Done!; My Project

 Well, here it is. Not much else to say, this was a pretty fun experience and a lot of hard work.

no 'post titled after' today, but I made a Youtube playlist of all the songs I used for blog post titles.

Here it is to finish things off :)

GT-R / CCR

 Home stretch!!!

Here's my finished CCR, I'm quite happy with how this came out and I think I answered the questions well and edited it creatively (plus I used some of my friends' music in the background again, I'm such a great supporter teehee).

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In the Flesh

As a final reflection on this whole process, I'm really thinking about how many things I changed.

This started off as a partially narrative, if devoid of dialogue, opening to a story that I really hadn't fleshed out much at all. But as the process continued, I kind of started to form a full film in my head, which pushed me to make the opening itself looser and more atmospheric. Over the course of the project I allowed what I really wanted to do to take over and the result is the best product I could make to match those self-set expectations. I would have wanted it to look better, but I have no real complaints about the result since it was all my sole doing. 

I think my project came out well, and I'm proud of the work I put into it.

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Three Steps

I woke up super early today and guess what: finished! I'm done! No more! 

The car footage didn't end up working out, but I filled out the timeline with some random cool looking shots I got elsewhere. I rearranged some stuff to make everything flow better, finished up mixing, did the credits, and now I'm done. This was honestly a lot more straightforward than I thought, which can definitely be attributed to my plan to go for the montage route. I think I effectively accomplished what I set out to do and the result is pretty good. The part I'm happiest with is the footage I got for the credits sequence, though, and I made a little mini short with it scored by one of my favorite spoken word pieces. 

Here's the opening in my export queue (exciting!) and a frame from the
credits (I ended up going with Vinyl for the font).

Now that I'm done editing and everything I just need to finish up the script for my CCR and get to filming. I feel pretty accomplished and satisfied with the entire project at this point.

Here's an embed of the short I made with scrap footage as an extra treat:

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You

I shot some really pretty footage of the palm trees in front of my house today with a 135mm lens. I love how they came out and I just finished editing them together to make up the 'credits' portion of my short. I also went through the entire timeline and added some jump cuts and crossfades to connect shots together, and I'm happy with how those transitions came out. In addition, I mixed the audio for all the footage I have too, and I think the volume levels of the background noise and music are balanced well. All I need to do is get the car footage for the beginning and I'll be done besides credits, which is what I'll mainly be discussing in this post.

Here's me working on a crossfade.

Anyways, it's time to think of a good font for my credits. The footage I'm placing them over looks like the screencap below for the most part, so I want to go for something with a strong contrast to break through the patterns made by the leaves.

For placement I already know I want to fill up the negative space between the leaves, so all I really need to figure out is fonts. The first thing I want to do is look at my main inspirations and see what types of fonts were used there. I didn't even realize this until looking back at some of my favorite films' opening credits but a lot of them feature landscape or nature shots with text over them; I guess that was a subconscious inspirational move on my part, but it also helps in deciding on text options now. The examples I looked at use sans-serif fonts, almost always white, sometimes with a shadow to distinguish further from the background, so I think I'm going with something like that. 

(That fourth example is probably what my credits are gonna look like LOL)

It's worth noting that one of my favorite uses of text in an opening is the one for Gummo (third example): I love the contrast between the more contemporary slim bold sans-serif and the red blackletter in lowercase. Maybe I'll incorporate a second, more elaborate font as a dedication.

With all this brainstorming, I think I'm going to use a white sans-serif font in all lowercase to fit the contemporary teenage relatability I want to create in my opening. I'll add a shadow to contrast the sky blue background and put the text in the negative space between the leaves in my shots. The main fonts I'm considering on Adobe Fonts are the Trade Gothic Next family and Vinyl OT Regular. I'll try out both on top of my footage and see which one works best.

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XS

During the latter half of Spring Break (cutting it kind of close), I'm going to finalize my project. I have most of the footage I need, I'm just missing the car shots and the road-to-sky credits take which I'll try to get this weekend. The credits one should be really easy to get in the morning, but I might have to work around the car parts depending on whether my parents can take me out: this wouldn't be the end of the world, honestly ... I've kind of come to not like the idea of those shots as much.

With the footage I have, I've been making the full timeline flow more cohesively. I added the background noise from one of my longer takes underneath the entire mix, making it pretty quiet but loud enough to fill in some ambience and make it "natural"-sounding. The entirety of track 'A2' is this noise, and as you can see in the mixer in the second screenshot I've been adjusting the sound levels in comparison to the background noise in my outdoor take as well as the music track. 

As you can also see I've been experimenting with cropping some of my shots, which really helps to finalize the look I want to achieve. 

After I finish up the footage tomorrow and over the weekend all I really need to do is research a font for the credits and put those in (shouldn't take long seeing as I did literally everything besides the music, whoops) plus mixing the sound more which has been super easy. This honestly feels like a breeze and I can feel the end coming, sweet relief. I've also been working on my CCR, so I should be able to finish that up soon too.

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Waterfall

Super glad I switched to resolve. The color and light editing look insanely complicated at first but once I got used to them it was so cool to mess around and get all my shots looking how I wanted them to!

Here are some before and after examples. I'm going for a more pinkish look than the tan-brown I had in mind at first, solely because of how most of my takes turned out lighting-wise without shifting things around. I like the kind of stuffy warmth that the lighting gives off in most of my shots, and I have to keep editing the top example to make it look more like my others (I might just retake it, honestly). 

I'm going to start looking at fonts and my credits in general, which should be the easiest part of the entire project considering how I did everything myself. The footage I have right now along with ~5 second placeholders for my missing takes puts me at about 1:35, and the song I'm using is 1:46, meaning I'll probably have to trim down some stuff to get everything I need within the needed time.

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Xerces

I cut out a lot of the shots in my storyboard, especially the ones with my cat; not that I don't love her, it's just too much of a hassle to get her where I want. Also, the shots I did decide to use are pretty good and what I want to go for.

All my shots are in Resolve now, and I'm figuring out how to place them. I got a bunch of cool-looking shots of the room with the big mirror and this horse statue that we have, plus I retook the bedroom shots and am keeping the rainy window that I took on my phone. I want to start experimenting with sound mixing, and one of the takes has a really nice white noise that I'm putting underneath the rest of the mix. I also decided on what song to use -- it has a really nice melancholic atmosphere and that analog white noise in the background that I want to feature in the film -- and am playing around with timing to fit it.

Now that I have more footage I want to focus on finishing up takes so I can work on editing in a broader sense. I'm also going to work on color correction like I mentioned and started last week, definitely going for a darker look due to the weird exposure I got on my camera.

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Cradle

So the editing software I was using decided to stop working for some reason. Had it on my computer since like ... 2016? And it just doesn't open anymore? So I installed Davinci Resolve, no problem, I'm gonna redo that outline template thing with the pictures that I had before so I can keep working and inserting new clips.

In the meantime, I got out the camera that my mom gave me a few Christmases ago. I never got around to using it for anything, and decided that this project would be a good opportunity! It's a Canon Rebel T1i and comes with two lenses. It took a while for me to figure out how to shoot video on it but once I did I used the 55mm lens to shoot some stuff in an area of my house with a cool mirror.

Although I did figure out how to record, I still don't really get the exposure settings on this camera. Some shots / parts of them looked good but others were way too dark. I guess I'll fix it in post but I'm worried it'll look weird and grainy.

I also want to retake the shots of me in my bedroom and fix up the framing and stuff. It's hard to plan that out with the camera since there's no viewfinder so I have to trial-and-error it. But I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. 

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Machines

After shooting some footage I decided to set up an editing timeline in my video editor to get a sense of how long to make each shot. I drew some rudimentary sketches of each shot on my phone and imported them to my computer along with the footage I actually shot and put them over the song I chose to use.

This is what the timeline looks like with the sketch shots replacing the shots in my storyboard that I haven't filmed yet. I also replaced the sound in one clip with the extra rain sounds that I recorded in case the sound in the video itself was too quiet (which it was).

I've also been practicing how to use my editing software so that when I have more footage I can put it together easily. I think doing a little bit of everything right now instead of focusing on each step individuality will help in the long run.

Now that I've had time to stare at the footage I shot while 'editing' it, I definitely want to try to reshoot over the week. I wasn't able to shoot anything today as I had other stuff to work on but reshooting and getting new footage shouldn't be too hard with all the planning I've done and now that I have a better idea of how I want stuff to look, I guess.

I started some color correction on the footage I already have, in case I for some reason want to keep it after reshoots. the software I have has some cool color correction stuff, with lighting levels and a white-replacement option and RBG curves and stuff. I want to go for a really tan-brown look, but still more cool than warm. Something that feels really wintery. 

Here's a before and after playing around with the color settings. I can definitely do better, though, and I'll keep practicing so that I can get my final footage looking how I want.

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Doe Deer

After making those changes to the storyboard in my last post, I began shooting inside my house.

I got some of the shots that took place inside my room, the ones of the main character sitting on the bed and playing around with the necklace. It took a while to get the framing right and I might re-film with my actual camera (I used my phone, just wanted to get a sense of how it would be to practicalize the storyboarding I've done) to make the shots look better. I also got some nice recordings of my backyard and a rainy window with some extra sound recording in case the sound from the videos didn't sound good enough.

Something that's come up as a concern now is lighting ... I could do some color-correction on the video software I have and I generally want to go for something warm and natural but I don't know how good everything will look once I shoot it. I'll have to experiment between the phone, the camera, window lighting vs room lighting etc. and work it out.

Here are some stills that I thought were decent, especially the first shot. The color looks fine too, I want to continue with similar grading and palettes but I think that's something to worry about at the end once I actually have the footage done.

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Min Dag

So although I said I would try to get some footage shot on SAT day that didn't work out (oops).

I've changed some shots in my storyboard and kind of shifted towards a more indoors-oriented 'plot' for the opening. I also drew some rudimentary little keyframes for each storyboarded shot and put them into my editing program so I can plan out transitions and everything within that.

The shots that I replaced are highlighted in this new storyboard.

I chose to change the shot of people from the car to just one of the road while driving by; I failed to consider the possibility of asking people if I could film them, plus finding people just walking around in my neighborhood seems too tedious. I also incorporated this cool giant mirrored wall in one of the rooms in my house, shooting our piano and changing the shot of my cat on the bed to her on a couch in front of the mirror. Less important of a change but I changed the ambiguous "shot of boxes" to a specific shot of my dresser wrapped in plastic. Also wanted to include a shot of a rainy window since I thought it looked nice. Everything else is the same besides that, just wanted to make some practical changes now that I'm actually filming.

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Blue, Dense Orange Day

Now that I planned out the shots and flow of my opening, I want to start brainstorming about how I'll be filming them.

My mom is picking up my brother and I on Tuesday, so I can shoot some car footage then. I'm also taking the SAT on Wednesday, which means even more footage and possibly some shots of kids at school being added in somewhere. I already know my shooting locations situation (mostly at my dad's new house, maybe some retakes at my mom's new one if I'm not done by the time she moves, plus neighborhood footage) so thankfully I don't need to think any more about that.

Something I'm really interested in moving forward is sound design. Obviously, I'm gonna have the song playing in the back (Christian just released an album, by the way!), but it'll be ambient and instrumental and I want to keep natural sounds in to further build atmosphere. I may purchase a microphone and rig something up to record sound better, as well as some foley for footsteps and whatnot maybe.

I'm glad my project seems to be moving in a good direction. With the bulk of planning done, I just need to work out time to shoot in my schedule, and once that's over with I can move onto editing. I have to say, I am excited.

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Caboose

Finally settled on the 'plot' of my opening! *celebrates*

I decided to go with more of a montage type thing instead of something fully narrative. Like I brainstormed in my last post, I cut out the phone call part and tried to make the other shots I had flow with some new ones. Generally wanted to focus on conveying the feeling of being in a new place, with some aspects of familiarity.

The shots I kept in from my first round of shot planning were the car window close-up (just had to), the kids in the street, and moving from one room to another with the dolly. After that, I moved fully into the new house and introduced my cat as a character to portray a sense of familiarity. Carrying that sense further, I wanted to add in some close-ups of the boxes and their contents, kind of carrying aspects of home into the new place. I also want to include some nature shots of my backyard, basically for the same reason as the kids-in-the-street shot, and also because it looks nice. Also want to include some small artifact like a necklace that the character is seen touching (perhaps throughout the film, which would be good if I introduce it in the opening) to play on the coming-of-age convention of having a prop represent the character. For the credits, I wanted to have them in the sky to reflect the haziness I want to evoke throughout.

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Meet Me in Montauk

Today in class we met in groups to bounce ideas off each other and direct ourselves in good directions concerning each of our projects. I was put in a room with Ella, Maria, David, Mel, and Tanish, all of whom had really different and unique ideas from each other. it was a really interesting and rewarding experience having this meeting: it gave me perspective into others' planning and working processes and gave me some inspiration with regard to shooting locations, usage of music, and dialogue.

Ella's struggles with shooting locations had me thinking about my own struggles and how I integrated them into my idea, but her issues with lighting brought up new concerns for me. I already had a vision of using natural lighting but I want to make sure I get that soft, warm, kind of hazy late summer lighting and atmosphere and I'll have to brainstorm ways to ensure that. I'm glad i chose to plan around my current living situation, and the other people in the meeting gave their insight and approval, saying it really worked well with the themes I wanted to explore.

Mel is going to have a song play throughout her opening, one that will reflect her atmosphere and style perfectly; this reflected how I want to use an ambient piece in mine (by the way, I asked Christian if I could use one of his songs and he said yes! Stream Ten Mile Point, support independent artists). But this also made me kind of conflicted. Do I want to go for a montage, building atmosphere, introducing the setting and situation, and leaving everything else up to be developed later on in the film? Or do I want to sacrifice style by having more substance, a storyline that you can follow along and build the relatability / coming-of-age aspects? This is something I'll have to figure out sooner than later.

Maria and David had issues with dialogue, and that made me ponder whether or not I wanted to include dialogue in my opening. I did want to include that shot of the character having a phone call, but if I'm going for the montage feel I might cut it out completely and not have any spoken dialogue. I'm leaning towards this, I feel like dialogue is something better to focus on when creating a fuller narrative and developing character relationships, not something I need to work on right now considering my other focuses for the project.

Overall, this group meeting really helped me with brainstorming once I was introduced to other people and groups' struggles and planning methods. I feel like during and after it I was able to mull over different conflicts regarding how I want my opening to play out, and now that I'm moving onto practical planning like storyboarding I can figure out the exact direction I want to go in.

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Glass Museum

One of my main struggles for this project is coming up with a cohesive storyline. I have ideas for the atmosphere, music, overall visuals, and some specific shots, but no real way to link them together. I decided to write down and plan out some of those specific shots, so that I have them all in one place, and maybe from there I can brainstorm how to connect them.

The first of these shots I'd like to include is one taken from a car / distance, zoomed in a bit. It shows a group of kids playing or otherwise walking around a neighborhood, familiar with their environment. This will establish setting and show detachment from the setting since it's a wide shot zoomed in from far away. The second is a shot of the main character walking through a mostly empty house, maybe moving between rooms with the camera 'passing through a wall' if I can rig up some kind of dolly so it moves smoothly. The third is the character sitting on the floor having a short phone conversation with her mom, but I don't think it'll make it to the full opening, depending on if I'm going for more of a 'montage' feel or a full storyline. Finally, I also want to include a close-up of the character in the car looking at the passing surroundings to further establish everything I talked about in the first shot. Also a direct nod to Brown Bunny (2003), which I know I should probably shut up about someday.

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River Like Spine

With all my coming-of-age research completed and more brainstorming done, I think I’ve landed on the basic idea for my opening.

Working around and within my current setting (coincidental considering the themes I want to explore), my film opening will follow a teenager moving during junior year - taking the autobiographical convention I researched to its fullest extent. 

The plot of the 2-minute opening itself won’t be very eventful: the plotline I have thought out so far consists of the main character walking around a bare new house, and having a short phone conversation, highlighting the distance between her previous setting. I’ll also use some drive-by footage from a car POV and long-distance shots of other teenagers and the surrounding nature to cement the idea of community and image attached to a certain location. 

Some of my main inspiration in terms of what kinds of cinematography
I'd like, highlighting the character's relationship to the setting.

I have lots of specific shots in mind but haven’t thought about exact ways to connect them. Over the next few days I’ll begin to build a skeleton or very basic storyboard, then think up ways to link up the scenes chronologically (or maybe more of a montage?). Two minutes seems like a lot of time so I think my main concern is trying to achieve the full length. I’ll also start thinking about credits and how much of my time will be taken up by those.

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Resources: 
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330099/mediaviewer/rm1090813953 https://film-grab.com/2018/08/31/palo-alto/#bwg1271/78956 https://www.framerated.co.uk/kids-1995/ https://film-grab.com/2010/06/17/wendy-and-lucy/#bwg1790/111742

Infinite Potentiality

Coming-of-age films are usually marketed to audiences around the same age and demographic of the main characters. This can range from children to teenagers of both genders, The most common age range for coming-of-age audiences is 12 to 18 year olds, and this is also the most common age group represented in these films. Representation in coming-of-age has developed to be more accurate to the experiences of these audiences and less dramatized in recent years, focusing on the reality of mental health, school, home life, and other situations. Some films may receive R certifications if their content and nature, such as sexual scenarios and vulgar or offensive language and comedy, is deemed more appropriate for audiences ages 17 and up.

Ex) The 2007 film Juno deals with more serious and mature
themes such as teen pregnancy, but received a PG-13
certification since it teaches important lessons and tones down
its raunchy comedic nature.

With all the research that I’ve compiled, I’m able to now brainstorm about which conventions I want to include in my film opening. I’d definitely like to hone in on the aspects of realistic interactions and editing of those scenes, while having a more atmospheric style focused on visuals. While planning out my full film, I will plan the basis of a coming-of-age storyline with common themes including those mentioned in my previous post regarding the connection between setting and character identity.

My film opening will work to introduce the main character and setting, as well as some basic themes of the overall story. Like I mentioned before, I’d like to incorporate a song and might reach out to my friend Christian for that. I’d like to focus on building an atmosphere and tone that can be built further on in the film while still being consistent enough for the opening in and of itself.

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Resources:
https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2019-07-07/pop-culture/what-the-evolution-of-coming-of-age-movies-means-for-representation/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502416/13-phenomenal-facts-about-juno

Traumas of the past, take it backwards / Mean girls, bad gals, or: setting and character in coming-of-age

Many coming-of-age films take place in familiar settings such as suburban neighborhoods and schools. This adds to the sense of relatability and helps make the films and stories seem more rooted in reality and able to present real-world, easy to process themes. Audiences can see characters in similar communities, classes, and environments as them, and this relatability can make them more interested in the story and enjoy it more. These settings can also add to character development by providing a sense of identity: the characters can be tied to their environment or grow distanced from it, both important in developing the characters as they grow up or reach adulthood. 

One coming-of-age film that uses setting as an important story element as well as in character development is Lady Bird (2017). The film follows the titular character through her senior year of high school as her friendships and personality change, and a large aspect of her identity revolves around her relationship to her home town of Sacramento. Throughout the film, Lady Bird is bitter towards her surroundings, her low-class household, and the sameness of the life and people around her, excited to go to New York for college. However, by the end of the film, she takes a ride around her town and comes to admire the surroundings she grew tired of. This development and the role that Sacramento plays in shaping Lady Bird’s character and identity is something present in many coming-of-age stories and the lives of teenagers themselves, and I would like to explore the relationship between selfhood and setting in my film opening.

The editing in coming-of-age films is ‘natural,’ flowing in a realistic manner or focusing on dialogue and acting in order to further realize the scene. Some coming-of-age films that cross into adventure or science fiction, such as Stand By Me (1987) and Donnie Darko (2001), employ editing conventions from those genres and highlight more action-oriented aspects of their stories. Most films are the standard feature-length, being 90 minutes to two hours, with shorter lengths being more popular for more carefree-feeling films and those with more serious films being longer. 

Reflecting the familiarity of the setting, most costume and set design in coming-of-age films aims to realistically portray life in adolescence and childhood. Costume design is usually simple, with defining items sometimes standing out and remaining distinct to certain characters. Set design is often detailed, portraying schools or homes with accuracy and realism. Certain props also stand out and can be attributed to certain characters, giving them more distinct personalities within an ensemble or representing how they stand out in their community.

Ex) The Florida Project (2017) employs on-location shooting and detailed set design to reflect the reality of childhood in a low-class environment. The character Eleven in Stranger Things is often associated with the image of Eggo waffles, a brand that has been tied to her image.

Another relatable, nostalgic element often meticulously used and designed in the production of coming-of-age films is the soundtrack. Films such as the Breakfast Club (1985) and the Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), both mentioned in my previous post regarding this genre, use ‘(Don’t You) Forget About Me’ and ‘Heroes,’ songs that have become culturally attached to the respective films. Soundtracks can consist of familiar pop songs that one can associate with a certain era or the timeless feeling that music provides, uniting generations over time. A well-crafted soundtrack can include songs like this, original songs composed specifically for the film that reflect its themes or characters, or other songs from outside sources that accomplish the same goal.

One of my favorite coming-of-age soundtracks is that of Palo Alto (2013), and is composed of songs from big artists in the ‘indie’ scene, such as Blood Orange and Mac DeMarco, as well as original songs written for the film, including an intimate one written by starring actor Jack Kilmer. Side note, this soundtrack was released under Domino Records, which I just researched for my Music Marketing Project. Small world. Anyways, this soundtrack and its song choices are evocative of the overall tone of the film, one of hazy half-adult late adolescence and the irresponsible choices the characters make to form an identity that they haven’t yet found this far into their lives. The atmosphere it creates both within the film and separate from it is incredible, and is widely regarded by fans of the film (as sourced by my friends Ian, Chloe, and Sailor - hi guys) as an amazing album in and of itself, not to mention what it does for the film.

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Resources:
https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2016/04/18/living-in-the-sprawl-coming-of-age-in-the-suburban-void/
https://museemagazine.com/culture/2017/11/10/film-review-lady-bird-2017
https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/12106/teenage-girls-bedrooms-film-euphoria-pretty-pink-eighth-grade-girlhood-studies
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/behind-the-scenes-photos-the-florida-project/
https://www.businessinsider.com/stranger-things-eleven-doesnt-love-waffles-2016-10
https://film-grab.com/2018/08/31/palo-alto/#bwg1271/78952
http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/04/28/palo-alto-soundtrack-released/

Time Today

Since I’ve decided on using the coming-of-age genre in my film, I needed to research it and its conventions.

Coming-of-age films can provide both a relatable comfort and an escape to a better life for those who view and enjoy them. They follow kids and teenagers as they go through the struggles of life, with realistic conflicts that appeal to most audiences in the same age group as the main characters. However, they can often sensationalize or dramatize these events for the sake of entertainment. 

Many coming-of-age films are products of their time in terms of pop culture references that make them relatable in the first place, and these can grow to develop cult followings decades later for their sense of nostalgia or an interesting look into the past. Some can be autobiographical and take place in the past to reflect the writer or director’s childhood. These films are timeless, and still portray themes and stories that reach and impact generations of audiences. 

Ex) Mid90s (2018) is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film that partially reflects
director Jonah Hill’s childhood in its titular era

Narratives of coming-of-age films can range from single-day adventures with friends to longer storylines that deal with the harsher realities of adolescence and growing up. The latter often take place during high school, specifically junior and senior year, where the characters will be transitioning from adolescence to adulthood. They may also tackle more serious topics and themes such as mental health, family life, and struggles with fitting into social groups.

Ex) The Breakfast Club (1985), one of the most famous ‘timeless’ coming-of-age films, follows different archetypes as they discuss shared struggles over one day in high school.

The structure of coming-of-age films often follows one year of high school or a similar set timespan as the characters develop and learn from their experiences and the world around them. Though the characters do not fully change, they learn lessons about life and work through struggles, maturing to an extent. 

Ex) The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) portrays the characters’ relationships and personalities developing as well as
tackling more serious topics such as mental illness and sexuality.

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Resources:
https://industrialscripts.com/coming-of-age-movie/
https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2018/10/25/mid90s-actor-jonah-hills-directorial-debut-delivers-a-compelling-coming-of-age-story
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/07/19/judd-nelson-says-the-breakfast-club-shouldnt-remade/1781750001/
https://www.vulture.com/2012/12/toughest-scene-perks-of-being-a-wallflower.html