Screenwriter

 What's Your Censorship IQ?
 * Screenwriter **
 * Task 1: ** Take the censorship quiz at the following site. Write down your score on your response sheet.

The Hays Code 1. What are the three general principles of the Hays Code? 2. How long did this production code affect movies in the United States?
 * Task 2 **** : ** Visit the websites below and answer the questions that follow.

How the Film Production Code of 1930 Censored America 3. How were films censored locally and voluntarily prior to 1930? 4. Of the censored content described in the production code, which three pieces do you find most interesting. Why? 5. In what way was the Production Code of 1930 a positive thing?

American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression: The Miracle Case 6. Describe the negative effects of censorship on films in the mid-20th century. 7. Summarize the "miracle" case and explain why it was important. 8. How do MPAA ratings affect movies today? Do you think this is a form of censorship? Explain.

9. (This question applies to all of the above websites). You create a movie about high school life, but because of some of the blunt realities presented, it receives an R rating. You know your film will not be as profitable or reach as large of an audience as it would have if it was PG-13. Would you edit your film to lower the MPAA rating? Why or why not?