The purpose of the time-based text is to analyze the genre conventions of a type of text and explain to the viewers how the different elements make up this genre. For my topic, I chose to examine the elements of coming-of-age romance dramas. Some of my favorite movies like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Juno all share a commonality among them, which is they share similar genre conventions. These young adult dramas infuse comedy, romance and strong themes of life with young characters in their late teens or young twenties typically. It confronts topics that are relatable to a young audience, such as dating, school, and teenage pregnancies. As a student in college, I’m the primary audience of these movies and can connect to the storylines on a personal level. They have a nostalgic quality, due to being the memories of watching them with friends during high school when the themes were especially relevant to my life experiences. The audience of my time-based text is mainly targeted towards anyone who is a fan of teenage dramas or who wants a better understanding of this genre. I evaluated these conventions in the context of a video that utilized visual and aural modes. With a focus on design elements, such as a spoken explanation and short scenes from the movie, I attempted to create a video that effectively described the concepts found in the genre. The order I placed the visual elements was a central design concept I utilized. The three key design elements in the movies can be seen in the film posters, the title sequences and the characters, which is part of the thesis I used to organize the visuals of my video by organizing the poster pictures near the beginning and videos with a focus on characters at the end. I focused on the use of the voiceover to explain the conventions of the genre, aligning the images and video clips to my words to emphasize the specific points I made about these types of movies. The balance in the contrast between comedic and fun with the raw emotions from the story conflicts creates a movie that is both entertaining and relatable. The purpose is to entertain through romantic and comedic plot lines that connect to the viewers on a personal level. This genre sets up an experience that is humorous and emotional through its unique and quirky stylistic choices, young characters, and storylines that reflect the ups and downs of life. In order to show this important part of the plotline, I found a wide variety of clips to display the different aspects of the films from comedy moments and romantic ones to the emotional struggles of growing up, as seen in a clip from Perks of Being a Wallflower. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is an example of a movie within this genre that utilizes strong editing methods, using several types of multimodal texts throughout, such as visual or aural. Movies like this one rely heavily on the editing of graphics from on-screen, animated or drawn title sequences, underscored with a broad musical soundtrack, seeped in alternative and indie sounds. The movie Juno incorporates these conventions with a sketch-style animated sequence at the beginning of the movie. It depicts drawn elements from the plotline in a quirky way that matches the tone and style of the film, using vibrant colors and fun sketches. My goal was to emulate the visual-heavy facets by relying on the video clips and images of posters to paint a picture of the strong and graphic design elements utilized in the films. Sounds in this genre are important from music to the noises of moving components. I tried to utilize the music and tones from the films to emphasize these specific sounds by adding tidbits from the clips into my text, instead of having a music overlay to play as a backdrop to my voiceover. I think the design concepts that I used were successful in portraying the conventions of this genre, however, I would have added more elements to further my points. For example, these movies use creative transitions between scenes and utilize text through fun typefaces on the posters and on the screen. To further stress the conventions, I would have added text to my video with similar typefaces and would have used more unique transitions to switch between the images and the clips. In putting together this time-based text, I’ve learned more about genre conventions, how to utilize design concepts to further explain a point, and how to better use video editing software.