Critical Investigation

Production Ideas

• To what extent does violence in films encourage and result in violent behaviour in young people?
• To what extent does violence in music videos encourage and result in violent behaviour in young people?
• How is violence in video games portrayed compared to violence in films?

Linked Production Ideas

• Opening clip of a "violent film" - showing anti-social behaviour from youth
• Documentary on violence - video games - whether it influences the public
• Magazine article - film violence compared to video games

Texts that may be used:

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Halloween II
• Grand Theft Auto
• Halo
• 300
• Adulthood
• N-Dubz
• K Koke
• Bashy

Best Idea: To what extent does violence in music videos encourage and result in violent behaviour in young people? 


MIGRAIN

• Media Language; 
• Institution; 
• Genre; violence; thriller
• Representation; youths - violent, into violent films and games
• Audience; - youth audience; 15-21 years old
• Ideologies; 
• Narrative; 

SHEP

• Social;
• Historical;
• Economical;
• Political;

Theories

• Representation & Stereotypes - "Hoodies"
• Moral Panics - "teenage violence gone too far"
• Post 9/11 and the Media - "terrorism = violence" 
• Regulation & Censorship - violence and violent lyrics censored 

Issues & Debates

• Gender & Ethnicity - certain genders/ethnicities, violence is aimed at
• Audience Theories - why young people are intrigued by violence
• Genre Theories - 
• Colonialism & Post-Colonialism - gangs - fighting for their "territory"

Contemporary Media Landscape

This fits into the contemporary media landscape because in the contemporary media landscape their is a lot of violence that is shown and is shown to the wrong audience when it should not be and crime rates have gone up. So, therefore violence is something that needs to be addressed in the media. Moreover, as their are lots of music artists and videos to do with violence such as grime artists; K Koke; Bashy; N-Dubz etc. violence in music is quite common. This seems to attract young people and as anti-social behaviour relating to young people is very common in the news, it fits in well with today's media.