Levi's Media A2 Blog

"How far do changes to the regulation of media reflect broader social changes?" The human centipede’ where we see them reasoning with their conservative viewpoints only to end up cutting out shorts scenes, which therefore implicates a more liberal aspect has impacted their choice of action. Whereas if we were to compare this to ‘The Evil Dead' in 1981, the BBFC banned the film completely worried it would corrupt children innocence. This would then go on to how desensitisation plays a vital part in the choices being made by them. My position in regulation is to set a moral standard that wont change across time as releasing films that endanger the youth's mental health being is more important to please an audience. Lastly although individual responsibility is important, regulating others is difficult as the threat of the online world acts as a way for them to view content not suitable for them. We should still keep regulating media in film, TV and gaming as it reduces

1. General definition, information The BBFC and PEGI are the two organisations who certificate and rate media products. The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) was set up in 1912 to protect the public from media material that may present harm risk.  Originally the BBFC only classified cinema films until the Video Recordings Act was passed in 1984 when it started regulating videos/DVDs.  In 1984 the BBFC began to regulate video games as well.  From 2 003 the responsibility of regulating video games was passed from the BBFC to PEGI (Pan European Game Information).  However, the BBFC will continue to classify all games that feature strong pornographic content and ancillary games attached to a wider, primary linear submission. The BBFC are an non-government regulatory body to which films are submitted for classification based on their content.  They aim to protect the public by providing them with information that allows them to make a more educated decision

Regulation ‘Regulate’- a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority. In my own opinion I believe that regulation is the organisation from the BBFA ratings for all types of media, reaching from films to music videos and video games. In which it was created to rate films so that the specific intended audience would be able to view an appropriate media platform.  In other words regulation is there to help protect the vulnerable viewers from dangerous messages or content. Whilst regulation benefits millions of people it is also substantial who helps set the guidelines for the BBFA. Particularly speaking, regulating from society on a whole is vital to them as there are multiple different races, age and religion. The more people who represent society on a whole the more successful the regulation is. Furthermore other people who are regulating should not be biased in any way as it causes disruption between the regulators and affect the society by harmful content. More subse

Casting, Directing and Credits  Casting- Here we had to choose male and female actors who could portray the characters that we created. As we were targeting a male dominant society it would seem that having the male actor played by Levi Bent act violent, terrifying and creepy, I believe we have successfully achieved our ambitions do to the footage shown and how professional it looks compared to other real media. Furthermore the female actress used is played by Megan Boyle and we had envisioned her to be represented as the male gaze. This is due to the male dominated society and having her viewed through the male’s perspective allows the audience to experience it in that way.  Credits- The credits consist of the members of our group and the specific roles that they played part into the final poster and trailer. To help create this we used Photoshop to help us create the credits and Dafont which enabled us to use the specific font used on real media posters/trailers.  Although s

Peer Assessment Question 1b Portfolio Question/Theory: Narrative essay Student name: Levi Bent MEG: C               Working at Grade: C List theorists & theories referenced: 1 Todorov- Equilibrium, disequilibrium and resolution 2 Levi strauss- Good vs evil, Man vs Woman and Protagonist vs Antagonist. 3Binary Opposites 4 Barthes- Enigma code 5Propp- Damsel- in- distress List terminology words: Binary Opposites, enigma code, stereotypical, teen punishment, mis-en-scene, disequilibrium, equilibrium, resolution, linear structure, montage, disruption, protagonist, antagonist, Level Description Ref no Grade Agree? Level 1: Outlines or describes 1 theorist with little reference to own production, and is under 250 words (1 side handwritten A4) U Level 2 lower: Introduces and describes 2-3 relevant theories using some correct terminology/theor