict that the characters face; in teen films it’s normally to
do with popularity, bullying and love. However this film is more
of a sci-fi film, so it’s more about bonding with family in order
to try and stop and alien invasion. All of the main characters
try to get rid of the aliens who are trying to take over the
world from an Attic. All these character shave to face a
major problem, this all reflects wail in the themes in this films
which are ; love, family, boding, friendship and team work.

10. 
Mise-en-scene plays a major role in the film, it allocates
different characters and distinguishes them with other
characters. All characters have their own looks for example,
their costume; The granny who wears a frock, and generally
wears easy-wear, old clothing compared to the girl teen,
who wears bikini's and shorts. Because it’s filmed in the
summer, all the characters where’s hot clothing made for
summer e.g. Shorts, sun hats, bikini's skirts and shirts.