Independant study

Title: To what extent are heroes a reflection of stereotypes perception of heroes in the culture the film is from?
Genre: Action
Films that you'll be looking at
Hollywood-
· Rambo
· James Bond
· Rush Hour
· Mission Impossible
· Die Hard
· Ben Hur
· The Terminator
Hong Kong
· Jackie Chan films
· Once upon a time in China
· Hero
· A better tomorrow
· Adoptions of Louis cha’s Wuxia novels
· Crouching tiger, hidden dragon
· House of flying daggers
· Bruce Lee

Cultural comparisons and film theories that you'll be using
· American/ English and Chinese/ HK
· Asians in western films, how the characteristics of a hero is different
· What the conventions are in different cultures and how has this changed?
· Representation theory, of male characters and heroes
· Feminist, female heroes?
- Female love interest
- Damsel in distress
· Gaze Theory; is the film a portrayal of a males view or female or both? How are they different, and why?
Summary of the major arguments you'll be making
· Actors that have traditionally be associated as action heroes in Asia, have crossed over to Hollywood, how have the actor’s characters in Hollywood changed and deferred from Asian film characters?
· How does the portrayal of female characters in the film affect the male heroes? Does a damsel in distress often cause the events in action films to change? Are damsels in distress the key that moves the plot foreword?
· Will a female hero be any different from male heroes?
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Independent study

List of genre, directors, films that im interested in

Genres:
Animation
Epics/historical
adventure
fantasy

Directors:
George Lucas
Miyazaki Hayao
Stanely Kubrick
Quetin Tarantino
Mike Nichols

Films:
Films by Miyazaki Hayao
Lost in Translation
The lord of thing rings trilogy
Star Wars
The graduate
Schindler's list
Elizabeth
Lost in translation
Shrek

Cultures:
American, Japanese, British