Hey guys, I'm back with another blog post for this week! It's important to keep other coming of age films in mind when trying to brainstorm for our own film. There are some elements of other films we would like to incorporate into our own film. In past posts I included some of my favorite coming of age films, since then  my partner and I have looked at other films and thought of ways we could interpret it into our own film.

    We haven't quite formed the full plan for our film yet, but we do have some ideas and I'd like to discuss where we incorporated some of our ideas from.  The scene will most likely open with our character standing in front of a mirror before they go to school, as they stand in front of the mirror the are nitpicking what they're wearing and what they look like; a classic criticism from a teen before they're about to go somewhere. This scene can be compared to a scene from the Netflix show "I am not okay with this", when one of the characters is standing in front of a mirror and talking to himself. He is motivating himself while getting ready before he has to go out and face people. This is a good tool to use, especially for these type of films, because then the audience gets to know exactly what the character is thinking about, since the information is coming directly from their mouth. 

    Another scene we know we'd like to include is a shot of our character on their way to school. A parallel we thought of for the shot was from the classic movie "Mean Girls". There is a scene where the main character, Cady, is being dismissed from her parents and walking into the school. This is a cool scene because it shows the setting of the school in the background and things associated with high school, like buses for example, and once she enters the school it establishes where the classrooms are, and different classmates. We are unable to film inside the school with the same shots and showing various other classmates because of filming and COVID-19 restrictions, but this scene is still important to somewhat recreate. We will place our character in front of the school and establish them there and in the front of the school. This is vital because one of the key elements of a coming of age film is high school, so it would make the most sense for us to include a scene with our character arriving at their ultimate destination: school. 

Character standing in front of mirror while getting ready