Briefly describe ONE important scene or event in your film or television programme and explain why it is important.

An important scene in the film Mean Creek directed by Jacob Aaron Estes is the scene of Georges death. This event is important as it allows the audience to better understand how each character develops after this particular scene. Through the event of Georges death the characters develop a sense of responsibility as well as a loss of innocence, which has an overall impact on the relationships between the characters.

One of the significant scenes in the film Mean Creek would be the event of Georges death. In this scene George is introduced to the revenge plan that he was supposed to be a victim of and consequently releases all of his shock and anger on the rest of the characters on the boat by mocking them one by one; when he gets to Marty, he goes over the borderline by mocking him about his father. This causes a fight between George and Marty that is attempted to have been stopped by Rocky who accidentally knocks George off the boat when he cannot swim at all. This is where the characters start to mature whereby after realising George was drowning, Rocky takes the first step of responsibility to save George as he realises the consequences of this event hence takes direct action to prevent this. Soon all the characters fully contribute in saving George by lifting him onto dry land with Millie putting all her effort in to resuscitate him. However, after all the characters had come to know that George had gone for good and there was nothing they could do to fix it they all spread out around the setting in thought with no noise but the sounds of nature. The silence after Georges death forced a realisation within the characters of what they had done, which removed their innocence, developed responsibility, and also started to change the relationship that they had among them. This clearly highlights how this scene of a turn point had played an important part for the overall film.

The scene of Georges death is important because it gives the audience an idea of how one major event can transform each character. In this case Georges death develops a loss of innocence within the characters. For example, in Mean Creek when there is a time of silence during the scene of Georges death, all the characters realise what they had become involved in and thought about all the consequences that they would have to deal with as a result of this event. This removes the sense of innocence from each of the characters and arises a sense of regression and guilt within them. Therefore the scene of Georges death should be considered to have been an important one as it enabled the audience to gain an insight of the emotional and mental changes that the characters had experienced as a result of this particular scene.

One important scene in the film Mean Creek is the scene of Georges death as it helps improve the audiences understanding of the changes that occur in the film as a result of this tragedy such as the introduction of the value of responsibility obtained by the majority of the characters. For example in the film Mean Creek, as a result of the scene of Georges death all of the characters gain a sense of responsibility whereby the entire group of teens with the exception of Marty, with guilt reveal the truth of their involvement in Georges death to Georges mother despite the many consequences that they were aware of that they may have to deal with. This shows how radically the characters have matured to take full responsibility to admit what they had done rather than keeping with Marty's plan to hide their wrong doing and get on with their lives. Hence the scene of Georges death is an important scene for the film as it had allowed the characters to mature and take responsibility of their actions, showing the audience how easily such situations can mature the mentality of teens.

An important event of the film Mean Creek would be the scene of Georges death seeing that it was the turn point of the film, whereby instead of the plot flowing along the revenge plan it is interfered by the tragic death of George, which changes the motive/morals behind the introduced storyline. This turn point causes a disturbance within the relationships of the characters as they come to recognise the different values that each of their peers held and lacked. For example in the film Mean Creek, before the death of George, Sam had looked up to his older brother Rocky and had held a lot of respect and trust towards him, however after the death of George, Sam had realised that Rocky had been a negative influence towards him and that he should not follow his footsteps seeing as they lead to a bad future. Knowing this, Sam by the end of this scene had lost his hope, respect and trust for Rocky, which resulted in a weaker relationship between the brothers in comparison to the strong bond that they had before this scene. Therefore the scene of Georges death should be known to have been an important scene as it had allowed a sense of realisation of their doings and beliefs in life and had furthermore allowed the audience to easily bare in mind the impact that such events have on the relationships of today's teens.

Evidently, in the film Mean Creek directed by Jacob Aaron Estes, the scene of Georges death should be considered to have been significant as it allowed the audience to better understand the development of each character as a result of this scene. Subsequently, the event of Georges death had evolved a sense of responsibility yet a loss of innocence that had an overall impact on the relationships between the characters. Hence this particular scene of Georges death and the characters reaction to it is known to have been significant as it enabled the audience to gain an insight of the impact that such events have on the maturing of teens.