Boyhood · written by Richard Linklater · 2014

Nick jokes that Mason and Turlington spent too long together in the darkroom, and Mason jabs him playfully.

Scene 121 of 160 · ≈ 1 min on screen · First scene of act three

Nick
Mason

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 2:06 into a 3:02 film

The story so farBefore scene 121

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 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
Photography teacher Turlington praises Mason's eye but challenges his discipline and assigns him to shoot a football game.
Scene 121
This scene

121INT. CLASSROOM - MOMENTS LATER

Mason walks back to his computer. NICK sits at the neighboring computer.

NICK

Hey man. You're walkin' a little

funny.

MASON

Fuck you.

NICK

I'm just saying, you guys were in

there for a long time. Just hope he

bought you dinner first.

Mason playfully jabs Nick in the arm.