Mark Kermode - Coming of Age

1. What episode of Mark Kermode Secrets of Cinema did you watch? 

Coming of Age

2. Apply Daniel Chandler's theory of conventions of content to this genre. 

- Focuses on one character
- Often has a traumatic event which causes the character torment
- Sometimes has a "makeover" scene 
- The main character may not fit in with society or their group of friends or family
- Shows children or young adults
- Often has time skips to show the passing of time and the character growing up
- Uses nostalgic music 
- Young love

3. What ideas does Kermode discuss in this documentary? 

- Is sometimes meant to transport the spectator back to their own youth
- Films are quite often biographical of the writer or director 

4. What films had you already seen? 

- Lady Bird
- Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone
- The Breakfast Club
- Romeo and Juliet
- Clueless
- Mean Girls
- Heathers
- Carrie
- Submarine 
- Call Me By Your Name
- Toy Story 3

5. Which films hadn't you? 

- Stand By Me
- Jeremy
- The 400 Blows
- Rebel Without A Cause
- Moonlight
- Gregory's Girl
- The Graduate
- Saturday Night Fever
- American Graffiti
- Pretty in Pink
- Boyhood
- This is England 
- Fish Tank
- American Honey

6. Which films made you think 'i'd like to watch that' and why?

Boyhood intrigued me because it was filmed over 12 years with the same actors and that's nothing I've ever seen before. 

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