Coming of age research

2. What is a coming of age film?
 Genre of film that focuses on the growth of a protagonist from youth to
adulthood.
 Personal growth and change is an important characteristic of this genre.
 The main characters in the film are usually between the ages of 14 and 19.

3. Theme
 For a coming of age film multiple storylines can be considered such as
relationships, virginity, drugs, pregnancy and friendships.
 The films are all about encouragement and experimenting; this creates an
effective film as the audience will be able to relate to the storyline or
character.

4. Audience
 A coming of age film is normally targeted at a teenage audience as they
can relate to the characters.
 However they can also include explicit and controversial themes which
can raise the age rating to 18 which would draw in older audiences.
 Some coming of age films can be targeted at a younger audience if the
storyline focuses on softer issues.

5. History
 Rebel without a cause (1955) is one of the first coming of age films
 The breakfast club (1985) is probably the most famous coming of age film
 Almost famous (2000) a very famous coming of age film, right on the millennium
 The perks of being a wallflower (2012) popular coming of age film made from the
Stephen Chabosky book

6. Box Office
 The highest Box Office for a coming of age film would be the twilight saga’s
‘Eclipse’ with a total of $300.5 million
 The Iconic film The Breakfast Club had a total Box office of $50.1 million
 So we an see that there is a real range in the success of coming of age films

7. Directors
 John Hughes- the breakfast club & sixteen candles
 Mark Waters- Mean girls & Freaky Friday
 Richard Linklater- Boyhood & Dazed and confused

8. Actors
 Molly Ringwald- The breakfast club, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles
 Emma Roberts- The art of getting by, Its kind of a funny story, Wild child
 Nat Wolff- Paper towns, The fault in our stars, stuck in love
 Shailene Woodley- Divergent, the spectacular now, the fault in our stars
 Mae Whitman- Duff, the perks of being a wallflower
 Logan Lerman- the perks of being a wallflower, Percy Jackson