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Teen film genre 1.4 exam
Teen film genre 1.4 exam
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1
What is Miss Espinoza's favourite teen film?
The Breakfast Club
17 Again
Mean Girls
10 Things I hate about you
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What is an IMPLICATION or problem with using coming of age narratives?
It makes viewers feel uncool for watching them
It gives Lindsay Lohan more money to do weird things
It promotes American values and traditions over your own
It normalises risky teenage behaviour
3
What is a teen film?
Focuses on coming of age stories targeted at teens
Comedy about teenagers targeted towards adults
Documentaries about the school experience
High school dramas focused on family dramas
4
Which film genre did we study this year?
American high school movies
Teen film
Chick flicks
Horror film
5
What are some of the stereotypes of JOCKS?
Sports-obsessed, athletic, unintelligent
Bullies, good looking, get all the girls
Insecure, mean, unwanted at home
Hiding that they're gay, secretly a nerd, always sad
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What is a feature of the coming of age narrative?
Prom or graduation
Risky teenage behaviour
Rites of passage
Turning 16
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Why was Allison on detention in The Breakfast Club?
She brought a gun to school
Nothing - she had nothing better to do
She wanted a makeover
She was bullying the nerds at lunchtime
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What is an example of a stock character?
A character who stocks supermarket shelves
A person who drives stock characters
A character made from cardboard
A jock or a rebel
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How do we know that teen film continues to be a popular genre?
Hollywood continues to make these films
Young actors in Hollywood are going crazy and going to rehab
They become cult classics
Quotes and vocab passes over into teen culture
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How many credits is the 1.4 exam worth?
8
3
6
4
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Why is the JOCK used as a stock character in teen film?
He is so good looking
Everyone knows a jock from their high school days
Girls want him, boys want to be him
Gives new actors a role to fill before they become famous
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How many examples should you use in your exam to get a good grade - Merit or higher?
As many as you can think of
4 for each characteristic
At least 2 per characteristic
One in each paragraph
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What did Kat hate most about Patrick in
10 Things I hate about You
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That he never called
The way she doesn't hate him not even a liltle, not at all
The way he combs his hair
Hig bug dumb combat boots
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Why was Andy a bully in The Breakfast Club?
He wanted to impress Claire
He was too dumb to know any better
He wanted to impress his dad
Because he was a jock
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What is meant by "
live vicariously
" through someone?
Looking up to someone
Experiencing something through someone else's shoes
To physically hurt others because they are better than you
Liking someone because they're cooler than you
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Where is the jock on the social hierarchy?
On the same level as the rebels
At the top - he is the prom king
At the bottom with the nerds
Similar to teachers
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What is the first characteristic of teen film?
Stock Characters
Princesses
Stereotypes
Jocks and Nerds
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Why are these events used in teen film?
To appeal to the audience
Young people can relate to them in real life
To encourage teenagers to take risks
They make the actors seem cool
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What is the second characteristic of teen film?
coming of age narrative
High school setting
Make over scene
The use of popular music
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What is an implication of using stock characters like the jock?
Jock guys appeal to everyone
Makes you feel like you will never be perfect
More young actors get their big break in films
It makes bullying and a lack of intelligence look cool
