Our chosen genre

Our group decided on a coming of age 'Teen Romance' genre. To begin my individual research, I began by creating a mindmap on key features of Teen Romances from my own original knowledge. These features were:

-Iconography

-Stock settings

-Stock characters

-Stock themes

-Narrative-Plot

I then decided to look deeper into the genre by identifying these features from actual Teen Romance films. I found various examples from this genre, these were:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower


Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Now is Good

The Art of Getting By

The Last Song


From these films, and the knowledge of my group, we constructed a typical list of features that appear in the Teen Romance genre:

Stock Settings:
School/college
Bedroom
Train station
Streets
Homes
Park
Concerts
Shopping centres
Library
Cafe/Restaurant

Stock Characters:
Troubled teenager that the audience can relate to
Enemy (protagonist)
Family of main character (often the 'donor' of advice)
Class mates
Teachers
Therapist
Bullies (villian)
Outcast characters
Mourner

Themes:
Love and lust
Friendship
Sex
Betrayal
Rebelliousness
Abuse
Companionship

Narrative:
2 separate troubled characters who meet, the audience follow their separate lives
1 character is followed who meets potential lver
Popularity vs unpopularity
Outcast vs normality
Girl vs Boy

Iconography:
Computer/laptop
Mobile phone
Drugs
School essentials