Teen Drama homework
There are many different teen dramas. Skins for example,
while the trailer is rather dated in my opinion there are many of the typical
teen drama conventions. And here is a list of the typical teen conventions:
Behaviour and attitude
In this trailer for season one we start off with a very wild
teenage party with drinking, making out, people dancing and even one person in
a bear costume. The attitude and behavior is very wild and carefree which sums
up that kind of age when you don’t have many responsibility’s and do whatever
you want however, later on in the trailer we see people arguing and some people
end up vomiting. Showing the consequences of their actions.
Stereotypes and Appearance
Another thing many teen dramas have is stereotypes and
stereotypical appearances, for example the leader of the group in Skins has
wild black hair and gets most of the attention for the girls. Another well
known stereotype type is the nerd: who is usually the smart, calm and socially
awkward. The reason we use stereotypes is because we could relate to a certain
stereotype, an example be someone who can relate to a socially awkward teen
that can get nothing right.
How Teens are represented is Dramas
How most teens are represented in teen drams (and dramas
all-round) is that they are wild, uncontrollable and usually have a storyline when
they go of the rails. However, while that is not always that case most teen
characters in dramas have one thing in common: a dark, tragic childhood that
they must let get over.
WT merit
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