Films that have influenced society

Films that have influenced society

Media affects society in many ways both positive and negative, although most of the time it is negative. Films such as Kidulthood, a British drama set in inner West London shows society the negative side of teenagers as they stereotype them. The characters in this film are portrayed as being antisocial thugs that behave in a violent manner; the film also shows some of the characters part taking in recreational drug use. This is showing adults, parents and grandparents what their younger generations could essentially be doing.

Kidulthood represents age and gender in different ways such as the lads act ‘thuggish' or ‘gangsta’, this could be because they look up to the older lads in the hoodies and want to be like them, this is show with the use of “blud” and “fam”. Age is shown as they are at the age where they are taking part in sexual activities; it is also shown when a group of girls bully and beat a blonde girl up this suggest that being in high school is difficult and that violence is active in both the boys and the girls. Another negative aspect to this film is that the parents of the girl that is being bullied is that they do not realise that she was being bullied until it was too late, this sends a message to both the parents and the children viewing this film that if they are being bullied that they should tell someone and for the parents it shows certain signs of bullying that they can recognise. One of the main characters, known as Trevor, is pressured in to getting into the world of crime by his uncle it is clear to see that he is reluctant to do it but due to peer pressure he does.

Whereas zombie films such as the Night of the Living Dead, Evil Dead and Shaun of the Dead influence society as now people dress up as zombies and embrace the fear and concept of them every year on Halloween. These films are not based on reality or true events yet people still choose to believe that it is real. Zombie films feed people needs of being scared which increases the consumption of horror films. Since zombie film zombies have been feature in different types of media such as in music videos such as the famous Michael Jackson’s thriller video. Zombies have also featured in video games such as, The Walking Dead, which also has its own comic book, TV series, Call of Duty also have a game which involves zombies and then there are the Resident Evil games.