Media Copied: Project X, a film about Californian High Schoolers who try to throw the biggest party
What copied:
- Broken Windows
- Broken walls
- alcohol bottles
- Not their home
11 charged with criminal trespassing, caused 100,000 worth of damages
Conforming to media effects theory?
- glamourising partying
But the film also shows the consequences of this, with even the trailer using police siren sound effects and conversations with the protagonist's parents to indicate this. This fits more with David Gauntlett theory of how media effects research usually lifts parts of a film without considering how the narrative treats elements like sex, drugs and vandalism.
However the film does not end censoring the film's material, with an number of the characters escaping charges and the protagonist's father's applauding him. This was not the case with those involved in the Houston party.
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