The idea that culture eats itself means that there are no new ideas. The films have become more formulaic, as they have followed other films down to the detail. Film producers don't want to take risks as they want to gain back the money that they spent on the film. Two films that we would like to compare are:

• American Pie (1999) 
• Django (1966)

For

Proves that even after max 50 years the directors are referring back to old movies to establish with new technology or remakes to reach new modern audience. Even Romeo & Juliet wasn't the original love story.

Against

Independent films don't copy each other as much as hollywood films do as independent films are more controversial and radical.

Hypothesis

Good deeds (Indpedent) and The Help ( Hollywood)

Genre: Drama

The representation of woman in the drama genre

Good Deeds is based on a single mother that is finding it extreamley hard to make enough money to buy food, pay rent and look after her daughter. Thandie newington who plays the main character is a very hard working woman but things are just not going her way. This movie shows the struggles a woman has to go through to become happy in the end.

The Help is a movie based on the civil rights in 1960's.A woman called Aibileen who struggles alot working for a family that does not appreciate the work she has put in. Not only is she being mistreated she has recentley lost her son. This movie also shows you the struggles a woman has to go through to receieve a happy ending.

Both Characters are very strong black females who in the beginning are both challeneged with hard obstacles to overcome, these obstacles are the ones that are able to prepare them for the resolution to be brought forward. The clips below will show you the pain they have to go through.

You will see the motherly aspect of the females when the camera shots are closed up to the actor. They both have motherly moments as woman they always have a protective and kind nature towards children and men. The clips below will show you examples.

Both woman are portrayed to be females that are not materialistic. If you see in the clips they are wearing basic and tatty clothes because they have bigger worries to think about due the society and circumstances they are under.

The message I was able to recieve from these two clips were that bad things can happen to good people. They are both females or are struggling going through all this pain, while the rich or people in a higher class just watch them and do not help striaght away. 

In the end of both movies I was able to gather that woman went through a lot. A message that I am able to take from both movies are "happyness is important" when both woman are given what they require they are happy, money is not needed for happiness.