Movie Influences

Summary:
For my expansion essay I am looking into movie influences and came across a study about the influence of smoking in movies. In the article Does Smoking in Movies Promote Teenage Smoking  Todd F. Heatherton and James D. Sargent conducted a study that focused on the adolescent age group along with children. Researchers surveyed children between the ages of 10-14 on their exposure to smoking in movies and were later questioned on whether smoking is considered a positive or negative experience. Many associated it with positive attitudes and predicted smoking within 1 to 2 years. The researchers concluded smoking in movies influence kids from the ages 10-14 to start smoking.

Response:
I chose this article because I can use it in my essay expansion for how teen movies effect the viewers since kids are influenced to smoke they would be influenced by themes in teen movies such as the classification of people at schools or selling themselves short because they may not be popular enough to talk to someone of higher popularity. I find it amazing how peer pressure and influencing works, the intention of influencing doesn't even need to be present in order to persuade.

Expanssion Essay

For the expansion essay I will be using mini essay four where I used David Denby's article High-School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies to analyze how the movie A Cinderella Story fits into the described category. I chose this essay because it will be easier for me to write about since I have an interest in the subject. For the expansion my plan is to incorporate not just the Cinderella themed teen movies but also horror movies such as Carrie and rebellious movies such as Footloose. Carrie I can use the fact that the 'villains' bullied Carrie into her deadly rage and Footloose I can use the idea that the teens ignore authority.

1. Teen movies
2. Movie genres
3. Footloose movie
4. Carrie movie
5. High school themes