I researched high school Chick Flicks as this is more applicable to our idea than the entirety Chick Flick genre.
Useful Nerd Character Stereotype
The nerds do not go out on the weekends, but stay indoors playing video games instead. Clothes: plaid shirts and high-waisted pants; glasses or braces, sometimes both. They get picked on by the Jocks and dream of someday being able to get with the cheerleaders. They have amazing skills at troubleshooting computers.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/276956/high_school_stereotypes_explained_pg2.html?cat=25
Common Chick Flick Content
- A female protagonist embroiled in some sort of conflict or another
- Conflict is then mitigated by the presence of a promising, handsome, charming man
- Prince Charming is characteristically flawed
- She undergoes a personal revolution
- (Gender stereotyping)
- A happy ending
- Personal redemption and empowerment
- Themes of conflict, yet it seems as though rather than the focus being on interpersonal conflicts between the protagonist and another character
- Sports films, issues of gender roles, gender dominance and masculinity vs. femininity arises
- Objectifying women as sex objects
- Undercurrent of love and sexual relationship
- Heart-wrenching moment when tears flow
- The female lead must be a strong woman who faces adversity and overcomes it, usually by pure force of will.
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/local/scisoc/sports/f05/papers/sm.html
http://blogcritics.org/video/article/what-makes-a-chick-movie/page-2/
We will use some of these stereotypes, such as the geeky schoolgirl idea, to establish our character as being fairly normal and insignificant. This will hopefully help improve the surprise of the twist when she turns out to be a killer. We will use the Chick Flick convention of having the geeky school girl become empowered, strong and sexy.
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