02/17/22
Updates!!!
Today I decided to change my film idea. My idea changed because I realized some of the challenges I had on my previous idea were out of reach to fix.
New Film Idea!!!
So, my new film will be based on a coming of age movie of a young girl who is starting to become a different person based on the people she hangs out with but to make it different it'll be based on a girl who is a first-generation American in a Hispanic household. With that, the family starts to get really worried about the people the girl starts meeting which can be people who have tattoos, heterosexuals, males and etc. Most first-generation kids that come from Hispanic households could relate to this. As changing their ways and their families too. So, the girl faces many challenges as she tries to make her family accept who she is and her ways of living life. My intro will invite the audience to meet the main character who will be cooking breakfast for herself which is one of her favorite hobbies. The intro idea could change if I get inspired by something else but other than that it's set to be this.
Coming of age genre:
The coming of age genre has many characteristics that define the film and the meaning of what it is to transition from a young human to an older one in society. With movies that are based on coming of age, there are lessons and realistic events that some people experience that make the genre so relatable to many people. Specific characteristics that have to be included with the coming of age factors is the personal growth the main character makes in the film it could be by learning lessons or changing for the better by making wrong choices. Although most films could be able young transitioning to old some can just be about self-improvement and just growing as a person in the world.
Example 1:
In the movie "Dirty Dancing" the main character Francis who goes by Baby does something completely out of the box and her comfort zone which causes her to try new things and be good at those things. In situations like these, the character gains so much confidence in themselves which contributes to the coming of age genre where someone changes for the better. The coming of age genre in this film relates to what I am going for which is a person who goes through self-improvement and finds themselves because people around them pushed them out of their box.
Johnny played a big role in the movie as a coming of age genre because he impacted Baby's life by taking her out of her shell. In every coming-of-age genre movie, there's always that one character that impacts the main character greatly.
Back to Coming of age genre:
When it comes to filming a coming-of-age film there are three important characteristics those are character development, dialogue, and social commentary. Like I've said previously character development is essential in these specific films. The characters should go through emotional or mental dilemmas that in the future could benefit them in becoming better people in society. For dialogue, there has to be emotions and feelings that drive the story throughout the film.
Example 2:
The second film that I looked into that's considered to be a coming of age film is "Call Me By Your Name". This film is about two guys who fall in love and one of them is a teenager and the other is an adult. The young man falls in love for the first time with the other character. The characteristics that this film has been all of the ones I named above. The young boy faces problems most people his age encounter at certain points in life. There's an emotional dialogue between the two main characters and there's character development as the young man learns stuff about himself that he never knew.
Reflection:
This research has led me to find out the three important factors of the coming of age genre. As I start writing my plot and making the opening film I will think of character development, dialogue, and social commentary. In my film opening, I want to introduce my main character obviously before their big character development so I have to find ways to show that before in the opening. Talk to you later!
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