THE CURRENT TRENDS ON CULTURAL BEHAVIOUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS AS OBSERVED AMONG AIR FORCE SECONDARY SCHOOL KADUNA

THE CURRENT TRENDS ON CULTURAL BEHAVIOUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS AS OBSERVED AMONG AIR FORCE SECONDARY SCHOOL KADUNA ABSTRACT For years, finding ways and materials to make the learning experiences more aspiring and fruitful has been one of the most important tasks. This study probes the impact which American action movies has on secondary schools students it’s specifically tackles the influence of foreign film on secondary schools students. The research posits that the current trends on cultural behaviour secondary schools students as observed among air force secondary school Kaduna is significantly associated with their perception of western culture and exposure on foreign action movies. The assumptions that foreign media content has direct powerful effects is shared by optimistic modernization theory learner (1962) Rogers (1964) Schramm (1964) and the latter critical perspective of cultural and media imperialism. Mc Phail gratification theory ‘’ Defluer and Dennis 1991, Garbner 1977, Morgan 1991’’ explains that acculturation secondary schools students takes places as a result of exposure to foreign movies which influence the perception of action reality and alter self image. The improvement of foreign action movies industries will increase secondary school student’s preference for foreign movies products. The research receives the statistical support from the analysis of collected data using the survey research method, recommendation to check the cultural genocide for further research were preferred.  INTRODUCTION Over the years American action movies have become extremely popular among the youths at home and abroad and a growing number of foreigners too have developed great love for them, arguably, these movies are experiencing actual tie worldwide however the growing influence of western media and the concepts of globalization seem to be creating a transition of the culture to the western culture especially in the urban area and cities. A trend that is fast growing and eating deep into every facet of our system most of the film shown in commercial theatres are meant primarily to entertain and they are functional rather than factual and where they are based on facts, events that have actually happened are dramatized. Many entertainment film dowel on sex, crime, ritual and so on. Film is strictly for adults are marked while others are for the general public for the ages Mgbajune (1989) opines that the immense potential of film was recognized ever during colonial times. The federal information apparatus earlier acknowledge film as the most efficient medium for internal and external publicity. Action film is a film genre which involves one or more heaves are thrust into a series of challenges that typically include physical facts, extended fight scenes, violence, and frantic chases. Action films tend to feature a resourceful character struggling against incredible odds, which generally conducts in victory of the hero. Advancement in CGI has made it cheaper and easier to create action sequence and other visual effects that required the efforts of professional stunt. Crews in the past, however, reactions to action film containing significant amounts of CGI have been mixed as films that use computer animation to create unrealistic, highly unbelievable event are often met with criticism. While action has long been are curing component in films,’’ the action film’’ genre began to develop in the 1970s along with the increase of stunts and special effects. The genre is closely associated with the thriller and adventure film genre. And it may also contain elements of spy fiction and espionage. During the 1920s and 1030s action based films were often ’’swashbuckling’’ adventure film in which actors such as Douglas Fair Banks, wielded sword in period pieces or weapons. The 1940s and 1950s saw ‘’action’’ in a new from through war and cowboy movies. Alfred pinchcock unshared in the spy- adventure genre while also established the use of action oriented ‘’set pieces’’ like the famous crop-dusters scene and the mouth push more finial in North West. The film, along with a war-adventure called the guns of nefarious, inspired producers Albert Broceol and Harry Saltzman show interest in their own spy-adventure, base on the novels of Lanfleming. The long running success of the James bond films or series (which dominated the action films of the 1960s introduced a staple of the modern day action film. These resourceful heroes, such larger than life characters were a veritable’’ one man army’’ able to duplicate villainous masterminds after cutting through their disposal hence men in increasingly creating way. Such heroes are ready with one-liners, puns and dry quips the bond films also used fast cutting, cars, chases, fist fighting a verity of weapons and gadgets and elaborate action sequences. In the 1990s, spy movies as well as urban- action films were starting to parody themselves and with the growing revolution in CGI (computer generated imagery). The ‘’real world’’ setting began to way to increasingly fantastic environment. This now era of action films often had budgets units any in to the history of motion picture. The successes of the many dirty harry and James bond sequenced had proven that a single successful action films could lead to a continuing action franchise. Thus the i980s and 1990s saw arise in both budgets and the number of sequels a film could generally have this led to an increasing number of film-markers to create new technology.