Sex and violence in films refers to the presentation of sexuality, sex acts, and violent actions. Explicit scenes are commonly seen in art films, horror films, erotic dramas, and thrillers. A brief history showed that early films contained violence to create a sense of realism. Attitudes towards sex and violence in films vary across regions and countries due to differing cultural norms and censorship standards. While ratings systems aim to help audiences find age-appropriate content, education is also seen as an important way to develop self-censorship.

1. SEX AND VIOLENCE IN
FILM
Athira Shynne B. Nanda Kumar
ABMCJ3A

2. What is Sex and
Violence in Film.

3. • Sex in film refers to the
presentation in motion pictures of
sexuality and sex acts,
including love scenes. Many actors
and actresses have exposed parts of
their bodies or dressed and
behaved in ways considered
sexually provocative
by contemporary standards at
some point in their careers.

4. Violence in film refers to the
action that uses force or
weapons against another
being direct or indirect.

5. Where do we usually see
explicit scenes like Sex and
Violence.

6. • in art-house films,
(indie, underground, extreme cinemas)
• horror/ slasher films,
(In horror films, Characters that engage in sex
acts are often the first to be claimed by the
antagonist(s), or will die shortly after their sex
scene and sometimes in the middle of it.)
• erotic dramas,
• thriller films
• foreign-language films and
• mainstream films

7. A brief History….
From the start, filmmakers were draw to
subjects involving action and violence. For
example, "The Great Train Robbery" in 1903
which contained the famous and powerful
image of a gun being turned towards the
camera and fired straight at the audience is
the cinema's first example of truly brutality.

8. Under the new "X" rating in
the United States, a wave of
1970s "porno chic" or
"middle-class porn" appeared
on movie screens,
exploiting the commercial
possibilities of an adults-only rating.
Moreover, the gore images from a movie with
could reveal the truth of a war and death.

9. • In the United Kingdom this
has included the first film to
show pubic hair
(Antonioni's Blowup , 1966)
• the first film to depict full
frontal nudity (the Swedish
production Puss
Misterijeorganizma [ Mysterie
s of the Organism ], 1971),
• Definitions of sexual
explicitness vary widely
across national cinemas,
with Belle époque (1992)
and The Piano (1993) banned
in the Philippines.

10. Attitudes by chosen regions
EUROPE
-converting explicit sex into mainstream content
-In Italy, nudity and strong sexual themes go
back to the silent era with films such as The
Last Days of Pompeii(1926).
-with the goal of
producing hardcore pornographic films for
women. It is the only time ever a mainstream
film company has openly produced hardcore
porno films

11. • INDIA
film has lacked the frank depiction of sex; until recently,
even kissing scenes were considered taboo.
• MEXICO
many comedy films are based around sex, typically
portraying men as unstoppable sex-seeking creatures
and women as willing targets.
• GERMANY
In Germany the film “the evil dead” was originally
banned for having violated the dignity of humankind.

12. PHILIPPINES
• Action movies with Pinoy cowboys and secret
agents as the movers of the plots were shown.
• Soft porn movies, more popularly known
as bomba films, increasingly became popular,
and these films were described as a direct
challenge.
Even though censorship took its hold in the
Philippines, the amount of sex and violence on
the big screen continued.

13. Why has been film
showing more and more
violence through the
years.

14. Most studios ignored the regulatory
restrictions
• because there was no enforcement
that was effective,
• and they knew that film-going
audiences wanted to see the kinds
of things (sex and crime) that were
being blacklisted.

15. censorship
• At first there was the Hay code(1927)
• List of "Don'ts" and "Be Carefuls". The eleven
"Don'ts" included suggestive nudity, use of illegal
drugs, willful offense to any nation, race, or creed
and more. The twenty-six "Be Carefuls" were only
cautionary, such as the elimination criminality,
excessive brutality, murder and rape, excessive
(over 3 seconds) and lustful kissing, and the
depiction of men and women sleeping together
in the same bed.

16. Today's censorship
• The motion picture industry officially
abandoned the Hays Code in 1968. New
voluntary ratings systems were proposed by
the Motion Picture Association of America
(MPAA), followed by age-based classification
of films (i.e., G, M, R, X) to protect children.

17. • Some films of the sexual nature
have been criticized
by religious groups and/or
banned by governments
because of the amounts of sex
scenes.

18. • In 1990, the MPAA replaced X with NC-17 in
an attempt to create a non-stigmatized
version of the adult rating.
• M (or "Suggested for Mature Audiences") was
replaced by the GP (soon replaced with PG)
rating in 1970, and the PG-13 rating appeared
in 1984.

19. “While the available movie rating
system can help the movie audience
finding the suitable materials
depends on their age group,
education can also be a viable
solution because it can increase the
self-censorship which is the most
important In spite of the criticism,
sex and violence will still be a part of
cinema as in real life.”

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