And Media Ethics
Picture from
Wikipedia
 This
era had films that featured many
adult themes that were considered
“unacceptable.”
 The Hays Code (created by Daniel Lord)
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wanted to promote
moral values.
Picture from Wikipedia and quote
from youtube video on slide 5
 Pre-Code
Films feature some nudity, light
profanity, sexual innuendos, symbolic
sexual situations, homosexuality,
violence, racy scenes, prostitution, and
implied abortion.
Picture from Wikipedia
 Joseph
I. Breen wanted the film
Industry to have traditional moral
values in film and wanted to
censor any inappropriate scene.
Picture from Google Images
By 1934 The Hays Code was enforced and
films of that time were featuring little or
no immoral subjects.
These clips explain
what was going on at
that time. If the links do
not work, turn off the
power point and got to
those links.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl05 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4i
-1pn1u8&feature=related
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Both the Youtube logo and the Mae West photo are
from Wikipedia
The Code was enforced for
many years until
the 1960s. The films of the 60s
started to bring
up subjects that were not
allowed for many
years. By 1968, the Hays Code
was abolished
and MPAA (Motion Picture
Association of
America ) was created to start
the rating system.
The picture on the left features
the first X rated
film to win best picture
Midnight Cowboy in
1969.
FILMMAKER’S
RESPONSIBILITY
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Filmmakers often say “they
are not responsible for the
social impacts of their own
creations.”
Some people feel that
content in film is a form a
freedom of speech.
SOCIAL IMPACTS OF PRECODE FILMS
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Quote from Media Now Text Book
Smoking and or drugs can
influence young people to
smoke.
Language can be “over used.”
Sexual immorality can have
young people, have sex
without thinking about it.
Violence in film has often led
people to create more
violence.
Drinking in films can have an
influence on young people.
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http://www.filmsquish.com/guts/files/images/Robinson,%20Edward%20G.%20(Little%20Caesar)_01.jpg
http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/wp-content/2008/12/gold-diggers-of-1933-joan-blondell.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2020/1527174904_8b05ef100c.jpg
http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/71/90671-004-F77EAC0F.jpg
http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqe816xwPN1qzoaqio1_400.jpg
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/53/MidnightCowboyshot.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Greta_Garbo_in_Queen_Christina.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Jean_Harlow_in_Dinner_at_Eight_trailer_crop.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b0/GlorifyingSSSSS1929.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Mae_West_in_I%27m_No_Angel.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ydq8Ko5xeIE/R2KQI1rbOwI/AAAAAAAAAa4/gkdcIEyl9Ws/s400/c+Lloyd+Bacon+
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Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_Code
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Code_Hollywood
Media Now Chapter 15 Media Ethics
Youtube
Song “42nd Street” from the Film “42nd Street.”