This document provides information about different film genres, including teen movies, crime/gangster movies, comedies, and horror movies. For teen movies, it discusses typical plots, characters, and settings. Crime/gangster movies often focus on organized crime and include props like tommy guns. Comedies are meant to make audiences laugh and can have different types. Horror movie history began in the late 19th century with supernatural short films.

1. Film Genre’s.
By Yasmine, Sharnece And
Nicola.

2. Teen Movies

3. Teen Movies
Teen films/teen movies is a type of film genre that is
targeted at teenagers and young adults
They originated in America in the 1950s to present day . the
first known teen movie was The Wild One (1953)
These started changing social attitudes and caused a
booming postwar economy, this started getting the
attention of teenagers and young adults.
The plot of these films are based on the interests of
teenagers. Often events that occur in real life are
portrayed in a glossy way which are also portrayed very
stereotypical
These genres normally include Sexual themes, nudity, crude
forms of humor

4. Typical Teen Movies
Cady Heron is a hit with The A champion high school A teenager's dreams come true
Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her cheerleading squad discovers its when a former porn star moves in
new school, until she makes the previous captain stole all their next door and they fall in love.
mistake of falling for Aaron best routines from an inner-city
Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of school and must scramble to
alpha plastic Regina George. compete at this year's
championships.

5. Typical Teen Movies
Her brother decides to ditch
school, Viola heads over to his elite Highschool loser (Cannon) pays a
As four friends prepare for life
boarding school, disguises herself as cheerleader (Milian) to pose as his
after high school, different
him, to fall for one of her soccer girlfriend so he can be considered
challenges bring about turning
teammates. Little does she know cool. Remake of 1987' Can't Buy
points in each of their lives. The
she's not the only one with Me Love, starring Patrick
dramas unfold and resolve at their
troubles, as he/she gets in the Dempsey.
local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
middle of an intermingled love

6. Typical Characters
The classic codes and conventions of teen film come from American
films where one of the most widely used conventions are the
stereotypes and social groups. These stereotypes mostly include of:
The Jock/Cheerleader
The Princess
The Geek/Nerd
The Rebel
The Misfit, or The Outcast
The Average Girl/Boy (the boy/girl next door)
The New Girl/Boy
The Loner
The Band Geek
The Gangster
The Unwanted (no relationships)

7. Settings
Codes and conventions of this teen film genre vary
depending on the cultural context of the film. But
most of the time they are set in
highschools, proms, shopping places, drives
ins, homes.
Highschool setting is very popular as it links to
characters because it is a way to show all different
types characters

8. Props

9. Enigma code
An enigma code is the question within the film, that
gets the audience curious of what is going to happen
next.
Example of enigma code within a teen movie are
usually
o Are they going to get with each other
o Who’s going to be prom king/queen
o Is she pregnant?
o Who’s

10. Crime and
Gangster Movies

11. History of Crime and
Gangster Movies
Crime and gangster films focus on the lives of criminals, the
storyline of these films deal with organised crime usually
involving the mafia.
The genre was in its purest form in the 1930s, as the Great
Depression catalysed the gangster scene.
The Chinese Mafia, Irish Gangsters, Italian Gangsters, Sicilian
and Latino Gangsters are all common groups associated with
this type of genre.

12. Iconography
The most significant prop in this type of movie is a tommy gun
also a cigar. The costumes the characters (gangster)
usually wear are a double breasted pin-striped suit, spats
and a fedora hat.

13. Narrative Themes, Enigma
Codes and Characters
The main narrative themes of crime and gangster movies consist
of a gang leader, opposing a gang member with the
involvement of violence and drugs. It is usually set in the city
typically being New York.
Crime genre films typically involve criminals or gangsters. The
characters can be robbers, murderers, thieves, or underworld
figures. Women are seen as sexual objects, respectable mothers
and sisters upholding traditional values.
Enigma codes work by creating a question that the audience
want to find out. Cinema trailers and posters use enigma codes to
tempt the viewers to watch the film.
For example;
Will the police become involved in the crime?
What did the person do to be in the situation they’re in?
How will the person overcome the issue?

14. Storyline's of these Genres
‘Once Upon A Time In America’ follows
the story of a former Jewish
gangster, who returns to Brooklyn over
30 years later, where he once again
must confront the regrets of his old life.
Stars; Robert De Nero and James
Woods.
‘Donnie Brasco’ is about an FBI
undercover agent who infiltrates the
mob and finds himself identifying more
with the mafia life, than of his regular
one. Stars; Al Pacino and Johnny Depp.
‘American Gangster’ is set in 1970s
America, in which a detective works to
bring down the drug empire of Frank
Lucas, from Manhattan, who is
smuggling drugs into the country from
the Far East. Stars; Denzel Washington
and Russell Crowe.

15. Typical Crime and
Gangster Movies
• Scarface (1983)
• The Departed (2006)
• Once Upon A Time In America (1984)
• The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
• Godfather (1972)
• Goodfellas(1990)
• American Gangster(2007)
• Donnie Brasco (1997)

16. Comedy

17. About Comedy Movies.
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on
humour, they are designed to bring laughter to the audience,
Comedies are light hearted drama’s which are their to entertain the
audience, The comedy genre humorously exaggerate situations,
the way of speaking, the action and characters.
Comedies usually have a happy ending, and is also one of the
oldest genres in film.
There are different types of comedies, such as
o Action Comedy
o Fantasy Comedy
o Comedy Horror
o Black Comedy – Comedy that uses cruelty as the source of
humour.

18. Typical Comedy Films
When Nick falls for Suzanne, a
Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes divorced mother of two, is hosting a Two disgraced FBI agents
where he unwittingly separates a work New Year's Eve party. What she go way undercover in an effort
young boy from his father and must has to attend, Nick offers to bring her to protect hotel heiresses
help the two come back together. kids to look after The kids, who have the Wilson Sisters from a kidnapping plot.
He then arrives in France, where he never liked any of the men their
cant speak French and discovers a mom has dated, and are
whole new experience. determined to make this a
nightmare for Nick.

19. Madea jumps into action when her
The story centers on a 14-year-old girl A cowboy toy is profoundly niece, Shirley, receives distressing news
who keeps a diary about the ups threatened about her health. All Shirley wants is to
and downs of being a teenager, and jealous when a fancy gather her three adult children around
including the things she learns about spaceman toy supplants her and share the news as a family. But
kissing. him as top toy in a boy's room. her family members are to busy dealing
with their own problems to take notice.
It's up to Madea to get everyone
together, and once together the
revelation of a long-buried family secret
is risen.

20. Typical Characters, Settings
And Props.
o Parents And Children
o Group Of Friends
(The popular group,
The unwanted,
The geeks And The emo’s.)
o Boyfriend/Girlfriends
o The Good And Bad Characters
Most comedy films are usually set within a household, In local
places like parks, shopping malls, entertainment area’s
(bowling ally's, restaurants, etc.) And Schools. This various
depending on the narrative of the film.

21. Enigma Codes Used Within
Comedies.
An enigma code Is what the director uses to draw the
audience in and the question of the film.
Enigma codes depend on the narrative of the
comedy film itself,
For example
The enigma code in white chicks, is are they going to
get caught or not?
The enigma code in are we there yet is does nick
survive whilst looking after Suzanne's children and
does his relationship with Suzanne last?

22. Horror Movies

23. History Of Horror Movies
Horror Films are unsettling films that are designed to
frighten, panic and cause alarm whilst entertaining us at the
same time. Horror films center on the dark side of life, and
strange and alarming events. They deal with our
nightmares, vulnerability, alienation, terror of the unknown and
fear of death.
The first supernatural events appear in several short films
created in the late 1890’s.
The early 20th century brought the horror genre, including the
first monster to appear in a full-length horror film.

24. Iconography
Typical iconography in a horror movie consists of
• A haunted house
• Symbols of death
• A disfigured face or mask
• A screaming victim
• The murder weapon: knife, stake, chainsaw
• Binary oppositions of good and evil
• Darkened places where the ‘monster’ lurks: woods, cellars
• Blood and body parts

25. Narrative Themes, Enigma
Codes and Characters
Characters typically included in a horror movie are;
ghosts, werewolves, demons, vampires, cannibals, zombies and
serial killers. There are usually 2-3 characters at the start of the
film who are usually the most important throughout the film.
The main narrative themes in a horror film are
death, psychological disturbance and the horror man himself (or
her).
The enigma codes in a horror movie are;
Will the character survive?
Does the ‘horror man’ get caught?
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26. Typical Horror Movies
• The Exorcist (1973)
• 28 Days Later (2003)
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
• Saw (2004)
• The Omen (1976)
• The Others (2001)
• Dracula (1992)