Reflections on Lesson 2

• was interested ro find out more about the debate of whether censorship should beenforce or if people should make up their own mind via more information?
• when trying to regulate U films - you are assuming that children are scared by the same things - whereas some would be scared of things that arent on the censorship criteria
• found ManHunt 2 interesting case where the BBFC were overuled by the courts on account that you cant prove potential harm - raises the question then how can you prove any harm for any category / age classification

Relfections on lesson 1

• i found it interesting to find out the specific criteria for what makes something be a certain certificate eg. that a U has to have good triumph over evil so it doesnt confuse/disturb children
• I was/will be interested to see how the classification system is different for Film, TV and video games compared to both each other and other art forms
• It was interesting to find out who was in charge of classifying such material and how much control they actually have on blocking/screening material. for example in the spicerman case where the local authority overuled the bbfc
• what then happens to unclassified material? is it changed or brought to the public via other means - are all unclassified films then illegal?
• found it surprising that it was such a small group or people who classify all film/dvds/tv etc (30 people)