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MY FAVOURITE FILMS

Finding NemoForgetting Sarah MarshallMean GirlsBlood DiamondWhat Happens in VegasToy StoryCentre StageSave the Last DanceSex and the CityBlack Swan

Here are just a couple of my favourite films. I found these enjoyable as most of them made me laugh and got me hooked instantly.

TECHNOLOGY/INSTITUTION??Finding Nemo, Monsters INC, Harry Potter (all of the films), Transformers, Kung Fu Panda, Wall-E, Ice Age, The Incredibles, Toy Story, Happy Feet, Shrek, Up, Antz, Bolt, A Bugs Life, Cars, Chicken Little, A Christmas Carol, Despicable Me, Flushed Away, Gnomeo and Juliet, Hoodwinked, Horton Hears a Who!, Madagascar, Monsters vs. Aliens, Monster House, Over the Hedge, Pirates of the Carrabian, Ratatouille, Shark Tale, Robots, Tangled, Surfs up, Dinosaur, Rio, Enchanted, The Wild, Brother Bear, Open Season, Igor, The Tale of Despereaux, Planet 51, Flubba.

GENDER??Mean Girls, Sex and the City, Pretty Woman, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Romy and Micheles High School Reunion, Beaches.

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IN EVERY DANCE FILM?

Pushy motherRival dancersA dancer that is aspiring to be as good as another dancerSome dance films, girl sleeps with man in charge to gain partEating disordersLeast talented dancer succeeds in the end

These are just a couple of things I thought of on top of my head.

I want to find out more!!

FOCUS FILM? WHY I CHOSE TO DO THIS?

I watched Black Swan at the weekend and was horrified how the main character a ballet dancer had been portrayed. The film made me feel physically sick at some stages as being a ballet dancer myself, being giving a bad reputation is not good!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jaI1XOB-bs

IDEAS FOR COMPARISON FILMS..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6G-2jnVkIg

Centre Stage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xzdCd15gqE

Save The Last Dance