Coming Of Age Film

Coming-of-age films are typically broken up into two separate categories. The first type presents an idyllic view of childhood, with images of adventures through imagination and flashes of the countryside. In this category, the message is clear: Childhood is awesome and the real world sucks. See “Kings of Summer,” “Moonrise Kingdom” and “The Tree of Life.” Then, there are the coming-of-age films that simply show grit. Angsty, rough teenagers who, either through friends or adult mentors, mature

For our short film, we were given the title ‘The Day They Met’ and the genre ‘Coming of Age’. During the first pre-production meeting, my group responded to the brief by sharing ideas, looking at what the genre and title mean and how we can interlink the two. Coming of age is a challenging genre to do for a short film as often the films with this genre cover a wide time span with strong character development. As a group, we discussed how we could do this in such a short amount of time. We collaboratively

For this paper, I am going to be discussing gender in the institution of films. Specifically, I am going to be discussing femininity in coming of age films. I am going to discuss how gender is represented in coming of age films in regards to femininity. Coming of age movies set an expectation for teens and young adults it lays out what they should fear and what they should thrive to be in order to transition to adulthood successfully. The media defines cultural and gender norms that are often very

In terms of the cultural impact of this film, there are several areas in which the time period around its release was severally influenced. Simply put, The Graduate is a coming of age film in its entirety. This film’s plot and various attributes can be seen throughout the last several decades in movies such as the American Pie series, Post-Grad, Juno, and The Breakfast Club. It was the first movie of its time to celebrate or put forth the idea of an older married female who seduces a much younger

Throughout the film Barrymore used many different camera angles but most common was the technique of panning from the ground following through to the main character’s face. I feel this angle, or shot, was used the most throughout the film and depicts the coming of age of Bliss. The concept of growing up and finding one’s self is portrayed by the camera angle growing from the ground up just as a young adult must do. The scene with Bliss’s boots shows how hard it is for her to be different and not

The Breakfast Club is a coming of age film about a group of high school kids that have been sentenced to a saturday detention. Each of these kids represents a clique or a stereotype within the average high school demographic. Throughout the film they learn that appearances are not everything and that they share more in common then they are aware. Under the eye of their principal this group struggles to sit through the detention without getting at each others throats, but they somehow manage to form

The principals of form in film are broken down into five categories; function, similarity and repetition, difference and variation, development, and unity and disunity. Each of these five elements come together in The Breakfast Club to create one of the most well-known coming of age films to come out of the 21st century. The first principle is Function. Most films have many different characters and storylines that serve a certain function for the overall effect of the movie. The story of The Breakfast

Boyhood, a coming of age film, covers the life of Manson for twelve years, up to the beginning of college. While the film doesn’t have any defining moments, it shows the progression of a person over time. The change from boyhood to manhood can be seen in multiple lens throughout the film. The environment plays a key role when it comes to Manson’s development. Interactions inside and outside the home, help develop his personality and overall character. With these lenses we can view the trajectory

When reaching a certain age young adults are expected to leave home and venture out into the world on their own. After living with family for so long, figuring out what to do to be able adjust to the next stages of life becomes a difficult challenge. Many young adults become thrilled at the idea of venturing out into the world and not having parents telling them what to do. That is only the beginning of the journey. The real question is how does leaving home affect a person psychologically. Departing

zany ideology. With that said, Fuller’s catalog of sayings and inspirational musings are in fact, the mood board behind Peter Livolsi’s debut coming-of-age film “The House of Tomorrow,” starring Alex Wolff, Asa Butterfield and Nick Offerman.