2. Message about the Youth
S Pretty in pink- the message about the youth is that there is peer
pressure between friends and it also shows that the children have
more responsibilities for example; they all drive. Also the teenagers all
work and have jobs and are caring in a way e.g.; when they look after
their parents and persuade them to get a job.
S The breakfast club- the message about this film is that there are
different social groups within the teenagers and again there is a lot of
peer pressure this is shown where the teenagers all start to smoke
together.
S Clockwork Orange- The message about the youth in this film is that
they are rebellious and they are very violent and are in gangs. They
commit crimes such as murder, vandalism and theft.
S Super 8- The message about this film is that youth just want to be able
to be independent and want support from their parents.
3. Film Statistics- Pretty in pink
S Pretty in pink
S Distributed by Paramount Pictures
S Release date(s) February 28, 1986
S Running time 96 minutes
S Country United States
S Language English
S Box office US$40,471,663
This film is mainly about class differences coming together as the girl Molly
Ringwald was poor and the boy was rich. Throughout the film there were a lot of
references to clothing and dress of the poor and the rich. The film also showed
how the rich would stay together in their own groups. It also brings up issues
about how the youth have to be responsible and have jobs and drive their own
cars. This film also breaks the stereotype that all youth are rebellious and anti-
social.
4. Film Statistics- The Breakfast
Club
S Distributed by Universal Studios
S Release date(s) February 15, 1985
S Running time 97 minutes
S Country United States
S Language English
S Budget $1,000,000
S Box office $45,875,171
The plot follows five students at fictional Shermer High
School in the fictitious .While not complete
strangers, the five teenagers are each from a different
clique or social group. This film is very unique as the
film is set in a detention throughout the whole film. It
also brings up issues such as peer pressure where they
all start taking drugs and smoking.
5. Film Statistics- Clockwork
Orange
S Author(s) Anthony Burgess
S Country United Kingdom
S Language English/Nadsat
S Genre(s) Science-fiction novella, Satire, Dystopian fiction
S Publisher William Heinemann (UK)
S Publication date 1962
S Plot of the film
Alex leads his gang on nightly orgies of violence. Alex is also intelligent and quick-wired with
sophisticated taste in music, being particularly fond of Beethoven, or Lovely Ludwig. This film
brings up many issues of violence and crime, and it also make the youth have a negative
stereotype of all being rude and rebellious
6. Film Statistics- Super 8
S Distributed by Paramount Pictures
S Running time 112 minutes
S Country United States
S Language English
S Budget $50 million[1]
S Box office $259,422,500[2
Plot
Super 8 is a film about aliens and the unseen, it revolves around some friends who make a film
by a train station however whilst filming they discover aliens and a train crash. They set out to
discover why the aliens are there. They soon discover that they eat on human flesh. One of
their friends get taken by the aliens and they set out to rescue her. This shows the youth as
very independent.
7. My personal reaction
S Clockwork orange- My personal view is that this film is quite
disturbing as it goes to the extreme of violence and crime. I also
think that it is a very strong film that shows everything as it is
without leaving out any details. I didn't’t enjoy it because it had
explicit images that were very disturbing.
S Pretty in Pink- I thought that this film was good and it was quite
interesting to see how the youth were more independent and it
also showed the youth as being more caring for their parents.
8. My personal Reaction
S The Breakfast Club- I thought that this film was very unique as it
was set in a detention throughout the whole film and it made it
different from all the other films that you watch. I also thought that
it showed the youth as being very rude and anti- social however
the film also showed that their home lives were influential to how
they are now.
S Super 8- I thought that this film was quite good however it was not
realistic as there were aliens in the film so the audience cant really
relate to it.
