The Jock

Robbie Amell aka Wesley in The Duff

In 'The Duff' Robbie Amell portrays the character of the jock, he does this by showing his characteristics throughout the whole film. He is Confident, Passionate, composed, a natural leader, physically fit and optimistic. You can tell he's the "jock" in the movie because of a number of visual codes created to give off the impression, starting with the female gaze. Throughout out the whole movie he is often sexualised, usually having his top off, and working out for most of his screen time in the movie, this means the movie is quite informal. Due to the movies informality we can also take an educated guess to the fact this is a comedy because a lot of viewers have expectations of genres and it allows to promote to its target audience more easily. Because he's stereotyped as the jock we would think that he wouldn't be very nice, smart or caring, but in the end of the film he ends up defying all the characteristics which creates a good plot for the movie and keeps the audience happy.