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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz have now developed a method that can objectively evaluate the age at which children and adolescents can safely watch a movie. They measured the composition of air in cinemas as well as levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) during 135 screenings of eleven different movies. Over 13,000 audience members were involved. For a variety of film genres and age groups, the researchers found that isoprene levels reliably correlate with the age rating of a film. "Isoprene appears to be a good indicator of emotional tension within a group," says Jonathan Williams, group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. "Our approach could therefore provide an objective criterion for deciding how movies should be classified."
They couldn't already objectively measure fear by the amount of urine-soaked seat cushions?
C. Stönner, A. Edtbauer, B. Derstroff, E. Bourtsoukidis, T. Klüpfel, J. Wicker, J. Williams. Proof of concept study: Testing human volatile organic compounds as tools for age classification of films. PLOS ONE, 2018; 13 (10): e0203044 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203044
(Score: 4, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:58PM (1 child)
Folks, we're losing a lot of people. So many beautiful young lives being lost. We have to do something about maybe what they're seeing and how they're seeing it. In video games. I'm hearing more and more people say the level of violence in video games is really shaping young people's thoughts. And then you go the further step and that's the movies. You see these movies, they're so violent, and yet a kid is able to see the movie if sex isn't involved. But killing is involved and maybe they have to put a ratings system for that. Whether we go by the Molecule or something else. You get into a whole very complicated, very big deal, but the fact is that you are having movies come out that are so violent with the killing and everything else that maybe that's another thing we're gonna have to discuss. And a lot of people are saying you have these movies today where you can go and have a child see a movie and yet it's so violent and so disgusting, so we may have to talk.
(Score: 2) by Mykl on Thursday October 25 2018, @03:17AM
It is interesting to see how different cultures rate the whole sex vs violence thing. The US is definitely prudish when it comes to naked body parts, but seems more indifferent to violence.
They seem similar in some ways to the Vikings [youtu.be]...