conventions of a Coming of age movie #3

 Typical conventions of a coming of age movie, include the protagonist making a terrible mistake they must redeem themselves from. In my film idea, the protagonist's bad mistake was failing his tests, and gaining a bad grade. To redeem himself from it, he must succeed in the upcoming spelling bee. Another convention of this theme, is an emphasis on character growth. the protagonist in my film will start off as a character who often strictly judges others, who then learns not everybody can be accurately judged by their appearance. 

A film that has all of these conventions, is the Sandlot. in this movies a boy who recently moved is seeking the validation of his neighbors, who play baseball. In the immature act of gaining their approval, he goes to grab them his fathers baseball, which he knows is cherished by his father. In the process of this, he accidently knocks it into a neighbors yard, guarded by his scary dog. This portrays the common convention of a terrible and immature mistake the character has made, which is common in coming of age movies. He and his friends must then try to get back the ball, without the boy's father finding out. This is an example of the redemption convention common in these films. The boy finally gets the ball, and returns the dog to the neighbor, who was actually nice, and not as horrible as he assumed and judged him to be.