Representations/serotypes

A stereotype is common and generally understood idea or set of ideas that are often exaggerated to give a representation of certain characteristics/qualities in people, characters,groups. In teen films there many stereotypes that represent normal people in real life but in teen films they tend to over exaggerate them here are  few below.

Jock

This character in a teens film are stereotypical viewed as the sporty popular guy who is deeply devoted to his sports and nothing else .They often lack intelligence but rely on their looks for success and status. In most films they are the antagonist from the nerds (outsiders) as they mainly bully and pick on them up due to their size and not being attractive and unpopular . Jocks come off in films as rude ,arrogant  they tend to abuse the uses of alcohol and drugs to make themselves seem popular , they also tend to make relationships with girls within their social group such as the 'cheerleaders ,popular  girls' etc. but they often don't last long  as the Jock may develop feelings for a girl outside of his clique which tend to be the 'protagonist' in films or they may fall out due to other circumstances. 

Popular girl

This character in teen films are stereotypical viewed a very popular and extremely good looking, they always have an  high status within school as most girls look up to them and aspire to be like them as they   attract so much attention from the jocks and other cliques.In most films they are also antagonist like  the jocks as they often bully and pick on the outsider, however in some famous teen films  such as 'mean girls' they may follow the story line of which the popular girl takes in the outsider and brings them into their group where they become like them and learn their norms and values. Popular girls come off in films as  unintelligent , self centered and naive. They often are played by characters who have blond hair and white race to enforce the 'dumb blonde' stereotype,the popular girl also tends to come from a upper class family who live the 'American dream' with each family member for fills their stereotype such as the dad is the main breadwinner of the family and has a high paid job and the mother stays at home and lives of her husbands wealth and lastly the popular girl living off her fathers money to buy   material items such as clothes etc. to make Themistocles more fashionable 

nerd

This character in teen films  are stereotypical viewed as very unpopular and highly intellectual and marginalized , they often have a low status within school not having  that much friends and always getting bullied and picked  on by the Jocks.Nerds are very intellectual but this is often the cause of their bulling as this is seen as a negative to people like the Jocks and the popular girls as they believe you should care more about your looks rather than your brains. Nerds take part in activities such as card trading , reading comics  and science fiction novels which are seen as immature and 'child-like' to the rest of the other cliques. They are often shown in films to be of a white background, wear glasses and out of date clothing and have to spots and greasy skin.In most films they have trouble talking to the opposite sex as they feel unattractive and they feel they are out of their league, however in some films a nerd may go through a make over which makes them better looking and more attractive in which case after the make over they get the girl  they like and move up from being a nerd towards a different clique or gain a higher status within school.