Clueless.

~ The genre for a teen film is usually a 'chic flick', although the genre for some teenager films are romance, fantasy, or even comedy. In teen films the typical events that occur revolve around relationships, shopping, friendships, families, interests and high school life. Teen films are usually set at shopping centres, high schools, streets, homes, or sport venues.

Five teen films I have watched are:

*Mean Girls

*Wild Child

*Easy A

*The House Bunny

*Sydney White

~ Character Descriptions..

- Cher:

The character of Cher plays and demonstrates a popular high school girl. Cher is very manipulative, she almost always gets her own way and everything she wants. She loves the attention, although she is a typical teenage girl who has strong interests for certain things such as shopping, dressing nicely, being 'popular', having relationships and friendships, and trying to impress.

- Dionne:

The character of Dionne plays and demonstrates a popular high school girl also. Dionne is a trend setter, and she has a boyfriend. Dionne is Cher's best friend, Cher and Dionne are both extremely popular at their high school and a lot of the time they do stuff to benefit their selves. Dionne is a darker skin tone and  her black hair is usually tied in braids.

- Tai:
When Tai first comes to the high school she isn't very popular, Cher and Dionne help her to get more popular by giving her a 'makeover'. Throughout the movie Tai becomes more and more popular and she seems to go over the top, using the attention she is getting too much. Tai takes a liking to the 'skater boy' named Travis.

- Josh:
Josh used to be Cher's step brother, so I suppose you may say that they are 'ex relatives'. Josh and Cher play around with each other and pick on each other in a sister-brother-type-of-way constantly. Josh is older then Cher and he goes to College.

- Murray:
Murray is Dionne's boyfriend and he has a darker skin tone. Murray cares for Dionne a lot and he helps her learn to drive. He thinks that shaven hair is 'the bomb' so he gets his hair shaved off at the Valley party.

- Elton:
Elton is one of the most popular boys at the school. Elton trys to get with Cher, he kisses her, because he likes Cher and he thinks that she likes him to; Cher was actually trying to get Elton and Tai together.

- Travis:
Travis is a skate boarder, he takes a liking to Tai as soon as he meets her. Travis and Tai share a liking of 'Marvon The Marshian', this character Tai can draw. Travis smokes.

- Mal:
Mal is a strong business man, he works hard and he earns a lot of money. Mal is quite bossy; although he doesn't mind when his daughter (Cher) persuades herself out of things, for an example when Cher persuaded her teachers to change her marks, Mal was happy with this persuasion rather than mad.

- Mr.Hall:
Mr.Hall is one of the teachers at the school, he is a old and single man who is also quite bald.

- Miss Geist:
Miss Geist is one of the teachers at the school also. She runs environment classes to raise money, and at the end of the film she gets married to Mr.Hall.

~ Changes in Characters...

- Cher:
Throughout the film Cher is manipulative, popular, and a little selfish. Cher becomes more aware of other people throughout the film and she becomes a better person. She ends up in love with Josh.

- Dionne:
Dionne is a 'fashion-ista', she loves setting trends and she loves being popular. Throughout the film she becomes more mature and she moves further on in her relationship with Murray.

- Tai:
Tai probably changes the most throughout the film. She isn't that popular when she first comes to the school, although then she becomes more popular with the help of Cher and Dionne. Tai starts to become selfish and inconsiderate of others, she isn't nice to Travis or Cher and she loves the attention too much. Later on in the film though she realises who she had become and she changes again to a better person. She ends up in love with Travis.

- Josh:
Josh is focused on college and practising to become a lawyer, although throughout the film that changes to him being focused more on Cher. He falls in love with Cher.

~Fashion Changes...

- Cher:
Cher wears different clothes everytime she is on the screen, she wears a lot of expensive clothes. Her clothes are matched together by a computer generated 'fashion matcher', what she wears is always colour cooordinated. she wears a lot of skirts, singlets, hats, jackets and accessories.

- Dionne:
Dionne wears a variety of clothes throughout the film. She tends to wear a lot of hats, and she dresses up her braids for example, in one scene she ties little pink flowers into her braids. Dionne is always beautifully dressed.

- Tai:
Towards the start of the film, Tai wears very casual clothes which are a very different style to which Cher and Dionne wear. Their is a statement made in the film when she first arrives that statement is "she could be a farmer in those clothes". Towards the end of the film, after she has a makeover she starts to wear more colour coordinated, beautiful, stylish, and fashionable clothing.

- Josh:
Throughout the movie Josh wears a lot of casual clothes. Usually he would wear dark clothes such as brown tops, black pants, etc.

- Murray:
Murray usually wore quite 'dressy' clothes or 'baggy' clothes throughout the film; he also wore a lot of backward caps.

~Plot of the movie, 'Clueless'...
The plot of Clueless is focused on a couple of popular school girls going through the ups and downs of high school. Making friends, relationships, fights, going out to parties, learning to drive, different family situations, drugs and alcohol, the difference of social groups, and the different feelings and emotions such as jealousy and love, were all members of the plot and how the story comes together. The main point of the plot though is the group of girls, how they change throughout the movie and who they fall in love with. The story is aimed highly at teenagers.

~ Where the film is set (sub settings included)...
The main settings are Cher's house, and the high school. The sub settings are on roads, streets and cars, out the front of Dionne's house, parties, around a fountain, classrooms, and Cher's backyard. The story is meant to be set in California.

~ Music in the film..
The first song to introduce the film is 'we're the kids in America' which was a popular song back atleast 23 years ago, therefore the song would catch viewers attention because it is a known song and it's catchy. Most of the other songs in the film are to represent the mood of the scene, to match the scene, to show that it is to be a romantic, sad, lonely, or happy scene, etc. The songs are usually there to fit in with the moment being displayed on the film. Most music was upbeat and pop to attract the attention of the audience.

~ Issues
-Some issues and themes raised throughout the film were learning to drive, going out to certain parties, drugs, boyfriends and relationships, same sex orientated, family situations, the difference of social groups, sex, jealousy, love and changes.

-They are similar to other films that i have seen because other films have similar situations which are usually featured in teenage films. They are different to other films because they have a different storyline and slightly different issues and themes compared to some other films.

                                                                 CLUELESS

Clueless is a film for teenagers; it enters the world of high school and the new and different situations that occur in life as we know it. Clueless is a funny and an eventful film.
Actors who star in Clueless:- Alicia Silverstone, Brittany Murphy, Jeremy Sisto, Paul Rudd.
"Two thumbs up" a quote. We give Clueless 4 stars.