Genre Examples

Raul and I are having a tough time deciding what we want to do for our film opening. Knowing our budget and resources, we feel quite limited at the moment. However, we have our eyes set on the drama genre. Specifically teenage movies. Looking at the iconic teenage films at the past such as The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Breakfast Club, these are definitely movies we want to take inspiration from when coming up with our concept for our film opening. So for this post I kind of want to go for an overview of each of the movies to learn a little more about the teen drama genre.
(P.S. I'm still trying to figure out how to schedule posts for this blog as this was supposed to go up yesterday)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) 
Summary: The movie is about a young boy named Charlie (Ezra Miller) who is considered an outsider. He is dealing with the suicide of his best friend and his first love (Emma Watson). But, he is taken in by two seniors named Sam and Patrick who introduce him to the real world.
Budget: 13 million
Rated: PG-13
Total Gross: 17.7 million
Screenshots from the movie: 

The Breakfast Club (1985) 
Summary: Five high school kids with completely different backgrounds come together through detention inside a normal school in Illinois. Having to spend a 9 hour detention together writing a 1000 words essay, events take a turn allowing the kids to really find a common ground.
Budget: 1 million
Rated: R
Gross: 45.9 million
Screenshots from the movie: