Lucetta Mercurio Media Coursework
GENRE RESEARCH
Something that all these films have in common is that they follow my genre of a drama (teen drama) as they re all relatable and sad at times. The protagonists go through life learning more about themselves as well as struggling about their identity as many young people do.
For Ladybird the protagonist Christine struggles with her family, relationships and her own identity (seen through her name) in a way that feels very realistic and understandable.
In 20th Century Women Jamie discovers and conflicts against his own masculinity as he tries to grow up without a set father figure in his life, whilst also exploring Jamie's story we also discover the lives of the women around him and how they influence his day to day.
In Frances Ha, Frances has to come to terms with the idea of her loneliness and how she must grow up as an adult, importantly the subtle hints of her loneliness creeps in from the beginning and I love how the drama is ocnveyeed without needing to be overdramatic and flashy.
Codes and Conventions of a (teen) drama
-Lack of self-identity
-Teen actors/ characters
-relatability
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TARGET AUDIENCE
-to achieve full relatability I'd want to appeal to young people of my age or around ages 15-18 or maybe even young adults because I think that they would really understand the sub-messages that I want to convey
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-any class but I suppose especially middle class as some of her items may be unattainable for lower classes but there won't be anything that is too pricey and the story is not centralized around her income or living space but more in her emotions.
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-I'd love for anyone who watches this to feel like they can feel sort of the same emotion that I would like to convey and I think that would be important as it would make people feel less alone.
