Film Influences on Society.  Essay by jagerbombwvu, University,
Bachelor's, A+, October 2005  download word file, 2 pages ( 2 KB
) 3 1 reviews  Downloaded 31 times  Viewing a single movie or
being exposed to a specific message may be enough for effects on
people's beliefs which forms a perception about a certain group
of people. Film can influence opinions and ideas of people and
form society so their views and attitudes change on some level.
Younger children can see a film with loads of violence and the
kids will think that this type of action is normal or accepted
in society. People like to be like their role models. So people
might want to go out and kill all the "bad guys" because they
think that it will make them cool or just like whoever they are
trying to be.  By viewing films at a younger age, children can
take what they see in a movie and start believing what they see.
Children are looking for role models at an early age, and film
can look at a screen and see a "Hero" and they adopt the style
of the