The movie I have chosen to recreate scenes from is “The Perks Of Being A Wallflower” a movie which follows the character Charlie, a student/aspiring writer who spends the majority of his time watching life pass from the side, never really getting involved with people. Throughout the film we watch him struggle to become comfortable with himself due to his depression and anxiety, he also shows sign of PTSD caused by childhood trauma.
During his time attending high school, he spends his time focusing on his work and struggling to fit in. One day he becomes friends with two other students who are the polar opposite of him who slowly get him to come out of his shell, Sam and her step brother Patrick.
Charlie spends his time helping his new found friend, Sam to pass. In his free time he spent more time going out and about with his two new friends and slowly starting to become happier. He attends parties with them and starts befriending some of his piers, a lot of people enjoying his innocent sense of humour and how polite he was.
Sadly, his friendship with the two siblings comes to an end when they have to leave for college whereas Charlie still had another year or so left in school leaving him alone again. This causes him to relapse and begin to fall back into a rut.
After calling his sister who was away from home, he starts talking about how he feels causing her to get quite worried due to his history and begged for him to stay on the phone whilst she instructs a friend to call the police to her house. We don’t see what else happens until we see has been sent to a mental institution to get him back on track.
In this scene he is visited by his sister Candace and his older brother Chris whilst at the mental institution.
Originally I was going to simply re-create the scenes however as we have to twist the scenes slightly I knew that it wasn’t going to work. But what I thought I could do as a little extra piece is re-create the movie poster.
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