Friday 19 June 2015

Responds to Critical Investigation

Have Hollywood attitudes towards content in 12A films become more liberal or have audiences’ film desires changed?

The definition of a 12A film is a Film classified 12A and video works classified 12 contain material that is not generally suitable for children aged fewer than 12 years old. There should be no one younger than 12 should be able to see a 12A film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult.

Overall I believe that the attitudes of 12A content has become more mature in Hollywood today however I believe it's for the better due to this attitude change. Before this change movie like Jurassic World, Hunger Games and Man of Steel all movie that are rated 12A would all be 15 back then by having this new attitude towards movies and how they should be rated younger audiences can now watch their favourite movie franchises at the cinema.


Audiences in today's society are now finding new ways to finding the content they are looking for. Audiences are more mature in comparison to audiences back then. As a result it's unlikely that children watch these types of films is unlikely for them to be needing a parent to watch these types of films and if they change this attitude children will just go on the internet and watch the film that way so overall we shouldn't be having attitudes towards 12A films, Back then people where trying to sneak into these types of films back then now every can watch these films for the enjoyment of just having fun without the need of having to be 15 years old.

Friday 12 June 2015

Media Magazine Notes On Race and Ethnicity

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British Stereotyping

The main problem for race and ethnicity is that stereotyping is such a heavy factor in days society with any media outlet. On page 51 the column talks about specific lyric from Dizzee Rascal's music video Bonkers "...Some people think I’m bonkers/but I jus’ think I’m free/man, I’m jus’ livin’ my life/there’s nothin’ crazy ‘bout me..." In that music video it showcases Dizzee Rascal in stereotypical clothing for any black person due to how popular the existing stereotype is already. With the success of the British "Hood" Genre in the early 2000's a lot of films where made during that time period and all stared black males playing the stereotypical roles in each film with:

Sket
Anuvahood
Rollin with the Nines
Shank
Ill Manors
Bullet Boy

However in 2010 we had some progress with a BBC program called Luther staring Idris Elba as a black detective and this was a great movie because they didn't proved any special attention unless it was problems that a minority may face in their job the fact that the character was black and that he is a normal man like anybody else which was brilliant to see and can't wait to see more content like this however the moment when Idris Elba was rumored to be the next James Bond there was a massive backlash with blind ignorance due to the only reason why they didn't want Idris Elba was that he was black  in which isn't a factor for a character that is purely fictional.