Starter: http://leighmediaasfilm.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/session-1-video-nasties.html (answers below)
C - examine & discuss significant facts - social/political changes and debates
B - analyse effects theory and debates in both Case Studies
A - justify the EXTENT that changes in regulation are impacted/effected by Social Changes using theory to back up your OPINION
Task 1: categorise the following under the correct context and Mind Map example
C - examine & discuss significant facts - social/political changes and debates
B - analyse effects theory and debates in both Case Studies
A - justify the EXTENT that changes in regulation are impacted/effected by Social Changes using theory to back up your OPINION
Debate
Should there be such a thing as censorship of films?
Task 1: categorise the following under the correct context and Mind Map example
Apply the Terms:
- Mary Whitehouse (National Listeners and Viewers Association)
- Obscene Publications Act
- Video Recordings Act
- Censorship - Pre-emptive, Direct or In-direct
- Procative/Reactive Regulation
- Statutory/Self-Regulation
- Conservative Government
- Classification
- Imitable Behaviour
- Moral Panic
Consider: Historical Reference Case Study: 1980s Video Nasties
Assessment:
Plenary: Who is this and why is she important?
Snuff Box BBFC 'by the few, for the masses' https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gytbhgHSENA
1:54 start
ACTIVITY: Map out the debates with discussion debate points:
2. also look at the following Timeline http://www.bbfc.co.uk/education-resources/student-guide/timelines/violence-and-weapons
3. and the Guidelines for certification http://www.bbfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/attachments/BBFC%20Classification%20Guidelines%202014_6.pdf
Pro-regulation/censorship
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
Anti-regulation/censorship
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?
Extension: Use the resources in the PPTs below to develop you theoretical argument
Plenary:
1. Can we still protect the vulnerable in contemporary society?
Extension: Use the resources in the PPTs below to develop you theoretical argument
Plenary:
1. Can we still protect the vulnerable in contemporary society?
2. Is still appropriate to have an official regulator (think about who regulates) - what are some of the issues with this?
3. Which has proven to be more effective - Statutory (Legal), self-regulating (Industry/Individual)
4. How has Film regulation changed over time?
