Transparent Beauty Productions is producing a new movie called Melancholy. It is about four teenagers who get trapped in an elevator and learn about themselves and each other. The teenagers include a wild child, an insecure boy, a cynical fellow, and an innocent girl.

Melancholy is reported to give hope and comfort to the audience.

“Melancholy means that no one is alone and that there’s always hope,” said junior Jillian Kassor, the screenwriter for Melancholy, “Melancholy is a new take on the Breakfast Club, so it is showing how teenagers act with one another in today’s world.”

Transparent Beauty Productions’ goal is to get to the youth of our generation.

“I really want to speak to the youth of our generation,” said Angeline Bryant, the executive producer of Transparent Beauty Productions, “What Melancholy does is that it shows you that even though you feel like a fish out of water, there are so many other people who may not be going through the same thing as you, but they can help you in so many different ways that you didn’t know.”

The majority of the screen was shot in an elevator made by the Melancholy crew. The cinematographer’s job involves making certain aspects visible.

“We made our own elevator to film the entire time,” said junior Addison Hagarty, the head cinematographer, “Part of my job was to find angles that didn’t make it look like a box all the time.”

Kassor’s writing, as stated, is relatable to young people.

“I like to write contemporary, young adult literature,” said Kassor “They tend to be sadder things because they are so real and raw; that’s what people relate to the most.”

Bryant states that a vision is made through the eyes of a director.

“If I would have to describe it, the director is the person who makes a vision of the movie,” said Bryant.

Hagarty’s job is making sure the film is seen by different shots and maintaining equipment.

“I’m in charge of setting up all of the angles,” said Hagarty, “I make sure all the cameras are running all the time, and I have to come with different shots.”

Hagarty enjoys her job because people get to see things for their eyes.

“I really love taking the scene and letting people see it through my imagination,” said Hagarty, “I like being able to set up a camera for people to see it the way I see it.”

Transparent Beauty states that they want to make movies people understand and feel.

“I want us to not only make films for the love of film,” said Bryant, “But I want to make films that touch people, that make people feel something, and have something people can relate to, especially speaking to the youth of our generation.”

Melancholy is a film about four different people. Kassor states that Melancholy shows how everyone endures something.

“People do crazy things out of loneliness, depression, and anxiety, things that everyone goes through every day,” said Kassor, “Melancholy shows you that you are not alone, all these things happen to everyone, and that it’s important to stick around to go through them.”