Research

Target audience - teenagers
Teen films is a film genre targeted at teenagers and young adults in which the plot is based upon the special interests of teenagers, such as coming of age, first love, rebellion, conflict with parents, teen angst or alienation. Often these normally serious subject matters are presented in a glossy, stereotyped or trivialized way. Some teen films appeal to young males while others appeal to young females.
Films in this genre are often set in high schools, or contain characters that are of high school age. Sexual themes are also common, as are crude forms of humor. 

 Codes and conventions:
Codes and conventions of teen films vary depending on the cultural context of the film, but they can include proms, alcohol, illegal substances, high school, parties and all-night raves, losing one's virginity, relationships, social groups and cliques, and American pop-culture.
The classic codes and conventions of teen film come from American films where one of the most widely used conventions are the stereotypes and social groups. The wide range stereotypes most commonly used include:

• The Jock/Cheerleader e.g Grease

• School Diva e.g Sharpay in High School Musical

  

• The Geek/Nerd
• The Rebel
• The Misfit, or The Outcast
• The Average Girl/Boy (the boy/girl next door) e.g Lizzie McGuire in The Lizzie McGuire Movie

     

• The New Girl/Boy e.g Gabriella in High School Musical

• The Loner
• The Band Geek

Apart from the characters there are many other codes and conventions of teen film. These films are often set in or around high schools as this allows for many different social cliques to be shown. This is different in hybrid teen films, but for the classic romantic comedy teen film this is almost always the case.

Taken from:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_film

Genre - comedy
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. These films are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are generally light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences. The comedy genre often humorously exaggerates situations, ways of speaking, or the action and characters.
Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending.

Taken from: wikipedia

Comedy Conventions:
 Settings:

• Dependent on the type of comedy
• Generic places: Brightplaces, towns, cities, well populated areas ,. 
• Teen comedy:Highschools, small towns e.g The Lizzie McGuire Movie is based in a high school.

  

 Technical Code:

•  Camera is very natural and goes along with the characters. Can do high shots to capture the whole environment.
• Medium shots the catch all the characters expressions.
• Editing sounds to add humour.

Iconography:  

• Bright colours, blue and yellow are often used.
• Lighting is often bright. shot during day time.

Character types:

• idiots, very stupid, very accident prone.
• Smart people, socially awkward.
• Regular people, accidents occur around them. They can be sarcastic.

E.g The Inbetweeners movie has four main characters who are very stupid and accident prone. They often find themselves in bad situations which is comical to watch for the audience.