Conventions of teen movie

Teen Movie:10 Things I Hate About You

There are many conventions within this movie as well as binary oppositions from characters to the settings as well as props and so on which is typical of being a rom-com movie for teens. Here are some examples I have spotted while watching the teen movie:

Recognised binary oppositions:

• Parents & Children
• Male & Female
• Love & Hate
• Pretty & Ugly
• Fun & Boring 
• Teachers & Students
• Good & Bad
• Popular & Outcast
• Unique Cliques - {Geeks, dumb, rich, popular/perfect (both sex)...}
• Clever & Dumb

Conventional themes introduced:

• Prom
• House party
• School corridor 
• Sports track
• Car park - establish shot of school
• Music - to define each character 
• Class room
• Bed room
• School entrance
• High school
• Night club
• Canteen

Conventional characters involved in movie:

• The perfect girl 'Bianca' - Bright colour taste in fashion, has an untouchable status, beautiful, highly popular and very stylish
• Bianca's mean best friends 'Chasity' - Dumb, stuck up, mean, highly fashionable, always presents herself as a very nice person which she later is not, two faced and is very stylish
• The beautiful weirdo 'Patrick' - Mild fashion, most of the time miss judged, flirty and fragile
• The geek friend 'Michael' - Old fashioned clothing, very clever, greasy hair, unpopular and disliked with a low status  
• The ugly girl 'Kat' - Unique personality, dark person with dark fashion, very clever, Rough look, has a great deal of history at High school 
• Kat's best friend 'Mandela' - Unconventional fashion and style, severe obsession and a unique personality
• The normal guy 'Cameron' - Regular clothes, almost seems undefinable in terms of personality and traits as everything seems regular, fierce status and respected 
• The dumb rich guy 'Joey' - Rich taste in fashion and style, rich, very popular, high status, very mean and self attracted with a bizarre personality  

Here is an insight of the characters from the teen film: