Love
The group that presented love came up with a convincing argument were they split love into four different categories, representing romance, friendship, family......... This was presented very well, especially when they were faced with the large problem that Love is associated with women. This obviously makes it difficult to market as it cuts of half of our audience. They tried to come up with a different slant of the theme, trying not to solely use the romantic side of love. Although it was a good effort, and the concept would allow us to use almost any film, the majority of the class felt that it would scare off the men.
On the Road
This theme was seemed to be the best option, although one drawback lied in the fact that the title could leave the general public confused as to what type of films would be on show. Another bad point surrounding this is the type of films that spring to mind when you know what the theme means, typically these include, Dumb and Dumber and Easy Rider. The films can be deemed as very 'samey'. One of the possible solutions to this theme, was the idea of the road movie being used metaphorically, for films that involve a journey.
Best films not to win an oscar
This is a good idea, but was not presented very well. One significant problem with this theme lies in the fact that many of the films would have been cult films, which is not what the majority of us wanted. As many of us study film, we want to put in some good films that the general public might not have heard of, instead of cult films that everybody had seen and most probably have in their DVD collection.
In Summary
The 'Road Film' was the overall winner. This theme allows us to show a large number of films that fall within a number of different genres. It will also allow us to show some non-comercial art-house films for younger audience, while also allowing us to show some classics that might appeal to an older audience.
