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(While the Scriptural references are certainly not subjective, my commentary may be and sometimes is somewhat subjective.)
FINDINGS: INTRODUCTION The content found by the six CAP Content Investigation Areas in CRAVE Film Series: INTRODUCTION (2008) is as follows: Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - 100 out of 100 Impudence/Hate (I) - 100 out of 100 Sexual Immorality (S) - 100 out of 100 Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 100 out of 100 Offense to God (O) - 100 out of 100 Murder/Suicide (M) - 100 out of 100 SCORING DISTRIBUTION: INTRODUCTION 
CRAVE Film Series: INTRODUCTION (2008), NR [G-NR*] earned a CAP Final score of 100 out of 100 points, placing the content of this film equivalent to G-rated movies in the comparative baseline database. The Final Score scoring ranges are shown to the left:Following are the scores earned by this film in the six CAP Content Investigation Areas (out of a possible 100 points each) and the examples per hour: Content Investigation Area scoring: ------------------------- 
CAP ID (Influence Density)------------------------ Minimum minus Maximum (MinMax) ------------------------ Provided to the right is the above scoring distribution displayed as a graphic (the CAP Thermometers). Click here for an explanation of the CAP Thermometers and how to use the CAP Entertainment Media Analysis Reports to help you make an informed moral decision about the fitness of the film: Following are brief discussions of the content per individual content investigation area. Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - 100 out of 100 No violence or crime was found. Impudence/Hate (I) - 100 out of 100 Nothing impudent or hateful was found. Sexual Immorality (S) - 100 out of 100 Nothing even remotely associated with sexually immoral behavior or imagery was found. Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 100 out of 100 There are no instances of possession or consumption of illegal drugs, alcohol or tobacco in the entire Introduction section nor were there any instances of abuse of prescription drugs found. Offense to God (O) - 100 out of 100 No abuses of God's name, no Satanism, no occultism, no witchcraft, no wizardry or anything of the kind were found. Murder/Suicide (M) - 100 out of 100 No murders or suicides were found.
FINDINGS: INTIMACY - POP STAR The content found by the six CAP Content Investigation Areas in CRAVE Film Series: INTIMACY - POP STAR (2008) is as follows: Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - 100 out of 100 Impudence/Hate (I) - 73 out of 100 Sexual Immorality (S) - 100 out of 100 Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 73 out of 100 Offense to God (O) - 100 out of 100 Murder/Suicide (M) - 100 out of 100 SCORING DISTRIBUTION: INTIMACY - POP STAR CRAVE Film Series: INTIMACY - POP STAR (2008), NR [G-NR*] earned a CAP Final score of 91 out of 100 points, placing the content of this film equivalent to G-rated movies in the comparative baseline database. The Final Score scoring ranges are shown to the right: Following are the scores earned by this film in the six CAP Content Investigation Areas (out of a possible 100 points each) and the examples per hour: Content Investigation Area scoring: ------------------------- 
CAP ID (Influence Density)------------------------ Minimum minus Maximum (MinMax) ------------------------ Provided to the right is the above scoring distribution displayed as a graphic (the CAP Thermometers). Click here for an explanation of the CAP Thermometers and how to use the CAP Entertainment Media Analysis Reports to help you make an informed moral decision about the fitness of the film: Following are brief discussions of the content per individual content investigation area. Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - 100 out of 100 There was nothing violent or criminal in the entire feature. Impudence/Hate (I) - 73 out of 100 Andy McTeer, whose actual name is Miles Dinkenhoffer, (Adam Campbell ) is an insufferable British rock star who is arrogant and self-absorbed. Nothing is his fault. His narcissistic attitude offends everyone ... until a young cancer patient girl, Shana (Adair Tishler) melts him. Sexual Immorality (S) - 100 out of 100 There is nothing to even approach sexually immoral behavior or imagery in this feature. Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 73 out of 100 Andy is reported by the script to have trashed a hotel room in a drunken stupor. Offense to God (O) - 100 out of 100 No uses of God's name in vain, no witchcraft, sorcery, occultism, Satanism or anything of the kind was found. Murder/Suicide (M) - 100 out of 100 No murders or suicides were found.
The content found by the six CAP Content Investigation Areas in CRAVE Film Series: DESTINY - MIDNIGHT CLEAR (2008) is as follows: Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - 33 out of 100 Impudence/Hate (I) - 56 out of 100 Sexual Immorality (S) - 100 out of 100 Drugs/Alcohol (D) - Zero out of 100 Offense to God (O) - 100 out of 100 Murder/Suicide (M) - 100 out of 100 SCORING DISTRIBUTION - MIDNIGHT CLEAR CRAVE Film Series: DESTINY - MIDNIGHT CLEAR (2008), NR [13-NR*] earned a CAP Final score of 65 out of 100 points, placing the content of this film equivalent to PG-13 rated movies in the comparative baseline database. The Final Score scoring ranges are shown to the right: Following are the scores earned by this film in the six CAP Content Investigation Areas (out of a possible 100 points each) and the examples per hour: Content Investigation Area scoring: ------------------------- 
CAP ID (Influence Density)------------------------ Minimum minus Maximum (MinMax) ------------------------ Provided to the right is the above scoring distribution displayed as a graphic (the CAP Thermometers). Click here for an explanation of the CAP Thermometers and how to use the CAP Entertainment Media Analysis Reports to help you make an informed moral decision about the fitness of the film: Following are brief discussions of the content per individual content investigation area. Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - 33 out of 100 Convicted prisoner Michael Pressmore (Guy Torry) escapes from prison and invades the home of Ben Pressmore (Marlon Young). Ben's two children, Angela (Victoria Rowell ) and Mickey (Quinten Hendricks) and his wife, Jeannie (Spring Guilford) are put in danger by the home invasion. Impudence/Hate (I) - 56 out of 100 In addition to Angela and Mickey engaging in sibling antagonism, Michael causes fear by intimidation to the Pressmore family. Sexual Immorality (S) - 100 out of 100 There is nothing sexually oriented in this features whatsoever. Drugs/Alcohol (D) - Zero out of 100 The two instances of Michael drinking an alcoholic beverage are very expensive to the scoring of such a short film. Offense to God (O) - 100 out of 100 There were no uses of God's name in vain, no witchcraft, no Satanism, occultism or wizardry found. Murder/Suicide (M) - 100 out of 100 No murders or suicides were found.
The content found by the six CAP Content Investigation Areas in CRAVE Film Series: MEANING - NAMELESS MOMENT (2008) is as follows: Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - 75 out of 100 Impudence/Hate (I) - 100 out of 100 Sexual Immorality (S) - Zero out of 100 Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 100 out of 100 Offense to God (O) - 100 out of 100 Murder/Suicide (M) - 100 out of 100 SCORING DISTRIBUTION - NAMELESS MOMENT CRAVE Film Series: MEANING - NAMELESS MOMENT (2008), NR [PG-NR*] earned a CAP Final score of 79 out of 100 points, placing the content of this film equivalent to PG-rated movies in the comparative baseline database. The Final Score scoring ranges are shown to the right: Following are the scores earned by this film in the six CAP Content Investigation Areas (out of a possible 100 points each) and the examples per hour: Content Investigation Area scoring: ------------------------- 
CAP ID (Influence Density)------------------------ Minimum minus Maximum (MinMax) ------------------------ Provided to the right is the above scoring distribution displayed as a graphic (the CAP Thermometers). Click here for an explanation of the CAP Thermometers and how to use the CAP Entertainment Media Analysis Reports to help you make an informed moral decision about the fitness of the film: Following are brief discussions of the content per individual content investigation area. Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - 75 out of 100 Kayleen (Kylee Cochran), a student made pregnant by one of her professors, Dr. Kearse (Matt Norklun) had hung a belt in Kearse's office in such a way as to be a noose to prepare for suicide by hanging herself. Impudence/Hate (I) - 100 out of 100 Nothing was noted that expressed hatred and no profanity was noted. Sexual Immorality (S) - Zero out of 100 Though no gender-specific nudity was directly seen in this feature, several examples of sexually oriented content were noted: an innuendo regarding intercourse; a teen boy nude in a shower; a teen girl seeing the boy nude in the shower; nudity that was hidden by convenience objects such as a chair; a sexual comment; below navel skin exposure and top of glutei fissure exposure. Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 100 out of 100 No possession or consumption of illegal drugs nor alcohol, no tobacco and no abuse of prescription drugs were noted. Offense to God (O) - 100 out of 100 No uses of God's name in vain, not witchcraft, Satanism, occultism, wizardry or anything of the kind was noted. Murder/Suicide (M) - 100 out of 100 No murders or suicides were found.
The content found by the six CAP Content Investigation Areas in CRAVE Film Series: LIVE YOUR STORY (2008) is as follows: Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - 100 out of 100 Impudence/Hate (I) - 100 out of 100 Sexual Immorality (S) - 100 out of 100 Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 100 out of 100 Offense to God (O) - 100 out of 100 Murder/Suicide (M) - 100 out of 100 SCORING DISTRIBUTION: LIVE YOUR STORY CRAVE Film Series: LIVE YOUR STORY (2008), NR [G-NR*] earned a CAP Final score of 100 out of 100 points, placing the content of this film equivalent to G-rated movies in the comparative baseline database. The Final Score scoring ranges are shown to the right: Following are the scores earned by this film in the six CAP Content Investigation Areas (out of a possible 100 points each) and the examples per hour: Content Investigation Area scoring: ------------------------- 
CAP ID (Influence Density)------------------------ Minimum minus Maximum (MinMax) ------------------------ Provided to the right is the above scoring distribution displayed as a graphic (the CAP Thermometers). Click here for an explanation of the CAP Thermometers and how to use the CAP Entertainment Media Analysis Reports to help you make an informed moral decision about the fitness of the film: Following are brief discussions of the content per individual content investigation area. Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - 100 out of 100 No violence or crime was found. Impudence/Hate (I) - 100 out of 100 Nothing impudent or hateful was found. Sexual Immorality (S) - 100 out of 100 Nothing even remotely associated with sexually immoral behavior or imagery was found. Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 100 out of 100 There are no instances of possession or consumption of illegal drugs, alcohol or tobacco in the entire section not were there any instances of abuse of prescription drugs found. Offense to God (O) - 100 out of 100 No abuses of God's name, no Satanism, no occultism, no witchcraft, no wizardry or anything of the kind were found. Murder/Suicide (M) - 100 out of 100 No murders or suicides were found. SUMMARY/COMMENTARY This is an unusually long analysis report because the DVD comes in an unusual format of three short films: Intimacy, Destiny and Meaning, each with a central feature and an intro and outro. Intimacy presents Pop Star. Destiny presents Midnight Clear. Meaning presents Nameless Moment. The film provides two other sections, the Crave Introduction section and the Live Your Story section. Each intro-feature-outro is treated as a separate and unique production as are the Crave Introduction and the Live Your Story features. Following is a summary/commentary for each of the five sections. I. CRAVE Film Series: INTRODUCTION This feature is narrated by Erwin Raphael McManus, best-selling author and pastor of the Mosaic Church in Los Angeles, home of Awaken Films. McManus explains we all have intrinsic cravings for intimacy, destiny and meaning - the bases for the three short films in this package, Pop Star, Midnight Clear and Nameless Moment. II. CRAVE Film Series: INTIMACY - POP STAR Production (US): Mosaic Films 2005, Awaken Films, Indelible Creative Group Distribution (US): Awaken Films, in:ciite Director(s): Nathan Scoggins Producer(s): Ian Eyre, James Duke, Erwin McManus, Albert Lewis, Amber Thomas Written by: Nathan Scoggin Cinematography/Camera: Marc Ritzema Music: Chris Wong Film Editing: Dan Steller Production Design: Samantha Muhlig Viewed on Awaken DVD from ChristianCinema.com Spoiled and narcissistic British rock star Andy McTeer, who is actually Miles Dinkenhoffer (Adam Campbell), suffers singeing of his hair after an on-stage pyrotechnic display goes bad the night before his first American concert. After barking impudent and brusque comment after comment, Andy is whisked to the hospital because insurance requires 12 hours of observation. In his hospital room Andy meets gifted and precocious 8 year old Shana (Adair Tishler) who quickly sets Andy with his "one melted hair follicle" on his moral hind quarters. [Rom. 12:18, Isa. 13:11] III. CRAVE Film Series: DESTINY - MIDNIGHT CLEAR Production (US): Mosaic Films 2005, Awaken Films, Indelible Creative Group Distribution (US): Awaken Films, in:ciite Director(s): A. Kristin Ross Producer(s): Allison Calleri, Christina K.Y. Lee, Kristin Ross, Joe Hartwick, Ralph Winter, Erwin Raphael McManus, Nathan Scoggins Written by: Nathan Scoggins Cinematography/Camera: Ralph Linhardt Music: Kelly Whitworth Film Editing: William Steinkamp Production Design: Brian Ollman Viewed on Awaken DVD from ChristianCinema.com Convict Michael Pressmore (Guy Torry) escapes from prison and seeks unwelcome shelter from a storm in the unsuspecting home of Ben (Marlon Young), Jeannie (Spring Guilford) and their two children Mickey (Quinten Hendricks) and Angela (Victoria Rowell). But the home Michael chose to invade was not by chance but was the intended target. There is an underlying relationship between Michael and Ben that is not revealed until the police arrive to cart Michael off to prison again. [Exod. 22:12] IV. CRAVE Film Series: MEANING - NAMELESS MOMENT Production (US): Christina K.Y. Lee Production 2006, Awaken Films, Indelible Creative Group Distribution (US): Awaken Films, in:ciite Director(s): Kevin Sage Producer(s): Christina K.Y. Lee, James Duke, John Law, Erwin Raphael McManus, Daniela Roth Written by: Danny Simonzad Cinematography/Camera: Michael Victor Roy Music: Christopher Wong Film Editing: Daniel Roemer, Grant Keiner Production Design: Colin Moran Viewed on Awaken DVD from ChristianCinema.com Physics major Gavin (Dusty Sorg) dreams of being intimate with Kaleen (Kylee Cochran), a fellow student in a class by Dr. Keasre (Matt Norklun). Kaleen already has an intimate interest in Dr. Kearse - she thinks she is pregnant by him. Living in his car and using the university's facilities to shower, Gavin is convinced life is a series of random meaningless moments until Kaleen drags Gavin into a nameless moment which forms the basis for changing his preconceived notions about life being a string of random and meaningless moments. Note that there are a number of sexual matters in this feature. [1 Thess. 4:1 - 5] Please look to the Findings section for a full accounting of them. V. CRAVE Film Series - LIVE YOUR STORY The Live Your Story section, also narrated by Erwin McManus, discusses how we are all influenced by stories. How wonderful it is to hear a pastor filmmaker tell us what the CAP Ministry has been telling everyone for over 15 years. McManus uses Biblical stories to share with us the power and influence of stories to change and even shape our lives, wherever from the stories come. SCRIPTURAL APPLICATION(S) If needed to focus or fortify, applicable text is underlined or bracketed [ ] or bold. 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| There are some in the entertainment industry who maintain that 1) violent programming is harmless because no studies exist that prove a connection between violent entertainment and aggressive behavior in children, and 2) young people know that television, movies, and video games are simply fantasy. Unfortunately, they are wrong on both accounts." And "Viewing violence may lead to real life violence." I applaud these associations for fortifying 1 Cor. 15:33. Read the rest of the story. From our years of study, I contend that other aberrant behaviors, attitudes, and expressions can be inserted in place of "violence" in that statement. Our Director - Child Psychology Support, a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist concurs. For example, "Viewing arrogance against fair authority may lead to your kids defying you in real life." Or "Viewing sex may lead to sex in real life." Likewise and especially with impudence, hate and foul language. I further contend that any positive behavior can be inserted in place of "violence" with the same chance or likelihood of being a behavior template for the observer; of being incorporated into the behavior mechanics and/or coping skills of the observer. In choosing your entertainment, please consider carefully the "rest of the story" and our findings. |
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