The Road To Nowhere

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dc.contributorHamzah, Sahar
dc.contributorCremins, Robert
dc.contributorRayneard, Max
dc.contributor.authorKey, Noah
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-13T19:01:55Z
dc.date.available2021-09-13T19:01:55Z
dc.date.issued2021-04
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the combination of two distinct film genres: the coming-of-age narrative and the losing-grip-on-reality trope seen in psychological films. Influenced by the global pandemic and other crises, this thesis looks to how young people have to grow up in a time where everything is unknown, and reality is not in its normal state. This thesis comprises of an analytical, introductory essay that explores my creative process, a Hollywood-standard treatment, and an original, feature-length screenplay entitled The Road to Nowhere. Works that inspired and influenced this thesis include Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Graduate, Birdman, Donnie Darko, Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand, and Talking Heads’ Road to Nowhere. The screenplay examines both a crisis of identity and a crisis of reality, asking the following questions: who are we and where do we belong in this world; how do we perceive the world around us; how much are we willing to risk finding happiness; and where do we find happiness: in the jobs and opportunities we earn or the people and environment we surround ourselves with?
dc.description.departmentCommunication, Jack J. Valenti School of
dc.description.departmentHonors College
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/8235
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofSenior Honors Theses
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dc.subjectScreenplay
dc.subjectScreenwriting
dc.subjectCinema
dc.subjectScript
dc.subjectPsychological
dc.subjectComing of age
dc.subjectPsychological thriller
dc.subjectRoad trip
dc.subjectDesert
dc.subjectIdentity
dc.subjectCrisis
dc.subjectHallucination
dc.subjectGenre theory
dc.subjectFilm analysis
dc.titleThe Road To Nowhere
dc.typeHonors Thesis
dc.type.dcmiText
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.levelBachelors
thesis.degree.nameBachelor of Arts

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