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Censorship & Film

Censorship & Film. OCR A2 MEDIA STUDIES. learning outcomes. Understanding the concerns regarding violence by the BBFC Applying a violent scene to the BBFC guidelines. Understanding arguments for and against violence on film. Last Lesson.

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Censorship & Film

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  1. Censorship & Film OCR A2 MEDIA STUDIES

  2. learning outcomes • Understanding the concerns regarding violence by the BBFC • Applying a violent scene to the BBFC guidelines. • Understanding arguments for and against violence on film.

  3. Last Lesson

  4. Key Themes: Controversial issues, causes for concern and motives for Censorship • Violence • graphic representation and realism • audience effecting the audience • Corrupt the young • Controversy and the Press • Sex and Nudity • Sexual violence • Religion • Class • Language • Shock

  5. Violence

  6. What concerns might the BBFC have about on-screen violence?

  7. Violence – major concern for the BBFC • possible relationship between violence on screen and violence in the real world. • In making decisions BBFC concerns are. • Portrayal of violence as a normal situation to problems

  8. Violence – major concern for the BBFC • Heroes who inflict pain and injury • Callousness towards victims • Encouraging aggressive attitudes • Taking pleasure in pain humiliation

  9. Daily Mail – Article.

  10. ‘Casino Royale’ • Lesson Recap • This film was cut in order to achieve a 12A rating.

  11. Casino Royale • Apply the scene shown or any other scene within the film to the themes given under the 12A rating. • Do they fit within the 12A or would you put them in a different rating? • Stairwell Fight Scene

  12. There are some assumptions here, underpinning a decision to cut a film for a 12A rating. • There is a line that can be drawn in a representation of fictional violence beyond which it is possible to describe it as ‘excessive’ • This portrayal of violence may in some way be harmful or damaging to some viewers. • Both of these assumptions are problematic. • Why?

  13. Interpretation – some audiences will have different thresholds.

  14. ‘Moral Panics’ • A large scale response amongst the general public (often generated or intensified within the mass media’ that sees a particular group or behaviour pattern as threatening to traditional values). • Example – Hoodies • Actual crime rates!

  15. ‘Deviance Amplification’ • This theory suggests that the intensity of the media spotlight magnifies the true extent of any anti-social behaviour. • Example - recent gun crime in London, Birmingham.

  16. Group task • “There is a relationship between violence on screen and violence in the real world” • In 2 groups prepare arguments for and against this statement: • Come up with at least 5 points, each member of the group must present one of the points you have come up with.

  17. Conclusion. • The BBFC are concerned about on-screen violence influencing real life violence. • We have argued possible reasons for and against. • The BBFC set a guideline for certain ages which can be argued is generalising audiences rather then treating them as individuals. • Understanding how BBFC guidelines work in relation to ‘Casino Royale’

  18. Next lesson • Investigating films which have caused controversy

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