Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

A college student admires Mason's graffiti and asks about his father and Olivia's teaching.

Scene 100 of 160 · ≈ 2 min on screen · Act two

College Girl
Mason

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:38 into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 100

As his mother’s homes and relationships change, Mason grows from a restless child into a young photographer learning to choose his own direction before leaving for college.

Scenes 1–11
Mason’s world is a child’s local orbit of school, siblings, play, and a family not yet displaced.
Scenes 12–23
The move exposes Mason’s wish to keep his friends and stay connected to his absent father while Olivia seeks a more secure life.
Scenes 24–74
Mason enters successive new family arrangements: Dad’s return, Olivia’s marriage to Bill, and finally escape from Bill’s house.
Just before
Scene 97
Mason asks Olivia for permission to camp at a house under construction; she approves after asking him to leave contact details.
Scene 98
At the camping house, older boys drink, boast, and pressure Tony and Mason while they test their courage with boards and a saw blade.
Scene 99
Olivia hosts a pre-Thanksgiving gathering and greets Mason and Samantha as they arrive.
Scene 100
This scene

100INT. MASON'S BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS

Mason sits on his bed, chatting with a COLLEGE GIRL, who looks around his room. There is a large graffiti mural on the wall behind him.

COLLEGE GIRL

(points to the mural)

Oh, that's cool.

MASON

Thanks.

COLLEGE GIRL

You did that?

MASON

Yeah.

COLLEGE GIRL

Wow. How long have you been doing

that for?

MASON

Not very long. Um, I went to this

camp thing just this past summer.

COLLEGE GIRL

They have a camp for graffiti?

MASON

Well, they call it "urban art".

COLLEGE GIRL

Oh.

MASON

So it sounds, you know, less illegal,

but... it was really just a way to

get free spray paint.

COLLEGE GIRL

Cool. So is this your tag? Is that --

do they still call it...?

MASON

Yeah, but you know, it's just letters

that I'm good at writing.

COLLEGE GIRL

Oh. K...

MASON

COLLEGE GIRL

E. Z. J. O. Kezjo. That's cool.

MASON

It doesn't really mean anything,

though.

The College Girl notices a picture of Mason and his Dad leaning against the GTO.

COLLEGE GIRL

Is that your dad?

MASON

Yeah.

COLLEGE GIRL

Where's he live?

MASON

In Houston.

COLLEGE GIRL

Get to see him much?