During this past week our group have had a few meetings to discuss what our final video will consist of. We decided that we would focus on 3 students in their dorm room discussing films, video games and the Australian classification system, because the Reservoir Dogs video game is banned in Australia, and we don’t understand why so we think this would be interesting to explore in our script and video.

The 3 characters in this video will be A, B and C, because we haven’t figured out names, or if they are even important.
A: International Student who does not understand the australian classification system because he does not believe that desensitisation is a thing.
B: Australian student who believes intention is more impactful than depiction, bases his theory off of fiction/novels/stories causing violence. Believes that the current classification system is not enough, as acts of violence are referenced to/take place off screen, yet still happen.
C: Believes depiction is more influential than intention, bases his theory off of the idea that being able to form a strong connection to the characters performing the acts enhances the experience and therefore the desensitisation. Believes current classification system is ok as the acts are what’s censored.

So in our script and video, we will be using our research of the Australian Classification system, media effects and desensitisation caused by violence portrayed in the media. Jack has started writing a draft script and Helen and I have been giving input on ways we can progress the scene and ways it can be improved. At this stage we don’t know 100% when our first shoot will be, but it could be this weekend or next.