Harry Potter!!!

So tomorrow night is the opening night for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1. Guess who is going to the midnight opening? Yes, I am!! Harry Potter books were the books that I grew up on. I am not ashamed to say that I am a little more than a fan. When the seventh book came out, I went to a huge release party with about 3,000 people at one of the largest borders book stores. It was in Salt Lake City, Utah. Not only did I participate in all the games and events, I also won the costume contest with over 400 people competing against each other. I won the first copy of the seventh and last book for free. It was amazing. Now, as the finale of the films comes out, I can not help but be pretty hyper and excited for this film. The crowd at midnight premiers is a lot different to the crowds you normally see at the movies. These people are hard core fans who shouldn’t be messed with. When the sixth movie came out, I met so many other fans. One guy even had the dark mark, or Lord Voldemorts sign, tattooed on his arm. For Christmas, on my hip, I am getting the Deathly Hallows triangle tattooed on my hip and the Hogwarts Crest tattooed on my shoulder. I am one of the biggest Potter fans out there, and I most defiantly am not ashamed of it.

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To Start It Off

The topic that I have chosen for my research paper is how society and culture is affected and brought to life in film. I think this topic will be very interesting since I am going into filmmaking and the point of making a film is to explore the way that an idea is brought to life in a movie or television show. Cultural things are normally a big part in bringing those ideas to life. For example, in America, nudity and sexual relations are look at as worse than violence. However, if you took a trip to the UK, they would be shocked at some of the violent programs that we allow our citizens to watch. Visa versa, Americans would most likely believe that the amount of skin showed in the programs aired in the UK was very excessive and should be looked down upon.
There are a lot of people who think that film doesn’t affect the way that we think about life, but in reality in affects our society. Each culture is portrayed in certain ways, and the way that we see them in film usually hits upon certain stereotypes. In America, there are a lot of films that play heavily on stereotypes to help their plots and character developments. These are not always correct, but the movie goers seem to embrace these typical thoughts and they become almost accepted in the everyday society.
People also use movies for a way to gain information about things that they don’t normally know about. Like Al Gore’s documentary about global warming had a great impact on the American people by giving them the information that they didn’t know about global warming and possible steps in the prevention of it. Without this documentary, our society may not have had as great of an interest on going green.
Film changes the way that many people look at things and it also gives insight on the minds of the people by the way that it is shown in film. In my paper I intend to explore these things and delve further into how film makers make decisions and how those decisions on what goes in their productions affects the way that the people who watch it think.

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