Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Ignite Presentation Feedback

Movie Age Ratings/Violence

Teacher Feedback:
  • Great choice of topic and potential for critical investigation here.
  • immediately on to a primary text - Fast and Furious - but lack of rehearsal here - long pauses.
  • Good use of images rather than text.
  • Took a bit too long to get to the point - the change from 15 to 12A as the franchise continues.
  • Excellent image analysis putting the two alongside each other.
  • Good use of historical text - Terminator that adds to the debate.
  • There are some brilliant points here but overall a frustrating lack of detail and depth to the presentation. Lack of authority in delivery.
  • BUT, good selection of texts.
  • Where are the media debates? Theories? So much more depth possible here. A relevant media debate but only scratching the surface here.
  • Q+A raises commercial aspect - very important and not addressed in presentation. Institutional issues.
  • Is there any point in age ratings in the digital world?

WWW:
  • Good use of images and not text.
  • Placing images side by side to compare the difference of before and after.
  • Historical text was relevant and showed research had been put in.
  • Interesting, and very current debate raised.
  • Very good use of a film franchise.
EBI
  • Rehearsed more.
  • There were no long pauses between some slides.
  • Got to the point faster.
  • Raised different theories and points about the issue, such as commercial aspects.
  • More detail put in to what the reason for these age ratings could be and about the films.

In order to turn my ignite talk into a top quality critical investigation, I would need to research further about my main media text, Fast and Furious. I could find out facts and key details such as how much money they may have grossed when the film was a 15 compared to when it became a 12A. I could also raise debates within my topic about various aspects of the films and what gives them the ratings that they do receive and whether the bbfc are becoming more susceptible to violence in movies as such. 

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