All Ages Before 10pm examines the struggling punk rock scene in Brantford Ontario, told through 3 unique bands all fighting together to keep it alive. Overall, the film is an essay, presenting the thesis or conflict, and following up with 3 supporting paragraphs or arguments in the form of bands: Harbour, Kalendar Kids, and The Bartops. The directing style of the film is an amalgamation, pulling elements from both the expository and performative persuasions of documentary filmmaking. The film draws from performative docs in the sense that it makes use of “staged” or unnatural moments in regards to the actual performances of these 3 bands. Each group of artists plays their songs in a faux music video segment, as a demonstration of the band’s talent and to compellingly break up the interviews. Each of them performs in a location that visually speaks to the style, tone, and position of that band in their specific scene. The expository elements that will be evident are the use of interviews, fly on the wall footage of the bands interacting with one another, as well as the examination of these 3 bands. It is with these methodologies that All Ages Before 10pm presents the perseverance of punk rock in a small town music scene hesitant to support it.