Preliminary 4/4

1. Six minutes, one story, and a lifetime of presentation regret.

On the eventful day of November 5th, 2024, Sir Zia introduced us to the infamous six-minute activity. The task was simple yet challenging: each team received three slips of paper, each containing a location, an object, and a character type. Lacking a hat to mix the slips, my pouch was (reluctantly) sacrificed for the cause. Our team consisted of four members: Aisha, Aleena, Fatima, and I. The slips we received were as follows: Location: Psych Ward Object: Vase Character Type:

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Target audience of coming of age genre: Who's Watching? The Awkward, the Nostalgic, and the Perpetually Teen at Heart !!

“Be sure you positively identify your target before you pull the trigger,” is something film producers live by and thus every film they...

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Films in the Coming of age genre: Teen Angst, Growth Spurts, and Awkward Moments

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Studying Codes and Conventions of a Coming-of-Age film: Nostalgia and Epiphany

Fatima infront of her mirror: “No, Mom, I’m not wasting time. I’m doing my homework,” I said, completely lying as I binge-watched the 200th episode of the most random, obscure TV show naturally, that spiraled into an Internet deep dive about the cast (totally not in a creepy way, of course). “OMG, I love how she does her makeup! I’m trying that right now!”, I said as I stood in front of my mirror with an ancient eyeshadow palette. It’s not exactly how most teenage girls talk,

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