Talks - ideas for development (Films / TV / Video)
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Acceptance
Man on the moon (6 mins -
13 mins into the film Andy is rejected because they don't like his material.
However, they love his Elvis act.)
Been different
Blame
The Grinch - the girl gets
blamed for the Grinch wrecking the town, although it is not her fault
Christian spirituality (loosely speaking)
Church
Courage / strength
Choices
Christmas
Consequences
Consumerism
Fight Club - the scene near
the beginning of the film where Jack describes himself / his flat in terms of
what he owns
Deception / lies
Doing as you are told
Terminator II (the bit
where the terminator nearly blows two guys away because John challenges them.
John makes the terminator promise not to kill anyone)
Drugs / booze
Embarrassment
Notting Hill (53mins - 59mins from the beginning of the film. The
bit where Anna goes to William's sisters birthday party)
American Pie (embarrassment
- the scene where Jim's dad tries to talk to Jim about girlie magazines)
Equality
Bend it like Beckham -
Jess is caught playing football in the park by her mother. Her
parents tell her, she should not be doing this because she is a girl.
Failure
Indiana Jones and the Last
Crusade (in the opening sequence Indiana tries to retrieve some ancient
artefact, but fails. Years later, he succeeds...if at first you don't
succeed...)
Man on the moon (6 mins -
13 mins into the film Andy gets fired because they don't like his act,
however, that soon changes)
Faith
The Grinch - the little
girl has faith that the Grinch will turn up, even though everyone else doesn't
The Matrix
Families
EdTV - Ed's family reveal all the
"skeletons in their closet" - families can be complicated
Fate / Chance / coincidence
Fighting
Fitting in
XXX (They send Xander fits
in, where others don't)
Forgiveness
Friendship
Get a life
Ghosts / supernatural and stuff
God
God knows you
Grief
Guilt
Terminator II (Miles Bennett Dyson is
told that he is responsible for World War III)
Forest Gump (Lt Dan believes he should
have died on the battlefield)
Harry Enfield - Jürgen the German (series 2 / Harry Enfield and Chums 1997) "I
feel I must apologise for the conduct of my nation in the war..."
Friends series 7 - "The one where rosita dies" (the chair) - Rachel's chair v
Joey's
What women want
Billy Madison
Halloween
The
Simpsons Tree House of Horror IV
Having a bad day
Heaven and Hell
Help
Homosexuality
Humiliation
The Grinch - the bit where
he gets his hair shaved off
Hurt
Friends Series 8 episode 9 - the one with the rumour
Hypocrisy
Friends series 7 -
TOW all the cheese cakes
In-justice / corruption
Identity / self esteem / acceptance
Jealously / rivalry
Lies
Friends Series 8 episode 9 - the one with the rumour
Life...
Life and death
Love
10 Things I hate about you
Loyalty
Luck
Masks
The Mask (23mins - 32mins
from the beginning of the film, Stanley puts the mask on)
MIB 2
Men v women / sexism
Money
Absolutely Fabulous Series 2 - 'Poor'
The Simpsons - Marge not be proud
Rain Man (What people are willing to do,
to get their hand on it)
Brewster's Millions
Music
Parents
Step Mom
Meet Jo Black (an example
of a good, loving parent)
Meet the parents
Armageddon (in the opening
scene, Harry struggles with the idea that his daughter has grown up)
American Pie (embarrassment
- the scene where Jim's dad tries to talk to Jim about girlie magazines)
Dead Poets Society (3mins -
8mins into the film we see good example of a father who wants to control his
son's life)
Paying the price
Planet Earth / Green Issues
Pornography
Friends series 4 episode 17 "The one with free porn"
Prayer
Pregnancy
Prejudice
Puberty
Purpose
Relationships / marriage etc.
Respect
Red Heat (initially, both
the American and Russian cops have a bad attitude towards each other...in the
end the develop a mutual respect)
LA Confidential (the
tension between Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce develops into mutual respect)
Revenge
Rivalry
The Simpsons -
Lisa's rival
Sacrifice
Second Chances
Another chance by
Roger
Sanchez
Secrets
Friends series 7 - "The one where rosita dies" (the chair) - Rachel's chair v
Joey's
EdTv
Self-control
Self-image
Sexuality
Silence
Man on the moon - according to the guru, silence is the secret to being
funny
Standing up for yourself / having principles / bold
Stealing
Stress
Taking Advantage / using people
Team Work
XXX (The bit when they are
in Columbia)
Teenage Pregnancy
Valentines
10 Things I hate about you
Vegetarianism
The Simpsons -
Lisa the Vegetarian
War
When it all goes wrong
Who's in control?
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