relationships

Dirty Dancing

In the summer of 1963, 17-year-old New Yorker Frances "Baby" Houseman )is vacationing with her affluent family at Kellerman's,^[5] a resort in the Catskill Mountains. Baby develops a crush on the resort's dance instructor Johnny Castle, part of the working-class entertainment staff. When Baby, while carrying a watermelon, is invited to one of their secret after-hour parties, she observes for the first time the "dirty dancing" that the staff enjoys. She is intrigued by the sexy dancing, and receives a brief lesson from Johnny. Later, Baby discovers that Johnny's dance partner Penny Johnson is distraught over being pregnant by Robbie Gould, the womanizing waiter who is dating and cheating on Lisa, Baby's sister. Baby learns that Robbie plans to do nothing about the pregnancy as he says "Some people count, some people don't," so she secures the money from her father to pay for Penny's illegal abortion. Baby's father agrees to give her the money despite her secrecy regarding what it will be used for, because of the trust he holds in his daughter. In her efforts to help, Baby also becomes Penny's fill-in for a performance at the Sheldrake, a nearby resort where Johnny and Penny perform annually. This upcoming show requires Johnny to train Baby to become a better dancer and learn the required routine.
As Baby becomes Johnny's pupil in dance, tempers flare and a romance begins to develop. Their performance at the Sheldrake goes reasonably well. When they return to Kellerman's, they learn that Penny's backstreet abortion was botched, leaving Penny in agonizing pain. Baby brings her father to help, but he assumes that the pregnancy was caused by Johnny, and forbids Baby to have anything to do with him or his friends. He is furious at Baby for lying to him and betraying his trust. Baby, however, defies her father and goes to visit Johnny in his room that very night, where they begin an affair.

This links to my play as it shows a man who gets a young woman pregnant and then lesves her telling her to have an abortion. he says that he doesn't know if the baby is his and this links to Chris who says the same thing in my play when confronted with the pregnancy.
It also shows young love and relationships.

Titanic

Links to my play because it shows a mother daughter relationship that is having troubles and they are disagreeing on the decisions and choices the daughter should make. This leads her to rebel and start an affair. This rebellion links to Jade and the mother’s disapproval of her choices.

Rose’s fiancée has expectations of her but she goes against them as Jade goes against her expectations of her father if not on purpose.

Teen rebellion and coming of age

Skins is a BAFTA-winning British teen drama that follows a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of sixth form. The controversial plot line explores issues such as dysfunctional families, mental illness (including eating disorders), sexual orientation identity, substance abuse and death. The show was created by father and son television writers Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain for Company Pictures,and premiered on E4 on 25 January 2007.       

Skins links to my play as it shows young adults through school and their lives at home. My play explores Jade’s home and school life before she is pregnant.

As the characters in skins act out so does jade in the first scene of my play.

It also links because you see teen relationships and the complications and problems that come with these.

It shows how teens interact with each other and their strained relationships with their parents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skins_(TV_series)


No where boy

The drama tells the story of Lennon's teenage years from 1955-1960 and the start of his journey to becoming a successful musician. The story also examines the impact on his early life and personality of the two dominant females in his childhood – his Aunt Mimi, and his mother, Julia. In addition, the film shows the first meeting of Lennon with future Beatles Paul McCartney and George Harrison, and the development of their friendship and musical partnership.

This links to my play because it shows the boy rebelling against his parents and expectations which is similar to Jade and the expectations her dad has for her. He is seen to go against convention, and this is what Jade does by getting pregnant then having a career. This also links as it shows the strained relationship with parents and relationships with his friends.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowhere_Boy


Cemetary Junction

 1970s Britain, three friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce  and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives forever.

This links as it shows a coming of age in the main character which is similar to Jade as she takes on her responsibilities as a parent herself. She is forced to live on her own without her parents support which links to the main character in C.J.

It shows a young love and adolescent relationships which has helped develop my play.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemetery_Junction_(film)

9 months



Child psychologist Samuel Faulkner's ideal romance with ballet teacher Rebecca Taylor is turned upside-down when he learns he's going to be a father. His fears mount due to his encounters with an overbearing couple, Marty (Arnold) & Gail (Cusack) their unruly daughters and the confusing advice he gets from his perpetually single artist friend Too uninvolved with Rebecca's needs, Samuel parts company with her and takes a last stab at playing the field, but when he sees an ultrasound of his soon-to-be-born son, he decides that it's time to take responsibility before it's too late. Robin Williams, as Rebecca's Russian Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, adds much of the comic relief in the film.

 

links to my play   

This links to my play as it shows the stages of pregnancy which is similar to the structure of my play that follows the main character Jade from before she is pregnant to all the way through to when she gives birth.

It also shows the mother’s point of view and worries for the future when she becomes a mother. This is similar to Jade who is young and has more worries than most mothers do.

This film helped me develop my character Jade and show the stages of pregnancy.

chocolat- mother/daughter relationships

 This film is aboutVianne Rocher like her ancestors, drifts across France. In the winter of 1959, she travels to a tranquil French village, where she and her daughter, Anouk  open a small chocolaterie. The store imbues both wonder and angst within the classical villagers as it opens during the forty days of Lent.

links to my play

This film links to my play as it describes a single mother who brings up her daughter without the involvement of the father. This is similar to my play and the character of Jade. The mother is also successful in life in Chocolat even though she is a single mother and this helped me with the end of my play, in that Jade will be successful despite difficulties.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolat_(2000_film)

Film August Rush- relationships

boy named Evan Taylor lives in an orphanage, all the while believing that his parents are alive. He believes the music that he hears all around him is his parents communicating with him. He meets a counselor, Richard Jeffries, of the New York Child Services Department. Evan tells him he does not want to be adopted, because he believes his parents are still alive and will come to collect him eventually.

Through a series of flashbacks, his parents are revealed to be named Lyla Novacek, a famous concert cellist, and Louis Connelly, an Irish guitarist and lead singer of a rock band, who spent one romantic night together and don't see each other for a long period of time. Lyla became pregnant, which her father did not approve of, instead wanting Lyla to have a successful career without the obstacle of a child. After an argument with her father, Lyla ran out of a restaurant and was hit by a car. While in hospital, she gave birth to a son. Afterwards, she was told by her father that her child "was gone", unaware that he had actually been delivered successfully and then been sent to an orphanage by her father.

Evan has a strong faith that as long as he follows the music he hears and reacts to it, he will have a chance to be found by his parents. He makes his way to New York City, where he is taken in by a man known as "Wizard"who houses various orphans and runaways, employing them to play music on the streets and taking a large cut of their tips. Wizard enlists him and gives him the name "August Rush", convincing him he will be sent back to the orphanage if his real name is ever discovered.

Lyla only discovers that her son is alive when her father, knowing that he is dying, confesses what actually happened. Lyla immediately sets out to New York to look for her 11-year-old son.

A work he composes is chosen to be performed by the New York Philharmonic in Central Park, but Wizard barges into a rehearsal, and Evan reluctantly follows him back to his life of performing music on the streets. Meanwhile, Lyla has discovered Evan's identity and has decided to stay in New York while searching for her son. While there, she decides to resume her cello career. She is then chosen to play in the same concert, which  features Evan's piece. Louis, has a chance meeting with Evan in Washington Square Park and they play music together, although neither knows who the other is.

The night of the concert, Evan finally chooses to run from Wizard in favor of performing at his concert. In the meantime, Louis races to the park when he sees Evan's pseudonym along with Lyla's name on a sign billing the concert. Evan conducts his piece, and at its conclusion, he turns around to see Lyla and Louis standing hand in hand, and he finally makes the connection that they are his parents.

Links to my play

August rush links to my play as it shows the disconnected and distant relationship with the boy’s father. This links to my character of Chris who doesn’t want anything to do with Jade and her babies. He is only around long enough to find out she is pregnant, he is selfish and self-centred which links the character of Louis in August Rush.

This play helped me with the development of the character of Chris and helped me imagine how a 19 year old would behave when confronted with his pregnant girlfriend.

The film also shows the strong relationship the mother has with her child even though they are apart. The character of Lyla links to my character Jade in that she cares deeply for her babies and won’t give them up.

This film showed me a devoted mother and son relationship and a disenchanted father and son relationship and the disastrous relationship between the parents.

This scenario is similar to my okay and helped me to develop characters.

parent and teen relationships

The following infromation is from an article I found on the internet.

Without a doubt this is the most intense of all relationships, sparks alternately flying around and threatening to blaze the surroundings and then coming to rest in the intimate warmth of a glowing campfire. Until adolescence, the mother-daughter relationship is one of general warmth and closeness

But during adolescence, some say when the teenage daughter is faced with the task of differentiating herself, the mother-daughter relationship becomes one of alternating intimacy and hate, both marked with an intensity that only teenagers can bring to a relationship and bring out of their parents.

Teenage girls want both their freedom from and their connection to their mothers, but they are just not sure how to do this and as a result give lots of mixed messages. When teenage daughters are exercising their autonomy in their attempts to construct a differentiated self, they push their moms away. But given the female inclination towards relationships and connection, moms are not going to take these pushes passively. Just when their daughters need independence, their moms need connection.

On the other hand, when daughters are looking for connection, they typically turn to their mothers. When the mom is available, these are some of the most treasured and intimate moments between mothers and daughters; they just don't last all that long.

The dangerous dynamic here is that mothers, in their attempts to keep the relationship alive and healthy, might smother their daughters. Mothers have to learn to stay close while also giving their daughters the space in which to claim their independence.

the link to this article is below.
http://life.familyeducation.com/parenting/teen/42917.html

This information relates to my play as the relationship between the main character jade and her mother is somewhat strained. As seen in my first scene they have an argument as the mother tries to make her stay home but she wants to go out and have some fun. This relates to the idea that a daughter pushes her mother away to gain independence and privacy, and the mother tries to keep her close and remain as connected and close as before.

This leads to the parent teen conflict. this is part of another article.

There are many important misunderstandings that occur both with the parent and with the adolescent that, if recognized would not only reduce conflict, but strengthen the relationship, even if it seems there is hardly one there. While arguments between a parent and their teen are not of itself a bad thing, the manner in which they choose to resolve these disagreements is what ultimately determines the outcome and anxiety in each encounter.

Working through the teenage years is just as hard, and probably harder, for your teen as it is you, the adult. As parents we learn how to nurture and control our children as they grow from babies into young children. Most of the rules and boundaries we put on them are to keep them close and safe. As they reach the adolescent years however, our children’s natural instinct is to pull away and develop a sense of autonomy from the family. For many parents, this can instil a sense of sheer panic and for a teen, whether they admit it or not, stepping out of the nest for the first time can be extremely scary. It is a tense and emotional time for everyone.

For the most part, all teens are rebellious, self-focused, argumentative, critical, and moody. Often, they can become somewhat aggressive, talking loudly, showing off, and otherwise being obnoxious. Because of this parents and teens fight more because they are constantly pushing at each other.  

this is the link to that article.

http://www.theravive.com/services/parent-teen.htm

This relates to my radio play as my main character is self focused and somewhat rebellious and moody. the conflict between her mother means the relationship is strained and distant and this is typical of some teen relationships today, meaning that my relationship between mother and daughter is more realistic as it is based on real life.

the use of an unreliable narrator

An unreliable narrator is a narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty, misleadingly biased, or otherwise distorted, so that it departs from the ‘true’ understanding of events shared between the reader and the implied author. The discrepancy between the unreliable narrator's view of events and the view that readers suspect to be more accurate creates a sense of irony. The term does not necessarily mean that such a narrator is morally untrustworthy or a habitual liar we see it form their point of  view which is biased because it is what they think and not impartial. ‘

This links to my play as I am using both first and third person narration. It is third person to show events and first to hear the main character’s thoughts and feelings. This means that parts of my play will be told by an unreliable narrator.

My main character Jade describes her feelings and thoughts on the events around her several times at the start of the play and when she is pregnant. This helps to understand her better.