Interview with Screenwriter Neal Doran (CHANGES)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about?

Neil Doran: It’s about Toby, a 12-year-old boy, just on the verge of awkwardness, who falls for a girl on his Tube journey home from school and must overcome shyness, cockier rivals, and an over-protective parent to go on his first date.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

Almost-coming-of-age drama.

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

I think it deals with a time of life we all go through that usually doesn’t get that much attention. Battling through adolescence to adulthood, sure. But that point where we go from kid to teenager, when we first start seeing the potential for our own identity? I think that could use more films.

4. How would you describe this script in two words?

Awkward. Hopeful.

5. What movie have you seen the most times in your life?

Manhattan.

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