Motion Picture Association of America film rating system

The Motion Picture Association of America and their ‘rating system’ (Motion Picture Association of America, 2016) serves as an industry backed form of self-regulation for the content of films for the American consumer. However, amongst the changing times of the Country following World War II and leading into the turbulent 1960’s, Major movie companies were willing to forego industry-approved regulation for major films, forcing the MPAA to change from the Production Code towards the modern-day…

People express themselves through films, literature, and music everyday. Should their views be subject to censorship? There is no need to censor books as long as there are rules, laws, or other protections place to limit exposure to minors or those who feel the content may be inappropriate. Movies use a rating system based on the content of the film, access to websites are controlled and music stores inform you of explicit lyrics. Some literature, likeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark…

Rated PG-13: Why Movie Ratings and the MPAA Need to be Reformed The film industry has become a huge part of modern day culture, and it is all controlled by one company. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) controls what movies are rated on a scale that they created. The scale consists of five different ratings; G, PG, PG-13, R, and NC-17. A rating is given based on amounts of inappropriate language, violence, sex and nudity, and use of drugs and alcohol. The MPAA states that their…

plate. These two men helped create the first motion picture camera. Later, a man named Thomas Edison and his assistant, William K.L. Dickson, created a device called kinetoscope. It was small box that that had film roll and a peephole. People would look in the peephole can see 90-second black-and-white films. The last gentlemen to change the technology of moviemaking was Auguste and Louis Lumière. These two brothers developed a new device that could show film on a large screen. Thomas Edison…

decade movies have evolved and with that comes issues. For example, movies are becoming increasingly more difficult to rate for audiences, especially children. Movies have not always been under the protection of the First Amendment. In fact motion pictures didn’t become protected under the First Amendment until 72 years after they were made in 1952 (Albosta, 2009, pp.118-120). It might seem as a blessing that movies were finally able to be protected by laws, but in actuality, movies were put…

see. Some viewers may have complaints about ratings of movies. It’s becoming more frequent in recent years. This is because the rating of the movie betrays its content. Take a look at why there is arguments that movies need re-rating, critics are finding flaws in the rating system, and how the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) rates some movies wrong. These are the problems that will be addressed. First, arguments that movies need re-rating. For example, the ever popular movie…

The film industry had many changes take place in Hollywood during the 30’s such as the transitions to sound, color, and a new code of conduct emerged. The Hollywood Production Code is also known as Hays Code. It is a series of guidelines created by motion pictures in order to restrict explicitly in filmmaking. Producers believed they were responsible for spirality and morality of people all over the world when they made films. When the industry transitioned from silent films to talking pictures…

How do film classifications impact people’s viewing decisions? Film classifications can impact the viewing decisions of the people in different ways however to main goal is to provide viewers, mainly parents, with information to allow parents to make informed viewing decisions related to content in films (Classification.gov.au, 2014). The current system of film ratings emerged in 1968 and greatly impacted the industry as prior to this the rating system was simply a series of guidelines as to…

Have you ever thought to yourself, why can’t 16 year old’s get into rated R movies with an I.D. ? Imagine teens not getting in trouble for trying to sneak in movies anymore. Wouldn’t that be a nice thing to see? Movie theaters should allow 16 year olds with an I.D. into rated R for these reasons: maturity level, the difference between rated R and PG-13 movies, and Legal teens not having an I.D. First, the maturity level of many teens these days have grown so much. Usually adults doubt that…

majority of people want to watch action movies that involve guns, fast cars, sexy women or sexy men, and/or violence (Deane, 2010). These types of movies often simultaneously include the use of drugs and nudity. According to the Motion Picture Association of America, “ratings are assigned by a board of parents…