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Genre Research: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

 What elements of the genre that you chose to base your final task on does this movie have?

The editing really captured the feelings I wanted to get through. The editing helped bring the movie together in a way that the cinematography and sound helped support. Moreover, the sound helped the story flow nicely. Certain songs helped set the mood for the movie, especially when they were digetic and the characters love the songs.

What elements of the genre did the movie that you like?

I loved the ups and downs in the movie. There were a few small conflicts at the beginning that helped you understand what the characters were like when something goes wrong. Seeing the small resolutions made the characters have stronger relationships with one another and helped convey to the audience the importance of the character relations. Going into the final, main conflict, you can really see how all those small issues built up and caused Charlie to spiral. Having seen the small conflicts first, you can have an idea of how Charlie will react, but it ends on a higher note than expected and leaves the audience with a great, infinite feeling. The way the music, set design, and editing all help to show the passage of time was a favorite for me. Small things like showing a church scene during Christmas and a graphic match to a church scene during Easter time. It gave the movie more personality and helped the audience feel like this was a real town.

What elements of the genre did the movie have the did not appeal to you?

I did not like the flashback scenes. It helped in the audience understanding Charlie's inner feelings better, bu tthey felt too choppy and hard to understand. I also didn't like the culture of drug and sex the movie created. I understand that it's happening right now, every day, but Charlie got drugged, completely unaware, twice. I think some of the friends he had and the things he was forced to go through were completely irrelevant and unessary for this type of movie.



Signing off,

Danniella Miller


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