Censorship_and_Film_-_Violence

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Censorship & Film

OCR A2 MEDIA STUDIES


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learning outcomes

Understanding the concerns regardingviolence by the BBFC

Applying a violent scene to the BBFCguidelines.

Understanding arguments for andagainst violence on film.


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Last Lesson


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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


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Violence


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What concerns might the BBFC have

about on-screen violence?


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Violence major concern for the BBFC

possible relationship between violenceon screen and violence in the realworld.

In making decisions BBFC concernsare.

Portrayal of violence as a normalsituation to problems


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Violence major concern for the BBFC

Heroes who inflict pain and injury

Callousness towards victims

Encouraging aggressive attitudes

Taking pleasure in pain humiliation


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Daily Mail Article.


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Casino Royale

Lesson Recap

This film was cut in order to achieve a

12A rating.


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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


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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 arepresentation of fictional violence beyond whichit is possible to describe it as excessive

This portrayal of violence may in some way beharmful or damaging to some viewers.

Both of these assumptions are problematic.

Why?


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Interpretation some audiences will

have different thresholds.


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Moral Panics

A large scale response amongst the generalpublic (often generated or intensified within

the mass media that sees a particular groupor behaviour pattern as threatening totraditional values).

Example Hoodies

Actual crime rates!


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Deviance Amplification

This theory suggests that the intensity

of the media spotlight magnifies thetrue extent of any anti-social behaviour.

Example - recent gun crime in London,Birmingham.


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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 memberof the group must present one of the points

you have come up with.


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Conclusion.

The BBFC are concerned about on-screen violenceinfluencing real life violence.

We have argued possible reasons for and against.

The BBFC set a guideline for certain ages which canbe argued is generalising audiences rather thentreating them as individuals.

Understanding how BBFC guidelines work in relationto Casino Royale


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Next lesson

Investigating films which have caused

controversy

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