tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14644563787036978322024-03-19T01:41:21.488-07:00A2MediaExam - Will Bartlettwilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099164158273480761noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464456378703697832.post-20681743819811876652016-06-07T15:42:00.000-07:002016-06-07T15:42:44.595-07:00Genre theory argumentsAs a task in today's lesson (08/03/16) the class was split in up into for and against Genre Theory, I was on the pro Genre Theory team and we had to argue with the other side of the room in favour of the usefulness of genre theory, whilst they had to convince us that it is a dead, redundant theory.<br />
The argument came out as a draw as there were counterpoints for most of the arguments for either side.<br />
My team's arguments involved the opinions of many respected Media Philosophers such as Steve Neale and his idea ofwilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099164158273480761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464456378703697832.post-73650985307428659342016-04-13T17:53:00.001-07:002016-04-13T17:53:13.937-07:00BBFC<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Who are the BBFC and
what do they do?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
British Board of Film Classification group films into age ratings based on the
contents<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">What are the ratings used by the BBFC today? List and explain
them in your own words.</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
ratings used by the BBFC today, are:</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">(U) – a film with a ‘U’ certificate can be
watched by people of all ages</span><br />
</span><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(PG) –
Suitable for people of all ages although parents should decide if it’s suitable
for their own children based on the themes on contents of the Film </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(12A) -
Recommended for an audience 12 and above, due to content in the film however
unlike a ‘12’ certificate the ‘12A’ allows viewings for those underage provided
they are joined by a person at the age of 18 or above<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(12) - Suitable for
viewers of the age of 12 and above, due to content in the film.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(15) –
A film with this certificate can only legally be sold to a person that is 15
years of age (or older). A ‘15’ certificate film will more than likely contain
explicit language, violence, and even sexual references throughout.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(18) – Almost
anything goes, provided that it is contextual (not for minors)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(Restricted 18) –
Hardcore pornography.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">How do the contemporary BBFC film ratings compare to
historical BBFC film ratings?</span></b><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the beginning there were only two possible ratings a film could
achieve, which was ‘U’ certificate for universal viewing by everybody, and ‘Adult’
of course meant only for adults.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Over time the ratings have evolved to the ratings we have today, the
most recent change was the decision to make the ‘12’ certificate advisory (12A)
on particular films, which is now much more common than the standard ‘12’ grade,
because of this I believe that the BBFC will continue to update and evolve
their rating systems as the nature of cinema changes over time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">When was the 12a rating introduced and what impact did it
have on films released at that time?</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The 12A
rating was introduced in 2002 on 20th August, replacing the 12 rating
within cinema. The first film released with the newfound certificate was <i>The Bourne Identity, </i>and the distributor
of Spider-Man re-released the film after the introduction of 12A so the film
could reach its target audience and therefore get more sales.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">What issues are still raised regarding the 12a rating?</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A lot of
people seem to think that there isn’t much of a difference between a ‘PG’ and a
‘12A’ certificate as the same child could watch Film from each certificate regarding
they are accompanied by an adult.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Why was 'A Clockwork Orange' (1971, d. Stanley Kubrick)
withdrawn from UK general release in 1973?</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
film was banned in the UK for 27 years after a young schoolboy pleaded guilty
for manslaughter because he claims to have been influenced by the film. When
the film was first released it was passed uncut for the UK cinemas, however,
British authorities considered the sexual violence in the film to be too
extreme.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">What film has had the longest running ban in British Cinema
history? Why was it so controversial?</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Love
Camp 7 had the longest running ban as it was more or less a sexually violent
fetish film which included sexually explicit themes such as restraint, pain and
humiliation.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Using the BBFC student guide website find 3 contemporary
examples and 3 historical examples of difficult classification decisions made
by the BBFC</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Historical examples being:<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1. A Clockwork Orange</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">2. Natural Born Killers</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">3. The Wild One<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<u><span style="background: white; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Contemporary
examples being:<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1. Fight Club</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">2. The Dark Knight<br />
3. Fifty Shades of Grey<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">What are the key arguments against film classification and
regulation? Who makes them?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sometimes, it does occur that there is times when people hold strong
arguments as to whether a film has a lower age rating that might be expected, an
example of this would be <i>Saving Private
Ryan</i>. The critically acclaimed World War 2 film <i>Saving Private Ryan</i> certainly included a lot of gore and strong
language, however the BBFC decided that it’s educational benefits would
outweigh the gory details of the film.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Based on your reading and research so far, do you think film
classification works and why/why not?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I think that classification works as it certainly stops
underage people from watching films with adult themes, but I don’t think it’s a
good thing to deny anybody the right to view art.<br />
<i>Sweet Sixteen (2002) </i>was given an 18
certificate which meant that some of the people that starred in the film were
unable to watch it at the cinema despite the fact that the film strived for
realism and many of the locals may have been in similar situations to the
characters in the film.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
wilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099164158273480761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1464456378703697832.post-67612245634671815202016-03-07T03:15:00.002-08:002016-03-07T03:51:12.177-08:00he will never apply genre to his work. HE APPL ME<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">
<b style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Daniel Chandler’s ‘Genre is too restricting’</span></i></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The regional magazine I created does follow a genre of action sports which has been done quite frequently with magazines such as sidewalk magazine and thrasher for skateboarding and surfer and wavelength for surfing. However the genre we used combines both the sports of surfing and skating into one magazine to challenge the convention of a single genre or theme within a magazine. This makes the magazine more interesting for the reader and gives a wide variety of content.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">This will stop the audience from viewing the magazine the same as any other surf or skate magazine. The audience will be more willing to purchase and read this as the typical genre has been challenged. <b>Hybridisation </b>of the magazine also ensures there is a wider audience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Although a genre can provide structure, the content in my magazine follows the typical conventions of a surf or skate magazine. This includes interviews with professionals, trick tips and topic articles. This allows expectations to still be met within the magazine.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Steve Neale’s ‘repetition and difference’</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">As pointed out our article applies difference within the content as it complied with Daniel Chandler’s theory. This is done to keep pleasure with fresh content.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">However we kept the topics within the same genre of board sports and ‘extreme’ sports. This was Important for our magazines as the solid idea of a genre such as board sports helped as a template to work around when creating our magazine. This template made sure our product kept the conventions of a surf and skate magazine but allowed us to go outside the box and achieve what hadn’t been done yet was to the two topics of skateboarding and surfing merged into one.</span></div>
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<b style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">John Fiske</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The magazine has an ideal reader in mind during the construction of the product. This involved the teenage, laid back lifestyle audience that partake in both skateboarding and surfing, but is suitable if they only have an interest in one. However both these sports combine into one within media and skateboarding is simply an evolution of surfing. Being a local magazine this was an ideal genre to create the magazine on. There is a growing amount of people who skate around the local area and has a large target market. The magazines region is also based along the east coast, where a lot of good surfing spots and surfers thrive.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Although the audience seems a small amount, it is in fact quite a popular topic and therefore would be a popular magazine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Our magazine made the assumption that the audience surf and skate, and the text inside such as the direct address assume the audience know what the text is talking about. The anticipation of pleasure is also present such as action photos and interviews with professionals makes it interesting.</span></div>
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