Inspirations for Boost

I have selected several short film and feature length films that deal with similar subject matters and themes that my film deals with an example of this is Teen Suicide which is a drama romance with a tragic end same as my short film which is about a young boy who discovers love and goes on an emotional journey with his lover he ends up being the cause of the break up which leads him to take his own life.The feature film leaving Vegas which is about addiction my character also suffers with a strong dependency onEnergy drinks to conclude this post I feel these films follow the same narrative structure as my film.            








This short deals with unrequited love. Like my film it is about teenagers. 
The main protagonist is in love and tries to engage her but it is to no avail
She has no way of dealing with the despair she feels.
We see her high up on the school roof with a rook on her arm, possibly signifying death?
She swan dives off the roof.
It also uses the editing technique of blank screen with text. I am interested in using this for my film
I am also interested in suicidal tendencies in young people and the extreme difficulty of dealing with heartbreak.




Leaving Las Vegas deals with giving up and using and the physiology of thinking that something outside of yourself can make you feel better, which is the same theme that my film will try to attempt.
Also there is a romance connected with suicide as though it is a welcome refuge rather than self murder. 
Suicide is dealt with in this film as a final place of retreat and I want my film to try to convey this. 
However, both my idea and this film deny the truth, that suicide will not bring relief only an end to life.




Lymelife: 
This film has an ensemble cast but within it two teenagers. During the film we see the young boy try to get the girl. However for most of the film she sees him as a friend/idiot and is quite cruel to him. Some of this dynamic I would like to attempt in 'Boost' 


Bad Lands:

The Film Band Lands inspired me to make my film since it's subjects are orientated around destruction. My character is also fixated with acting out destructively but instead of physically hurting others he is emotionally hurting is girl friend and himself.  The film's genre is romantic drama which I am keen to make myself. In Badlands the protagonist goes on a killing spree as does mine, not with a firearm but with a can of 'Boost' and hurtful words which leads to is predictable catharsis, suicide. Both the characters smoke which symbolise destruction and self hatred.





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