Summary of what our group discussed

In the previous two lessons I had learnt a lot within my group, our question was “Have Hollywood attitudes towards content in 12A films become more liberal or have audiences’ film desires changed?” We certainly all had our own opinions but as we discussed it thoroughly we were agreeing on main points. For example, we could answer the question as we noticed how over time things are drastically changing and how films are portrayed. We said that in the 21^st century there are way more sexual content, bad use of language and aspects of nudity seen in 12A films which are not appropriate for younger audiences. We backed it up with some films for example: Fast and furious 6 contain very strong violence, and the way the camera uses a panning to portray woman (to be sexually appealing to men). We then backed up our examples with theories such as desensitization. This is for example, I may view a violent film for the first time (12A) and I may react strongly because I may have the thought as if it were occurring in real life. But if I’m repeatedly watching violent films, it would allow me to become less provoked and shocked by blood and gore etc. We then linked it of what production piece we could do (trailer for a 12A showing violence). From this I have learnt, how important it is to justify what I am saying from for example a book. Then I need to link it to a theorist, and explain it in more detail. From this I have got a simple idea of how to basically structure an essay question I choose, and what points need to be covered including media terminology etc.