Starter:
Look at the list of BBFC concerns below and consider any issues that would have
been considered for regulation in your three texts; The Theory of Everything,
Jurassic World and Whiplash.
Exam question:
How effectively is your selected industry regulated? Refer to your chosen texts in your answer.
In your response to this question you need to consider the following:
- BBFC classification.
- Reasons for certificates.
- Specific examples from each text which raise cause for concern in regulation.
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The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), previously the British Board of Film Censors, is a non-governmental organization, founded by the film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes, trailers, adverts, public Information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content etc.) released on physical media within the United Kingdom
- Reasons for certificates
The BBFC rates theatrically released films,
Legally, local authorities have the power to decide under what circumstances films are shown in cinemas, but they nearly always choose to follow the advice of the BBFC.
- Current concerns
The BBFC's current guidelines identify a number of specific areas considered when awarding certificates or requiring cuts. These are:
The examination proper is only two and a half hours long and there are three questions to answer.
Task 1: Using the handouts provided, find out as much as you can about the three texts;
Whiplash IMDB
INDUSTRY
- Depictions of cruelty and harassment based on race, gender, sexual orientation, or mental or physical disability,
- Adult themes and situations that may be considered too distressing for younger or more sensitive viewers,
- Offensive language (i.e., profanity and use of racial and ethnic slurs),
- Nudity
- Sexual content (including scenes of sexual activity and spoken/visual references to sex),
- Violence
- Gore and injury detail
- Sexual violence (rape and forced disrobing especially),
- Dangerous actions that can easily be imitated by younger, more naive viewers (certain combat moves [ear-claps, headbutts, and neck-breaking in particular]),
- All visual and verbal references to suicide [particularly if it involves hanging oneself or slashing one's wrists],
- Detailed criminal acts [such as breaking into a house using a credit card to jimmy the lock or hotwiring a car],
- Actions that result in injury or death in real life, but are almost always shown in the media (especially on shows aimed at younger audiences, such as cartoons) with no negative consequences, such as hiding in appliances that can trap and kill small children [i.e., tumble driers and old refrigerators], ingesting or misusing common household chemicals, or creating dangerous devices from common household items [such as a flamethrower from an aerosol can and a cigarette lighter] – fall under this category),
- Scenes of horror, threat, and danger and their intensity on audience members, and,
- Drug abuse being condoned or glamorised.
The examination proper is only two and a half hours long and there are three questions to answer.
Massive detail will not be required but the examiner will want the sense that a candidate has a real synoptic overview, so the use of lists used to illustrate you understand the full scope of the question will go down well. This is called 'touching the bases'.
Task 1: Using the handouts provided, find out as much as you can about the three texts;
Whiplash IMDB
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Jurassic World IMDB
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INDUSTRY
Production
Context
Marketing
Regulation
Global Implications
Distribution
What is film DISTRUBUTION?The meaning of film distribution is the process of making a movie available for viewing by an audience, especially a target audience targeted to the specific film. This is normally known as film distributor, who would determine the marketing for the film, the media by which a film is to be exhibited or made available for viewing and who may set the release date and other matters on the film. The film may be exhibited directly to the public either through a movie theatre or television, or personal home viewing, such as; DVD, video-on-demand, download, , film distribution is usually accompanied by film promotion.
Who DISTRIBUTED THE FILM? The company that distributed the film was one of the biggest film companies in film industry; Universal Pictures
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