What Makes High School Movies Work? (Part 2)
Archetypes Parents (good and bad), teachers (good and bad), friends, teammates, and classmates (good and bad), and siblings all form the basis of an archetypal character set. In The Edge of Seventeen: Nadine’s mother: a bit unraveled and trying to cope with her own life as well as her two children. Nadine’s father is […]
What Makes High School Movies Work? (Part 1)
High school movies span decades. There are thousands covering most of film and TV history. This is mainly for one reason: the themes in them are universal. The stories of high school are the stories of life. Of joy, sadness, yearning, accomplishment, and all things in-between. On The Edge of Seventeen is a prime example of […]
