As teen films are usually a better version of real life and are superficial, The audience don't feel alone and usually show the difficulties of becoming an adult. It could be said that teenage comedies are only successful if they reflect the situations that teenagers really face in life. The audience do like this genre as it makes high school look amazing and makes school more exciting.
Why do audiences enjoy the documentary genre?
As it is usually on an interesting current or controversial topic making it more captivating. As the topics talked/ discussed are current people can relate and understand the documentary more. As I want my film to be a teen documentary I am going to have it about a teenagers so it attracts the teen age group and talk about matters which happen in their lives, than superficial topics. They don't just understand and enjoy documentaries, you can learn and take something away from it and use in your own life.
How do different ages/genders/races relate to the teen and documentary genres?
Why do audiences enjoy the documentary genre?
As it is usually on an interesting current or controversial topic making it more captivating. As the topics talked/ discussed are current people can relate and understand the documentary more. As I want my film to be a teen documentary I am going to have it about a teenagers so it attracts the teen age group and talk about matters which happen in their lives, than superficial topics. They don't just understand and enjoy documentaries, you can learn and take something away from it and use in your own life.
How do different ages/genders/races relate to the teen and documentary genres?
It relates to different ages, genders and races as everyone as gone to (high) school and can link themselves to at least one of the characters in the film as they are at mostly every school. The themes shown in the teen films e.g. prom, parties,school work and relationships are interesting to everyone as they can either laugh or relate to them. Even though it is a 'teen' film and is about teen, adults can find them interesting and funny as they like to know what the teens are doing nowadays and an see what is different and the same to when they were at school. Documentaries can relate to any ages, races and genders as it can be about anything from school to Africa. This makes it easy to capture the audiences attention, making the overall target audience bigger.
Ideologies of the 'teen' film and documentary genres?
The teenage target audience construct ideologies that can offer them escapism, sexual gratifications or a personal identity. The audience receive the all important entertainment value which is why they are so successful. Teen films have to be careful for what they show as they can be responsible for constructing negative ideologies as well as positive ideologies of youth, which can shape the overall ideology of youth in society as a whole. The documentary audience is very wide so constructs ideologies which can offer them may different outcomes, some are similar to the teen genres and there are others like: education about different places, events and eras of time. The documentary genres has widened over the years giving positive and negative ideologies depending on the topic. Documentaries help people keep up to date with whats happening around the world and not just in their own country.
No comments:
Post a Comment