Films..

Thirteen


Area of focus:
Teenagers, beginning their lives and the mistakes you can make in the start and how they can shape the rest of your life.

What could be researched:
Troubled, influenced teenagers and look in to statistics, watch how each film stereotypes and depicts their teenagers, whats similar and whats different. Similar news stories to the films.

Related films:
"Black and White
"Persepolis"
"Lords of Dogtown"
"All i Wanna do"
"Juno"
"Heathers"
"Ghost World"


 Black and White

Area of focus:
Teenagers, multi-cultural societies. How we all co-exist and take traits from each other. How we are all the same really and how important it is to realise that.

What could be researched:
Prejudices on homosexuals and other races in New York (especially). Teenagers, their issues of being forced in to things. Gangster societies, the multi-cultural teenage societies in New York.

Related films:
"Thirteen"
"Perspolis"
"Kidulthood"
"Adulthood"
"Lords of Dogtown"
"The Blindside"



A Street Car Named Desire

Area of focus:
The abuse and dangerous relationships, ppsychologically damaged people from relationships or perhaps with mental health issues prior to getting in to a relationship. Wrong relationships between families and couples.

What could be researched:
Troubled and abusive relationships. Brutish men and naive and vulnerable women. Mental illnesses, analysis on damaged people and their relationships.

Related films:
"Rebel Without a Cause"
"The Wild One"
"The Fugitive Kid"
"The Men"
"Baby Doll"



Amelie


Area of focus:
Others standing in the way of love, quirky atmospheres and people. Foreign languages, strange but subtle love stories.

What could be researched:
Relationship issues, due to lack of communication. Films that have the awkward actors and actresses, how they make you feel uncomfortable and how you find it rather amusing.

Related films:
"Priceless"
"Some Kind of Wonderful"
"Pretty in Pink"
"Monster-in-law"
"Because i Said so"
"Juno"
"Napoleon Dynamite"
"A Room With a View"
"Shark Vs. Eagle"
Saving Private Ryan




Area of focus:
War the conflict, the loss of a friend. Insanity, feeling isolated and left by your government. Fearful yet dangerous.

What could be researched:
Post war trauma's, war heroes and survival stories. How the governments coped with the wars, how America depicts a war then how Britain depicts the same war.

Realted Films:
"Hope & Glory"
"Stop-Loss"
"Jar Head"
"Black Hawk Down"
"Pearl Harbour"
"Flags of Our Fathers"
"Full Metal Jacket"