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Over the years censorship in the media has diminished, allowing more and more violence to be shown in films, video games and on the internet. When placed correctly, a small amount of violence can make a film, video game etc more interesting or realistic.
However the line between violence and gore for the sake of gore has become rather blurred over the past decade or so - particularly in the aformentioned genres. It has become the 'cool thing' to watch as gorier footage as possible and be unphased, which I find a little worrying, mainly because it desensitises the audience to death (to the point where they'll hear of a violent masaccre on the news and think nothing of it) and less importantly it makes it harder to shock an audience when making a film.
The idea is that gore and violence in media cause a release of adrenaline in the audience and in a way they feel that they are experiencing a terrifying adventure themselves as they are scared.
Although dispite the growing industry of horrifically gorey films, very few seem to have people raving about how good they were - in general overly gorey films do not do so well in Box Office as those with a well thought out storyline with a few brief violent scenes.
However the line between violence and gore for the sake of gore has become rather blurred over the past decade or so - particularly in the aformentioned genres. It has become the 'cool thing' to watch as gorier footage as possible and be unphased, which I find a little worrying, mainly because it desensitises the audience to death (to the point where they'll hear of a violent masaccre on the news and think nothing of it) and less importantly it makes it harder to shock an audience when making a film.
The idea is that gore and violence in media cause a release of adrenaline in the audience and in a way they feel that they are experiencing a terrifying adventure themselves as they are scared.
Although dispite the growing industry of horrifically gorey films, very few seem to have people raving about how good they were - in general overly gorey films do not do so well in Box Office as those with a well thought out storyline with a few brief violent scenes.
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