Genre

To which genre does the text belong to?

American teen movie

Generic conventions?

Teen slang is used to identify with target audience

Clothing is typical of a teen movie, teenage drss code

setting - high school, prom

Music is typical of this genre, mainstream rock pop and rnb

characters (actors) such as lindsay lohan usually play these roles

Generic themes

Girl moves to a new school makes friends who are not so trustworth but has backup friends to lead the way, girls meets a guy and falls for him but it is not that simple..

To what extent are the characters generically determined?

heroine is portrayed as innocent

villian is the popular girl who most people see her as bitchy and caniving

the guy she falls for is good loooking charming and often mislead by the villian

To what extent are the audiences generic expectations of the text fulfilled or cheated by the text?

generic expectations are fulfillled within this movie as the typical stereotype of teenage gilrs and a normal high school full of teenagers is shown in the text

Does the text feature a star, a director, a writer ect who is strongly associated with this genre?

lindsay lohan - who normally plays the role of a girly teenager

she has ginger hair making her perfect for the role of not fitting which is eased with her good looks