Human Centipede 2 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GpcCJ8ozirU
What regulation would you advise?
A. Certificate - which
B. Censor - Cut or Ban?
Why?
New Info: Be clear on terms:
Regulation
Intervening in the production or consumption. State regulation laws ie (video recordings act). 2 ways to do this...
- Classification
Restricting access on the grounds of age (BBFC films in cinema or home release)
- Censorship
The power to control what we are permitted to access (banning or cuts)
Snuff Box BBFC 'by the few, for the masses' https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gytbhgHSENA
1:54 start
Factors the BBFC has to consider when rating a film:
You are the BBFC officer - what certificate?
Factors the BBFC has to consider when rating a film:
- Imitation - Newson Report (Jamie Bulger)
- Descrimination
- Context &Theme - artistic merit
- Tone & impact on its audience
- Violence
- Sex & sexual references,
- drugs,
- Language
You are the BBFC officer - what certificate?
Batman Dark Knight Rises https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5rldqTeiGY4
Pulp fiction https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ1u_vbyn04
N Adorno who is protecting who from what BBFC 'by the few, for the masses'
N uses & gratifications audience watch for a number of reasons ie catharsis
N Stuart hall oppositional and negotiated readings
N Is regulation and restriction even possible anymore when content is online & global
N the context or intention of the message may justify the content
Recap:
This is England https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rzok3LsOtR4
Apply: feedback with large image of cert
Debate:
Is regulation (censorship or classification) still justified in contempory culture?
Discuss the debates (some prompts to take on board)
Y Newson to protect vulnerable audiences young people are impressionable and may imitate or disassociate reality
Y controversial content can lead to desensitisation or a loss of moral norms, capacity for compassion
Y deregulation slippery slope by making content permissible we condone its place in society ie rape
Apply: feedback with large image of cert
Debate:
Is regulation (censorship or classification) still justified in contempory culture?
Discuss the debates (some prompts to take on board)
Y Newson to protect vulnerable audiences young people are impressionable and may imitate or disassociate reality
Y controversial content can lead to desensitisation or a loss of moral norms, capacity for compassion
Y deregulation slippery slope by making content permissible we condone its place in society ie rape
Y film makers have to keep pushing the boundaries of taste further to be controversial 'hype' HC2
N Adorno who is protecting who from what BBFC 'by the few, for the masses'
N uses & gratifications audience watch for a number of reasons ie catharsis
N Stuart hall oppositional and negotiated readings
N Is regulation and restriction even possible anymore when content is online & global
N the context or intention of the message may justify the content
Recap:
Can we still protect the vulnerable in contemporary society and was it the duty of a regulator to do so?
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