Project Overview

Film is extremely popular in today’s society for many reasons, but mainly because of how it reflects our culture. Specifically, teen dramas are movies where the viewers are able to experience life from a teenager’s perspective. Since film has been around for many years, society’s culture and ideas of popularity have developed greatly over the years. 

Through this evolution in film, my project will focus on the development of culture and ideas, rather physical effects on the audience. I will be analyzing whether healthy or unhealthy coping mechanisms are more often portrayed in popular teen movies, then gather the results to compare and contrast the representation in these movies over time. In turn, I hope to gain perspective of how film have evolved over the course of multiple decades, and observe whether positive or negative coping mechanisms are more commonly portrayed throughout the film industry.