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    <title>Project Proposal 1</title>
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    <summary>I have noticed how many movies either have a remake for it or a similar story told differently. Over the summer, I have seen 2 films dealing with obsession, but were shown and ended in very contrasting ways. First I...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I have noticed how many movies either have a remake for it or a similar <br />
story told differently. Over the summer, I have seen 2 films dealing with <br />
obsession, but were shown and ended in very contrasting ways.</p>

<p>First I watched 2002's <em>Swim Fan</em>, directed by John Polson. It's a story of <br />
how a high school senior - Ben Cronin - turns his life around by becoming <br />
who is now the school's top swimmer. He makes the mistake of having sex <br />
with the new girl - Madison - at school that won't leave him alone <br />
afterwards. Madison continues to show up at random places and constantly <br />
instant messages Ben in attempts to have him leave his girlfriend to be <br />
with her. Even after avoiding Madison, things get bloody and people close <br />
to Ben gets hurt after he learns a daunting truth about her. This isn't the <br />
first time she has done this to a boy, and the last person was a baseball <br />
star who was in a mysterious car accident with her. The only way this <br />
obsession can be resolved is by someone's death.</p>

<p>The second film I saw was 1995's <em>Her Deadly Rival</em>, directed by James <br />
Hayman. A husband and wife - who have never been separated from each other <br />
their entire marriage - are forced to be apart when Jim has to leave town <br />
to finish a construction job. The first night he's gone, he gets a phone <br />
call from a secret admirer who later reveals she knows more than she is <br />
supposed to - such as his shirt size, his favorite brandy, and even his <br />
wife's allergies. Jim's admirer is tearing his marriage with Kris apart <br />
with gift-after-gift and constant phone calls. Jim has no clue who the <br />
woman is, but she is convincing everyone around him that they are having an <br />
affair together. The mysterious woman disappears when someone is shot and <br />
Jim is interrogated. </p>

<p>The 2 films both have a woman with an obsession over a man that doesn't <br />
want them, but still try to make an advance with them. Many times, urban legends are often told differently depending on who is telling the story. What I plan to do is choose an urban legend and film my own version of it, while taking away or adding to the story as desired. I will search for all types of urban legends; I will make a list of 10, then lower it down to the best possible one I will finally film.</p>]]>
        
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