10 frozen and regulation

What film is this?

Regulation and Frozen

What is Regulation?

• Media has to be judged as to whether it is suitable for its audience

• This can be due to society, culture, or where the media was made

How is Film Regulated? – Create a timeline

It is regulated through a classification system

This classification system is created and controlled by each country’s respective government company

Ours being the BBFC

The Classification System

U – Universal

PG – Parental Guidance

12A – No-one under 12 is to see this film unless accompanied by an adult

15 – No-one under 15 is to see this film

18 – No-one under 18 is to see this film

The BBFC- a brief history

Established in 1912 and originally called the British Board of Film Censors

Between the wars (1918-1939) – concerned about Gangster, Horror and films that dealt with sexuality

1950s saw the rise of the teenage film, this caused problems for the BBFC

• 1960s – the ‘swinging sixties’ saw liberalisation in society and realism in film, not always accepted fully by the BBFC

• 1970s – sex and violence was a common theme, many received several cuts before being classified

The 1980s

• Decade of the ‘Video Nasties’

• Examples – Evil Dead, Last House on the Left, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Cannibal Holocaust

• 1990s onwards – film was beginning to be more explicit though this was not frowned upon due to changing attitudes

• 2002 – 12A created – parents controlled whether their children watch these films

MPAA

• This is the American Version

• MPAA – Motion Picture Association of America

• Founded in 1922

What needs to be taken into consideration when classifying a film?

• Violence• Language• Drug use/taking/dealing• Sex and nudity• Gore • Threat • Weapons (incl. dangerous use of fireworks)• …

• Remember it’s not just that it’s present in the film. It’s how the film has presented these to us.

Create a mind-map of ideas

Look at Frozen

• How did Frozen test the BBFC’s code.

• You have 5 minutes before we come together and share ideas.

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Frozen

• Read the IMDB Guide to Frozen• Read this article• You have 5 minutes

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Past Paper Q

• In pairs plan how you would respond to this question in reference to Frozen.

• Briefly outline the ways in which your selected industry is regulated. What impact has regulation had on your chosen texts?