Step up (Drama/crime)

In class we was set homework to research our chosen themes for our title and opening sequences this will help us to make a successful and effective film;

As Step up ties in with our chosen theme which is Drama i thought Step up would be a good example;
Plot
Tyler Gage (channing tatum) is from the wrong side of the tracks, caught up in a world of drugs,violence and crime. After leaving a party Tyler and his two friends end up outside the maryland school of the arts they break in and findthemselves in the theatre where they destroy the set. the boys are busted by a rent a cop and he grabs Mac, tyler tackles the cop telling mac and skinny to run and is taken to court the next day he is made to serve community service at the scene of the crime........

Director:Anne Fletcher
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17 Again

At 17 Mike O'Donell was on top of the world; he was the star of his high school basketball team, and was a shoo in for a college scholarship. And is dating his soul mate, Scarlett. But on what's suppose to be his big game wherein college scouts are checking him out, Scarlett reveals that she's pregnant. Mike decides to leave the game and asks Scarlett to marry him which she does. During their marriage, Mike could only whine about the life he lost because he married her. So she throws him out. And when he loses his job, he returns to the only place he's happy at - his old high school. And while looking at his high school photo, a janitor asks him if he wishes he could be 17 again and he says yes. One night while driving he sees the janitor on a bridge and apparently jumps in and he goes after him. When he returns to his friend, Ned's house, where he has been staying, he sees that he is 17 again. He decides to take this opportunity to get the life he lost.

Director: Burr Steers
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Love and basketball
In 1981 in L.A., Monica moves in next door to Quincy. They're 11, and both want to play in the NBA, just like Quincy's dad. Their love-hate relationship lasts into high school, with Monica's edge and Quincy's top-dog attitude separating them, except when Quincy's parents argue and he climbs through Monica's window to sleep on the floor. As high school ends, they come together as a couple, but within a year, with both of them playing ball at USC, Quincy's relationship with his father takes an ugly turn, and it leads to a break up with Monica. Some years later, their pro careers at a crossroads, they meet again. It's time for a final game of one-on-one with high stakes.
Director: Gina prince-bythewood
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ATL
As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.

Director:Chris Robinson
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