Reasearch: Censorship

Reasearch on Censorship:


Who are theBBFC and what do they do:
BBFC stands for British Board of Film Classification the BBFC are the board in britain which decidewhich films are aloud to be realiesed in the uk they decide if a film needs to be censored, scenes need cut or if the film needs to be completely banned the BBFC is important because they help to keep people safe from from things would not want to see or there children to see when watching a film they are the people unacceptable content from being able to be viewed in our cinemas.


What things are censord and why?
Things that are sexual violence e.g. rape, graphic killing scenes, torture, strong language, real life references, weapons, nudity, corruption of the young, religion and class. These things are censord in film because they are things that people should be able to watch and enjoy watching as they are things that are either illegal or wrong and should in in cinema also things that could influence young minds and make them think that they are right to do in their everyday life.

Difference between a film being cut and a film being band:
The difference between a film cut and a film being band is when a film is cut it means that certain scenes are unacceptable and need to be taken out of the film and the rest of the film is acceptable and after the unacceptable scene/scene's have been taken out of the film it may be released but when a film is banned it means the whole film is unaccetable and will never be able to be released in cinemas.

Forna for censorship and Kemode against censorship and my opinion:
The argument between Forna and Kemode is that Forna believes that films that need to be censord due to unacceptable content should be censord as they can/could influence young peoples minds to think that the unacceptable acts that take place are normal and acceptable and carry these acts out in later life or at their current age an example of this is the murder of Jamie Bollger who was killed by two young people who watched chucky the movie and carried out the acts taken place in the movie on a todler and then killed him. Kemodes view on this is that all people should have the freedom to watch what they want as its their choice if they want to watch these unacceptable acts in a movie and they are choosing to do it and they have decided that the acts taken place will not affect them. My opinion on this argument is that films that have unacceptable acts taken place in them e.g. rape could and have influenced youg minds to think that the acts are acceptable in real life and their is evidence of this in the Jamie Bollger murder.

Conclusion:
In conclusion i have learnt that about what things need to be censord in films and the diffrence between what it means for a film to be cut and a film to be band. I  now know what things i need to consider when making my thriller that will be unaccetable to be put in my thriller film.