Assassins

Assassins Assassins (Hitmen & Snipers) In today’s world of entertainment media, most of the storylines for shows come from books, news, or an original screenplay. Of the three main sources mentioned, the topic of violence is one of the most widely used. It has the ability to keep an audiences attention, throughout the entire movie, because of all the nonstop action. Of all the action movies, ones based on snipers or hitmen seem to get the most attention. I believe this is because the person is acting alone and trying to take justice into his or her own hands. Do these types of movies promote violent behavior' Do these types of movies teach people ways in which to become a sniper or do they give technique advice' These are just some of the questions that we need to look at to justify the media’s influence on violent behavior. To answer these questions, I watched five movies that had either a sniper or hitman character in them. These movies were, Saving Private Ryan, The Professional, Assassins, The Jackal, and Enemy at the Gates. I used a method of content analysis, to gather information about the characters and their involvement movies, people, one, movie, types, sniper, violent, violence, very, snipers, seem, hitman, believe, because, about, type, studies, stallone, over, men, kill, just, become, banderas, willis, white, war, trying, try, technique, teach, saving, same, ryan, promote