1. Callum HarrisonEthical Issues In The MediaIndustry
2. Film Classifications (BBFC)The BBFC is a non-governmental
organisation, funded bythe film industry and responsible for the
nationalclassification and censorship of films within the
UnitedKingdom. It has been giving films classifications for over100
years. It has been giving DVDs and videos theirclassifications
since 1984 since the video recording act waspassed. The act was
introduced for safety reasons after therelease of numerous films
that contained violence.
3. ProsOf The BBFCThe BBFC id very important because it has
been proven that ifa child grows up watching inappropriate violent
movies thenhe/she will grow up to be violent. The BBFC put
restrictions onfilms in order to ensure that children are not being
scared bythe films and are watching things that are appropriate for
them
4. Laws and Legislation Film BreaksThe Movie Human Centipede
was banned because it basically broke everyrule that the BBFC had
set. The BBFC reviewed the film and told the filmmakers that if
they wanted the film to be shown they would have to make32 cuts
from the film which would total up to 2 minutes and 37 seconds.
Ifthey didnt make these cuts then the BBFC would refuse to issue
the filmwith a classification.
5. The BOBO Doll
Experimenthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr0OTCVtHbUThis was an
Aggression experiment carried out by Albert Bandura in 1961. TheAim
of the experiment was to prove that children are impressionable and
willcopy adults behaviour regardless if it was violent or not. The
children in the videowere shown a video an adult hitting the doll
and his idea was to see if the childwould copy the adult and hit
the doll rather than playing with it. His idea workedand the
children hit it with the hammer and gun rather than using their
hands andpushing the doll like youre meant to do.The children that
were not shown the violent video did not attack the doll in theway
the kids did that were shown the video.
6. What Happened Next?Although The Human Centipede 2 was not
released ontoDVD it was still released on the internet for anybody
towatch. This is bad because on the internet there is no wayto
identify how old the person watching the film is. WhenThe BBFC
banned the film it instantly makes people want towatch it more to
see what was so bad about it that it wasbanned from a UK release
and DVD release.
7. Video NastysThese were made by the UK government and were
part of a list. On the list arefilms that are considered to be
Nasty basically films that were questioned onbeing appropriate.
Originally there were 99 films on the list but eventually it gotcut
down to 74.However, a lot of the films on the list are now unbanned
and have been shownon TV. This shows how times have changed because
when the list was madethese films were described as unfit to view
whereas today they have beenshown to the public. A woman named Mary
Whitehouse made the list.
8. ConclusionI do think that the BBFC is important because they
are trying toprotect children from things they shouldnt be
watching, but I doquestion weather the BBFC is needed anymore
because ifsomeone isnt old enough to watch a film they can just go
on theinternet to watch it.I personally think that the BBFC should
stay because althoughthey cant stop people watching the films
online, they are stillrestricted from watching it in the cinemas
and they have to wait inorder to find it online and by the time
they can watch it they mightbe more interested in another film and
forget about the one theyoriginally wanted to see.