Contextual research

From this I learned to make stereotypes out of the characters and also character development, the way the teenagers change from beginning to the end.

From this I learned to make sure that every scene/action/dialogue develops the character as I don't think this film done that very well and more concentrated on the animation style and comedy which hindered the story.

From this I learned to think about characters and story and make sure it makes sense to my audience. I also learned to make sure there is a moral premise and moral decision as that is what will speak to my audience. I learned to always use subtext to make the characters more interesting as the audience will find them boring and will not care how they turn out at the end of the film/

From this I learned that character development is highly important - the characters need to have changed from the start. About a Girl is a strong influence for characters and what I would aim to achieve. 

From this I learned the crime aspect of crimes from a law perspective.

From this I learned the crime aspect of crimes from the criminal's perspective and his adolescence.

From this I learned about the rule of 3rds and to always cut on the action.

From this I learned about narrative and different perspectives of narrative. 

From this I learned about the secrets of editing, particularly to use the parts where actors have forgotten their lines to show the raw emotions. 

From this I learned how sisters act towards each other in a fight and also at the age group of my characters and their subtextual arguments.

From this I learned how sisters act towards each other in a fight and also at the age group of my characters and their subtextual arguments.

From this I learned about how sisters react to each other in different situations. I also learned to make the sisters binary opposites (Levi Strauss) as it will create conflict and tension throughout the characters, I can do this through their dialogue, costume/make up/props, and also their body language and actions.

From this I learned about how sisters react to each other in different situations. I also learned to make the sisters binary opposites (Levi Strauss) as it will create conflict and tension throughout the characters, I can do this through their dialogue, costume/make up/props, and also their body language and actions.

From this I learned about how sisters react to each other in different situations. I also learned to make the sisters binary opposites (Levi Strauss) as it will create conflict and tension throughout the characters, I can do this through their dialogue, costume/make up/props, and also their body language and actions.

From this I learned more about the crime and law aspect of how different crimes work, also that it would be difficult to film a crime so I should therefore stick to domesticated scenes. 

From this I learned more about the crime aspect of how different crimes work, also that it would be difficult to film a crime so I should therefore stick to domesticated scenes. 

From this I learned the subconscious subtext and how teenagers act around adults, specifically in the scene with the first meeting of the therapist. 

From this I learned how family members act around each other as I come from a small family, and how to create a domestic argument without it feeling awkward or too on the nose with the dialogue. 

From this I learned that the 'crime' route would be very difficult to create, but also to create heavy stereotypes in characters.