Stereotype's in 'Not another Teen Movie'
Stereotypes is set of characteristics linked to a known type of 'social category' for example emo, nerd, bitches and skaters. Looking into 'not another Teen movie' their representation gives the audience a visual idea of stereotypes with teenagers.
Jock's are normally categorized as popular, rich and handsome. Many people admire the jock and teenagers want to socialize with him. Mise en scene represents the stereotypical convention of The Jocks. Wearing expensive clothing such as leather jackets or baseball jackets as they represents 'Jocks' as cool. The jocks show off flashy cars which many girls would admire for his wealth. Later in the movie The Jocks become humble due to an event or a situation that affects his behavior as he dates one of the stereotypical nerdy girl.
This links with high school musical as the main character Troy Bolton is represented as The Jock at the beginning. Later in the movie he is converted to an appreciated character who falls in love with Gabriella.
Bitchy Girls are normally seen as being stuck up with attitude. Most teenage boys are attracted to the 'bitchy girls' because of their appearances and the way they are represented. They normally socialize within their cliques and with the 'Jocks', and hate when someone who isn't as popular as them gains any attention as they want to be center of attention by all mean. Within the movie they normally try to destroy the life and reputation of the 'pretty ugly girl', as a love line between the 'jock' and the 'pretty ugly girl' normally occur within the movie. The typical Mise en scene conventions for the 'bitchy girls' are that they typically wear any type of clothing that is pink, also they are very pretty, knowing how to make every girl in school envy their looks. They also tend to be rich owning luxurious things, all of the features adds on to their confidence allowing to feel superior which then leads them to becoming mean and selfish.
The pretty ugly girl. This is the normally main character or the second main character in the movie who is normally the nerd/unpopular girl who is outcast ed out by the others but through the course of the movie begins a social and physical transformation and in the end becomes popular or has a happy ending, on the other hand the pretty ugly girl could be from a unpopular male perspective as a very attractive almost perfect girl who is flawless who may not be popular or un popular but at the end will fall in love with the unpopular guy.
She can also be considered to be the girlfriend of the jock.
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