Teen movie sub-genres:

• comedy e.g american pie
• musicals e.g greece
• 'street' movies- e.g kidulthood
• american high school 
• romantic comedy -princess diar
• supernatural e.g twlight , teen wolf
• sci-fi e.g percy jackson

Themes of teen movies: 

Themes of teen movies: 

• rebellion
• romance/ love
• street life/ gangs
• sexuality
• prom
• aspiration
• friendship
• having fun

locations :   

  

 locations within the home: 

• bedroom - usually a phone scene on screen first
• frontyard
• tree house
• house party

locations within school / college:

• corridor with locker on side
• cafeteria
• entrance to school
• toilets ( mostly if girls are doing make-up or someone is being bullied )

sport locations:

• field
• basketball court
• football pitch
• locker rooms

"hang out " locations:

• bar
• in the car (boy and girl on a date)
• skateboard park
• open park
• pool
• beach
• mall/ market

other locations:

• hospital
• garden 
• abandoned buildings
• estates

characters in teen movies:

• bully
• goths
• geeks
• weirdos
• "jok" captain of the sports team
• popular cheerleaders
• mean girl
• popular girl ( usually portrayed as not clever )
• the bully's victim