Hi,
I'm writing a coming-of-age film about a teenage girl who her explores newly discovered sexuality. In most coming-of-age movies somewhat slimier to this (Diary of a Teenage Girl, Palo Alto, Ask Me Anything), there's a kind of uplifting tone in the story.
I mean not necessarily happy endings. But in all those movies, main character (and other characters also sometimes), comes to a greater understanding of things, overcome something or kinda "grow-up" into something better at the end of the story.
But in real life, that's not the case. Sometimes, we grow up the be a someone worse than we used to be. We might grow-up learning to be a typical adult "asshole" in ordering to survive.
In my film, i need my protagonist to be that kind of character. She is curious, somewhat honest and relatively innocent at the beginning. But by the end of the movie, she learns to become an "asshole", because that's what normal in her social background.
But i am worries that it might ruin the whole point of a coming-of-age movie (i need to think about marketing perspectives as well). Also, in most of the movies in this genre (including the ones i've mentioned), they use some kind of narration to reveal the inner feelings of their protagonist. But i don't want to include some kind of narration of my protagonist, although the story would be mainly told from her perspective, because i have a feeling that the technique is being overused now. But that would limit the avenues to reveal her inner feelings.
What do you guys think? Any suggestions? Please note this is my first feature film script, although i've previously collaborated in few projects as a writer.
I'm writing a coming-of-age film about a teenage girl who her explores newly discovered sexuality. In most coming-of-age movies somewhat slimier to this (Diary of a Teenage Girl, Palo Alto, Ask Me Anything), there's a kind of uplifting tone in the story.
I mean not necessarily happy endings. But in all those movies, main character (and other characters also sometimes), comes to a greater understanding of things, overcome something or kinda "grow-up" into something better at the end of the story.
But in real life, that's not the case. Sometimes, we grow up the be a someone worse than we used to be. We might grow-up learning to be a typical adult "asshole" in ordering to survive.
In my film, i need my protagonist to be that kind of character. She is curious, somewhat honest and relatively innocent at the beginning. But by the end of the movie, she learns to become an "asshole", because that's what normal in her social background.
But i am worries that it might ruin the whole point of a coming-of-age movie (i need to think about marketing perspectives as well). Also, in most of the movies in this genre (including the ones i've mentioned), they use some kind of narration to reveal the inner feelings of their protagonist. But i don't want to include some kind of narration of my protagonist, although the story would be mainly told from her perspective, because i have a feeling that the technique is being overused now. But that would limit the avenues to reveal her inner feelings.
What do you guys think? Any suggestions? Please note this is my first feature film script, although i've previously collaborated in few projects as a writer.