The movie "Sex Drive" is a similar type of movie to "American Pie", in the fact that the main character wants to lose his virginity. ... Thus to appeal to these teens that are discovering their sexualities, advertisers, movie, television, and music producers sex up their content to catch the eyes of their target audience. ... The first is sexual activity where the scene depicts sensual touching between two characters. ... "Talk that promotes sex, referring to a variety of talk about sex (in general), anticipating sex, or desiring sexual behaviors" (Callister e...

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A crafty one can develop intimate relationships, forcing the viewer to cling to the plotline while trying his best to remain emotionally unscathed. ... After several more years of monster movies, directors began to realize that people tend to fear change in the things they know the best. ... Directing style was also a key element to consider, and I did my best to secure several different approaches by several different directors as well. ... This franchise features numerous scenes of intense blood and gore, popularizing it as a staple mutilation/bodily horror series. However, the scenes of ...

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These two stereotypical character types are thrust, together, into the very first scene of the film. ... The lead horseman forms the second successive stereotypical figure within the scene, the Bandido. ... His stereotypical image is however mainly rooted in his characteristics, and his actions within this scene. ... This can be best displayed through the character O'Reilly. ... In the very final scene of the film he eventually realises that his true place is with his people and remains in the village. ...

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This film gained him international recognition and set him up for his next piece, which is arguably one of his best. ... Its surface flow of images dazzles the viewer with sharp contrasts of black and white, startling eruptions from off screen, unexpected changes of scene, and a virtuoso display of all the possibilities and effects of camera movement.  ... La signora senza camelie (Camille without Camellias, 1953) concerns the rise and fall of a young movie star. ... "For one thing, Antonioni used the sequence shot in L'Avenntura to equate film time with real time: every scene in the fi...

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In the movie Whale Rider, based on a novel of the same name written by Witi Ihimaera, the main character Pai lives in a patriarchal society where she is forbidden from becoming her tribe's chief because she is a girl, even though the duty is rightfully hers as the first born. ... Holden obviously had a very high esteem for his brother, and he when he died, it took a toll on Holden; he lost his best friend and afterwards he felt alone. ... She remarked during this scene, while riding the Whale, "I wasn't scared to die....

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This myth may stem from the unintentional dissemination of hyperbole or even misinformation through the media such as in the movie Precious. In the movie, during one of the most notable and dramatic quotable scenes, the protagonists mother who watches television all day tells the protagonist that basically education will not help much and to take her butt down to the welfare office. ...

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A friend of mine who "makes beats " for professional hip-hop artists, and had developed a reputation in the club scene as being a kind of wunderkind D.J., composed the music for the production. ... To further this cause, I changed the character of Lysander from male to female, thus making the marriage between Lysander and Hermia illegal on the grounds of same-sex marriage rather than the misgivings of an overbearing father. ...

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