Thursday 5 March 2015

11 What are the sub genres

There are two sub genres for Teen Dramas:

High School Drama

The Inbetweeners

Is a Tv series that recently got turned into a movie. Its about Best friends Will McKenzie, Simon Cooper, Jay Cartwright and Neil Sutherland who are not cool enough to hang out with the cool kids who they want to be like. They have just graduated from their suburban London high school. Simon has finally been able to get the girl who he has been in love with since young Carli D'Amato, to be his girlfriend. But because they will be going away to different schools in the fall, Carli breaks up with Simon. His three best mates decide to take him on vacation for two weeks to get some sun, sand and girls To get his mind of her.

Characters and Social Groups

James Buckley
Was born on August 14, 1987 in Croydon, England as James Patrick Buckley. He is an actor, known for The Inbetweeners Movie, The Inbetweeners 2

Simon Bird
Was born on August 19, 1984 in Guildford, Surrey, England. He is an actor and writer, known for The Inbetweeners Movie, The Inbetweeners 2 and The Inbetweeners

Blake Harrison
Went Brit School from 2003 and then the East 15 Acting School from 2007. He made his first appearance in The Inbetweeners on E4 as Neil and also appeared in two episodes of The Bill for ITV as Pete Monks in 2008.

Joe Thomas
Joe Thomas was born on October 28, 1983 in Chelmsford, Essex, England as Joseph Thomas. He is an actor and writer, known for The Inbetweeners Movie, The Inbetweeners 2 and The Inbetweeners 

Youth Drama

Boyz In The Hood

Plot: A young 10 years old boy Tre is a black male in a ghetto area he is smart but aggresive so he is sent to live with his father in South Central LA. The story depicts life in the ghetto and the thngs he has to experience on his journey to becoming a man.


Kidulthood

Plot: Set in 2002, the film follows two days in the lives of a group of 15-year olds from an area in West London. The story focuses mainly on the characters Trevor, known as "Trife" and Alisa, his on and off partner. One of the themes of the movie is Alisa's pregnancy. She states that Trife is the father. Trife is not rally happy to hear that he has a child at his age. Trife unfortunately has a dramatic death in the end as he is hit with a bat hard to the stomach by Sam. The youth in this film are shown to be reckless and antisocial young people who commit crimes such as petty theft and serious violence. The film also showcases how youths take part in drug taking and some sexual behaviour.




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