Film Comparison

Clueless
•Genre was comedy
•Issues/themes: homosexuality, driving, jealousy
•Based around popular teenagers
•Characters are shallow and similar
•Filmed in 1995
•Helping/donating
•Settings change
•Parties
•New comers
•Mostly about relationships
•Superficial issues
•Overacted - lots of drama
•Typical storyline for a teenage film
•Set over a long amount of time
•Being a virgin is seen as a good thing
•Music was mainly used in the background

The Breakfast Club
•Issues/themes: bullying, anger, family issues
•The students are in detention
•Main characters are all unique
•The issues are deep
•Filmed in 1985
•Family backgrounds
•Reputations
•Less main characters
•Being a virgin is seen as a bad thing
•Music was used in creative ways. For example, to cover up curse words
•The song lyrics had meaning and fitted in with what was happening
•Set on a Saturday

Similarities
•Teenage characters
•Set in high school
•Issues/themes: love, friendship, stereotypes, fitting in, drugs, sex
•Cliques
•Music - pop/rock, the music was popular when the film was made
•Makeovers