Homework: For Next Tuesday 2nd April

• • 1. Assess your essay against criteria (moderate next week)
  
  
  2. Prepare ahead - next weeks lesson:
  
  
  Initial Research: For the following words in BOLD - Know about what was happening, define the terms, outline the context, and what relevance they have to the above exam question?

   

  Group 1.Natasha, Aaron, Molly,

  The right-wing, pro-censorship response by groups such as the National Viewers and Listeners Association and conservative MPs who wanted the introduction of restrictive laws for access to films on video

  
  Group 2. Anna, Adam, India, 

  2. The level of take-up/fashion amongst the UK population of home video technologies in the 80s and unregulated home video distributors 

  
  

  Group 3. Priss, Ben, Saima, Briony

  3. The dawning of the home video age - format wars (VHS and Betamax) and the moral panic about the uncensored Video Nasties and unregulated video content and move to regulation of film in the home.

   
  
  http://youtu.be/OqbMvbP_j1k?t=6m17s watch from 6m 17s – 11m 34 s
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/gallery/2012/nov/10/censored-cinema-in-pictures
  http://blogs.examiner.co.uk/moviesfilmscinema/2010/04/30-years-on-from-the-video-nas.html
  
  
  http://leighmediaasfilmessays12.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/1980s-video-nasties-bbfc-home-video.html
  
  
  http://leighmediaasfilmessays12.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/1980s-format-wars-vhs-vs-beta.html
  
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• Evil Dead 2 1987 (Sam 'Spiderman' Raimi)
• Notes on Video Nasties/Format Wars
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  Video Essays - Internet Piracy & Censorship
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  Post your thoughts as a comment to this post: Should there be such a thing as censorship of films?