British Board of Film Classification Essays

  • Film Analysis: The Lion King

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    ever-topical discussion of the oft-vilified film rating classification

  • The Prospects For A Reinvigorated And Diverse British National Cinema

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    For A Reinvigorated And Diverse British National Cinema 'Is there scope for British Cinema in the future?' could be one interpretation of this statement and one that I intend to explore. I believe that with the dominance of Hollywood overpowering the British film industry, the past century has seen the traditional British cinema suffer. Although audience figures were utterly immense in the earlier half of the 20th century, we could argue that the Hollywood film industry enticed the majority

  • Media Content Regulation

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    paper ... ...out authorization. An example of this is Clive Ponting he had been charged with leaking an internal MoD document concerning the General Belgrano, the cruiser which British army sank during the 1982 Falklands War, killing 360 people. The governments' argument had been that the Belgrano was threatening British lives when it was sunk. But the document leaked by Ponting claimed it was sailing out of the danger zone. He walked free from court after a jury cleared him of breaking the Official

  • The Dilemma of Censorship

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    arguments for and against the issue. However I strongly believe that the act of censorship is wrong. I believe that all films, songs and television programs should be released uncut from any government or senior authority intervention. A film or piece of music is a work of art, thus it should be marketed as its creator intended. Because of this the cutting of a film or censoring of a song is the same as the mutilation of a painting or an act of vandalism. Indeed musicians are often referred

  • Effects of Film Violence

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    outcomes. The effect of viewing violent films has been insufficiently considered, yet plays a significant role in encouraging aggressive behavior. In 1922 the Motion Picture Producers and Distributers of America (M.P.P.D.A.) was created in response to national protest by several parent groups who feared that films suggested provocative messages to children, which would cause negative influences. Fearful that the... ... middle of paper ... ...gulations on the film industry. However the decision to view

  • Film Production of a Thriller

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    Film Production of a Thriller The opening sequence of a new thriller, including the titles, aimed at a 15 or 18 certificate audience (approximately two minutes duration). SECTION ONE. We began the ball rolling, by researching into target audiences . To begin with we got information from the BFI (British Board of Film Classification), on the two film certificates 15 and 18. We finally chose the certificate that would allow us to manipulate audiences in the best possible way. In the

  • Information Society Importance

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    The first topic I am going to discuss is information policies. But before I get into what exactly an information policy is I feel it is beneficial to talk about the information society to give us a better understanding on why these information policies are so important to us. What is an information society? An information society is one where the creation, distribution, use, integration and manipulation of information are significant economic political and cultural activity. In addition to the core

  • BMX: The Birth Of Big Air

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    always interested me because when I was younger I remember being so amazed by the sport when I would watch it on television. The tricks and flips the riders were doing shocked me. Once I got to junior high though stopped watching it until I saw the ESPN film “The Birth of Big Air” which showed the rise and peak of BMX riding and told the story of Mat Hoffmann, who is regarded for revolutionizing the sport and is known as

  • Popular Culture and Violent Behavior

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    Europe, for example, it is dominated by television, films and recorded popular music.' [2] I have chosen to study popular culture and its influence on violent behaviour, because, as is stated in its definition, popular culture is, 'accessible to everyone.' These hugely accessible forms of media influence all of us, everyday, wherever we go. My keen interest in all of these forms of media immediately drew me to the subject; television, film and music are major influences not only in my life

  • Human Sexuality

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    Kinsey published this work, however, the asexual community has come to describe themselves as pe... ... middle of paper ... ...Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 15.6 (2012): 725. Print. Prause, Nicole, and Cynthia A. Graham. "Asexuality: Classification and Characterization ." Archive of Sex Behavior . 36. (2007): 341. Print. Scherrer, Kristin S. "Coming to an Asexual Identity: Negotiating Identity, Negotiating Desire." Sexualities 11.5 (2008): 621. Print. Stone D, Feijun L, Lijing O, Lippy C

  • Importance Of Vocabulary In Learning English Language

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    2-3) adapt five teaching steps of drawing mind mappings. First, the teacher introduces a topic and wrote on the board. Next, he/she models and teaches with the whole class. In this step, the teacher asks the students to list all the words, identifies the related words with the teacher‘s help; draws a topic in the middle of the circle; and groups the words in their

  • Frankenstein, a Gothic Novel

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    1. Introduction Once a group of Chinese was visiting the home of an American. As they were shown around the house, they commented, "You have a very nice home. It's so beautiful." The hostess smiled with obvious pleasure and replied in good American fashion "Thank you" ---- which caused surprise among some of her Chinese guests. Later, while conversing at the dinner table, the host remarked to the Chinese interpreter, a young lady who had graduated not long ago from a university, "Your English