P5

TASK 1

Task 2:
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Portrays a white male lead (Charlie Hunnam) fighting for is kingdom. This would follow the stereotypical Hollywood casting, where a muscled and attractive white male is cast in the lead role, representing a heroic image that makes up a small percentage of regular people. However, a strong female is cast as the nameless Mage (Astrid Berges-Frisbey). through the use of a female character, mainstream films can get ore women to buy tickets as they are rarely represented as strong characters in film. This is why Hollywood would use a strong female character and it would have been triggered by the amount of feminists that are ever appearing. Her character is rarely seen to be weak and ends up being the greatest help to the male lead, whilst arousing a small love interest, known to be a stereotypical element of a Hollywood movie that seems unchangeable. There are elements of the love interest below in the still, where there is skin contact between them, whilst alone, which implies that they have created a special connection that they don't share (an extreme long shot used to express the fact that they are alone and the scene is more intimate) with anyone else and the audience must assume that the contact that is unneeded is  a sign of something that will grow.
Strong females in Hollywood may start off strong, yet the stereotype of a strong male will usually overcome the fact that the woman was once strong since they have lost their strength and superiority to the love that they feel for the stronger male. The audience may feel ashamed that the woman has fallen in love for a petty reason and become a different person. Though in this scene, the women makes the man weak with her powers, thus trying to show a more equal representation. 
Whilst there are plenty of stereotypical Hollywood films, where the lead falls in love with someone of the opposite sex, there are a lot less where the lead falls for someone of the same sex and proceed with a Homosexual relationship. However, the film industry is starting to involve these relationships with supporting actors, which can unfortunately be used for Queerbaiting (to hint at, but then to not actually depict, a potential same-sex romantic relationship between fictional characters. The potential romance may be ignored, explicitly rejected or made fun of). Though a growing percentage of film is trying to give audiences an accurate representation, which is important for today's youth, much like 'Call Me By Your Name' and 'God's Own Country'.
There is also the problem that nothing good ever comes for LGBT+ characters, shown in 'Brokeback Mountain', one of the rare films where the lead characters are gay. There are also lead roles that are within the LGBT+ community like 'Danish Girl', 'Deadpool', 'Moonlight' and the upcoming 'Love, Simon'. However there are no homosexual or LGBT+ characters present in the film, which would have been more accurate since they weren't that open in the era, If there were, it wasn't made obvious.

Ethnicity Representation:
There is the representation of Europeans, Asians and African-American/African/Jamaican.  it is important to include various ethnicities so that no one can get offended and to show an accurate representation of our world with a type of microcosm.

This character has a major role as the leader of the rebels that team up with Arthur. They have brought influence form his ethnicity into his outfit, which has red and yellow compared to blue or grey clothing. They have used a male to make the character stronger and it allows for equal representation, where the African/Jamaican ethnicity isn't ignored and made to look weak. the grey of his beard also makes him look wiser and more experienced than the main protagonist and seems to be an older brother figure or father figure (having been close to Arthur's actual father). It goes to show that race can't separate people. 

There is a slight stereotype shown with this character, Kung-fu George. Although he has an English name they show that he is a master of martial arts, stereotypical of his Asian heritage. This is carried through with the ponytail hairstyle and facial hair. It is good to see that he isn't teaching only Asian characters, but rather igniting the skill to fight in young English men. his outfit is a navy robe, which is typical of an Asian character but his outfit isn't more or less extravagant than the other characters, showing he is an equal. 

Costumes: Arthur's outfit is lighter than those surrounding him, possibly representing his foreshadowed glory and it seems slightly golden in the light (natural) which could also mean nature is bathing him in the limelight. The outfit is practical much like the others, but the lack of material for protection, could mean that he isn't afraid and he is very open about his ambitions.

The character's outfits around him are also practical but have a darker colour scheme which sets them into the background and can link to the fact that they don't have a regal background like Arthur, although the character beside him has a similar background. The rest of the outfits make the characters blend into silhouettes and make them less significant. The outfits are also relevant for the medieval time period, where their clothes were all leather and cloth, with the occasional metal, which is shown here with the use of leather outer clothing, belts, gauntlets and trousers. The detailing on stitching is also exaggerated to make the clothing look more handmade and rougher, depicting their lower class.

Placement: The strong, white male protagonist is centre of attention as expected from a mainstream film, the light shining on him is highlighting his importance, and the reflection of the light onto characters around him could represent the impact he has on them. This also shown with the fact everyone is standing behind him whilst he is unarmed, adding to the fact that he is the true leader.  the audience can see who has the closest relationship to Arthur, since the new 'father' figure is standing closer to him and then his old friend, minor characters are in the far background.


Task 3:
Watching films can most certainly influence behaviour, though it may not be the over ruling factor for any violence or harmful actions. Audiences can act happy, sad or angry from watching a film and this is meant to happen, though films were never supposed to encourage someone to start fights or take part in a mass-school shooting. Films involve a passive action of simply sitting and watching, rather than video games, where there is more interaction that encourages players to shoot down masses of people which risks the possibility of a player getting influenced. However, from reading the articles, it is proven and partly common sense that there must have been a maleficent idea from before the interactions with video games or film. For instance, Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik used the game Call of Duty as a cover up so people wouldn't be suspicious of his absences. It would also be a deciding factor when you consider whether the person convicted has a history of mental health issues, which can alter whether a person takes things seriously or not. Overall though, you must consider that billions watch films and play video games, yet only a minority of them are truly influenced when they can't separate themselves from reality and make believe.
Legal/ Ethical Issues-

Ethical: An ethical issue may be that, because they wanted to make the character a much more ignoble, self-serving, selfish guy, which would give a greater breadth to the journey,, which can encourage others to act in the same way (highly unlikely with this film) and go against the original Arthurian value system, with the idea of making society better and protecting the vulnerable.

Legal: King Arthur has been shown as an ideal leader who is able to unite a divided country. Arthur's famous round table meant all of his knights would get a say in this collaborative king’s court, which seems to be a form of democracy. This can be relevant to present day issues, where people are trying to achieve democracy over communism.

Ethical:There may be bad gender stereotypes as Arthur says to another, “Put your ring back on, honey tits, you haven’t had enough porridge to talk like that.” which could offend female audiences since it is hinting at women who become grumpy without a schedule, like the saying that someone hasn't woken up before their first coffee.

Ethical:There is in frequent swearing which can offend parents, who probably don't want to encourage their children, but more so with the moderate violence, which can act as a cover for more violence or the start of violent intentions/behaviour.

There were no clear legal reasons for King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

BBFC:

• stands for British Board of Film Classification
• The ratings that are given out include U, PG, 12, 12A, 15, 18
• The BBFC have classified King Arthur: Legend of the Sword as a 12A  for infrequent strong language, moderate violence and threat, though all known versions of the film passed uncut.
• The BBFC rate films depending on the amount of violence, swearing, scenes of a sexual nature and other offensive material that may appear. They want to give the film a suitable age rating and warn those who are wanting to watch it, giving them a clear warning before they buy tickets. 
• If there is too much offensive material the BBFC may get the production company to cut down the film so it is suitable for the target audience, which didn't happen to King Arthur Legend of the Sword, showing that it was already suitable and reached the target audience without too much offensive material.