Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Photography teacher Turlington praises Mason's eye but challenges his discipline and assigns him to shoot a football game.

Scene 120 of 160 · ≈ 3 min on screen · Last scene of act two

Plot Point II
Turlington
Mason

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 2:03 into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 120

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 117
A week-later church service is announced from outside the small country church.
Scene 118
The family listens as the preacher tells the story of Thomas and speaks about believing without seeing.
Scene 119
At a pond, Annie offers fishing with her father, the family discusses baptism, and Dad skips a stone while Mason photographs it.
Scene 120
This scene

120INT. DARKROOM - DAY

Mason is developing a picture in the darkroom. His teacher, MR. TURLINGTON, wanders in.

TURLINGTON

How long you been in here, Mason?

MASON

I'm not sure.

TURLINGTON

I'm sure. All class. Did you

complete your image diary?

MASON

Not yet.

TURLINGTON

Completed your, uh, digital contact

sheet?

MASON

Not quite, but... I mean, it's not

gonna take me long.

TURLINGTON

Not yet. Not quite. Darkroom time

is extra-curricular. I mean

technically, you don't ever have to

be in here these days, and certainly

not until you've completed your

assignments. That's the deal.

MASON

Sorry.

TURLINGTON

I'm worried about you, Mason.

MASON

Why is that?

TURLINGTON

I'll tell you why. The images you're

turning in, they're cool. You're

looking at things in a really unique

way. Got a lot of natural talent.

MASON

Thanks.

TURLINGTON

Yeah, but, that and fifty cents will

just get you a cup of coffee in this

old world. I've met a lot of talented

people over the years. How many of

them made it professionally without

discipline, commitment, and a really

good work ethic?

Mason shrugs and shakes his head, unsure.

TURLINGTON (CONT'D)

I can tell you. I can count it on

two fingers. Zero. It's not gonna

happen for you, Mason. The world is