Ask Me Anything.

Ask Me Anything.

Key Cast: Brit Robertson, Justin Long and Max Carver.

Director: Allison Burnett

Writer: Allison Burnett

Genre: Drama/Coming of age

Themes: Romance, love triangle, friendship,deceit, mental health

Release: December 2014

Budget: $950,000

Whilst a teenage girl, Katie Kampenfelt (Brit Robertson), takes a year off before college, she starts a blog talking about her new life experiences, relationships and depression.

Key scenes: The most important scene is the big reveal at the end of the film when the audience finds out that Katie is not who she says she is. We find out that the story we have heard from her point of view, although some parts real, is a fabrication. The scene at the end of the film starts by the mother writing an entry on her daughters blog explaining that she had changed her identity for the blog and that she has now disappeared. This scene is important for the audience as it explains to the audience that the person we have learnt to know doesn't exist. This is a key scene as through out the film we have felt sympathetic towards her, but we later find out that our trust has been misplaced. The audience becomes confused at the end of the film as it is an unexpected twist. the audience wants to find out what really happened to "Katie" but we don't even know her.

Micro-features:

Editing is important in this film as throughout the film the protagonist, Katie, has flash backs to her child hood. We can assume that these are parts of Katie's happy memories. This is important as the flash backs are always shown when she is in a situation with her love triangle. This is important for the audience as we can see that she regrets her actions as she always goes to her happy place when she feels as if she is doing something wrong. This creates sympathy for the main character as the audience knows that even though she knows she is doing the wrong thing, she cant escape it because she is stuck in a circle where she keeps repeating the same mistakes.

Performance is also important in this film as during the film any time she is offered help or guidance she doesn't accept it. Brit Robertson's performance is important as it shows to the audience that she wants to be independent and in control of her own life. Throughout the film she also tries acting older than she actually is. This is key in the film as it shows to the audience that she wants to be older so she can live her own life.

Comparable: This film is similar to "confessions of a teenage drama queen"(COATDQ) (2004) starring Lindsay Lohan. Both films follow the story of a young teenage girls who change their personality/identity in order to escape their past and family. In COATDQ the main protagonist lies about her family and how she lives in order to become more popular at school as the film is based around her trying to fit in to her new school. In Ask Me Anything, the protagonist changes her identity in order to keep her life private on her blog but at the same time to make her life public. She changes the way she looks and acts on her blog as she writes down what she wants to happen in the situations she is facing. They films are similar as both the protagonists want to change their lives so other people see them in a different way.