Showing posts with label negative effects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label negative effects. Show all posts

Thursday, 4 July 2013

Creating Serial Killers


Blood, intestenses and screams. The world of action movies is filled with everything your mother tried to shield you from. Many people still get their panties in a twist over them (or their tighty withies). But are they right? Are gory movies really that bad for you?


Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Candlelight, Dinner & Movies

Let's be honest. We all love to watch a romantic movie every once in a while. And a cheesy rom com always works for a first date. Everyone wants to find love that is portrayed in these movies. Telling your crush you love her just before she boards a plain. Or running towards the love of your life on a beach during sunset. Yes, cliches are common within the romance genre. But do these movies disort our view of reality? Do they create an unrealistic view of a relationship?

Monday, 3 June 2013

My Evil Stepmom

Movies are mainly great and incredible. But for some people among us, they create stereotypes. Stereotypes that get inserted into our brains from an early age. Some are unrealistic, others are mean and they always hurt someone. Movies have obviously played a big part in the creation of these stereotypes. 
Today I'm going to talk about one of the most hurtful and long lasting stereotypes ever created by movies.


Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Teaser for the teaser

It feels like every big blockbuster movie needs at least 5 different trailers to stay relevant.
Let's take the upcoming movie 'The Wolverine' as an example. Besides having numerous different versions of the actual trailer it already has a Vine trailer for the teaser trailer followed up by the full length teaser trailer. 

Friday, 24 May 2013

Subliminal messages in movies


Subliminal messages in movies has been a touchy subject for years. It's a form of communication that is not accepted in our society, however many people believe we are subjected to it. And the thing is, we might be.