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Scuba

2024 · 86 min

A gentle, earnest coming-of-age story about teenage outsiders finding connection through a scrappy school play, with warmth and low-key charm.

Directed by: Jacob Vaus
Genres: Drama
Starring: Johnathan Middleton, Stephanie Reedy, Brock Kruckemeyer

Tagline: Will the show go on?
Overview: An outcast student and a theater reject test their budding relationship by putting on an audacious school play.

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Directed by: Jacob Vaus
Genres: Drama
Starring: Johnathan Middleton, Stephanie Reedy, Brock Kruckemeyer

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
friendship
love
art
Places: school
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Jacob Vaus
Written by: Jacob Vaus
Starring: Johnathan Middleton, Stephanie Reedy, Brock Kruckemeyer, Isabella Tagliati, Russ T Nailz, Marguerite Baca, Ron Grigsby, William Yonts
Runtime: 86 min
Country: United States of America

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