Short film research: Forever Tonight ( drama/coming of age )

Forever Tonight is a film about a young girl sneaking out to attend prom, hoping for excitement and finding it, but ultimately is let down. It has themes of racial bias and struggle of those of certain races. The protagonist is one of the only people of color in the film as a whole, surrounded by mostly white individuals. A plot point in this film is an intimate scene between the protagonist and a boy in the film, something I took note of. This film takes a more colorful approach, not nearly as grey as my previous study. I wouldn't call it too colorful though, it feels the most like real life, not too grey but not too saturated. Like it could have been recorded on a phone camera. In fact, the camera shakes ever so slightly, but not to a distracting degree,  Its music is party music for a bit, as they are at a party. Each moment tells an important part of the story, which the last film did, but this one feels more fast paced. I found myself not liking the protagonist as much here. I understand she is meant to be sympathetic but I couldn't get past her actions. I believe they were meant to be painted neutral if not reasonable, maybe romantic in the moment, but it didn't sit right with me. But she is not completely unlikable and I did feel offended for her when she struggled. In my head she's not a good or bad person, but I'm not really sure what the director was going for. For my film I'd like to have this films level of color, but maybe not try to do THIS much with my protagonist. I also don't plan on including an intimate scene. I saw a couple of films before picking some to write analysis on, and intimate scenes feel overdone in this genre. That and it's not super school friendly to begin with.



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