The Ethical and Legal Restraints In The Film Sector
The representation of gender in the film industry is poorly shown for women as only 30.8 per cent of speaking character are women. The average of number of men in a film with main roles outweigh women by 2.24:1. This is made worse when half of the movie tickets sold in the US are half.
The Representation of Religion
The representation of religion in film is as a whole generally very good with upholding this ethical constraint but some films disregard this and choose not to care for example a type of this can be seen in The Shawshank Redemption, where the prison warden mistreats prisoners, also hands out Bibles and reads aloud Biblical verses to the same prisoners he abuses. His Christianity is portrayed to be associated with his tyranny, he is also portrayed as a radical Christian.
The Race relations Act
"The Race Relations Act 1976, places a legal obligation to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination and to promote equality of opportunity and good relations between persons of different racial groups".
The Human Rights Act 1998
This incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into British law. Articles 8 and 10 of the Convention are the ones most likely to impact on BBFC age rating decisions, article 10 deals with the right of freedom of expression and article 8 covers the right to respect for private and family life.The Act does permit restrictions on freedom of expression as are prescribed by domestic law.
Licensing
Local authorities grant licences to the cinemas in their area. When a cinema applies for a licence it must include a rule requiring the admission of children is to a film to normally be restricted to accordance with BBFC age ratings.
Local authorities grant licences to the cinemas in their area. When a cinema applies for a licence it must include a rule requiring the admission of children is to a film to normally be restricted to accordance with BBFC age ratings.
Copyright
Copyright helps protect the creators and owners by preventing others from using their works without their permission. This extends to the screenplay, soundtrack. To claim ownership of the film, raise the necessary finance to make the film, and license distribution rights so it reaches the widest possible audience.
Case Study: In 2004, Examiners discussed whether the Act was relevant after seeing the film, The Passion of the Christ, which some audience members accused of being anti-Semitic however the BBFC's conclusion was that it was neither anti-Semitic nor indeed blasphemous.
