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New film: Being Harry

So we've come to yet another idea change. It's all part of the film refining process and it's definitely not ideal but it is definitely possible to do. The new idea will be a mockumentary called Being Harry. I have previously highlighted an interest in exploring the way young people are shown in film and television in productions such as Skins, Kidulthood, Bullet Boy and the Inbetweeners. However now after close analysis of these and other texts I want to bring the concepts together and ultimately mock how film makers seem to exaggerate and exploit the pros and cons of being a young person. The film will follow a 17 year old called Harry. He's not neccessarily the most popular boy in his school but that's not to say he's a significantly dislikeable character. This is the concept that went behind the characters in The Inbetweeners. 4 boys who had no noticeable talent academically or sporting.

The Inbetweeners

The inbetweeners is a British made sitcom that begun on E4 in 2008. Even though it is not a film it's huge popularity among both younger and older audiences cannot be ignored when trying to gain inspiration for a story about teenage angst. It has lasted three series and has a film scheduled to be released in the summer of 2011. It follows the story of an older teenager called Will as he is taken out of the private education system he is accustomed to and placed in a state run sixth form centre. He meets three friends who are socially awkward, one being in love with a girl who isn't interested, one who has very little respect for women and talks mainly of their genitals and the third being some what of a simpleton. An audiences is treated to comical situations these boys get themselves into because of the way they struggle socially.