Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Mature way of looking at mature media content



Our reality is significantly augmented and influenced by visual media. I am ignoring print media for now, and focusing on TV, Films, Gaming which are gradually integrated under streaming.

I got curious as to the qualifiers used while watching a matured content in streaming. Wanted to make full list of all these qualifiers. Did get the reference for those prescribed by Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). 

  Need to validate further whether the streaming agencies extended these qualifiers further. If found more info, will extend this blog later with additional information. So, plan to revisit later if you are curious enough.

- Nataraja Upadhya

June 30, 2022

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Amazon Prime Genre for Featured Categories

· Action & Adventure

· Anime & Manga

· Arts & Entertainment

· Beauty & Fashion

· Comedy

· Documentary

· Drama

· Educational

· Exercise & Fitness

· Faith & Spirituality

· Fantasy

· Food & Drink

· Foreign Films

· Gaming

· Health

· Home & Garden

· Horror

· Kids & Family

· LGBT

· Military & War

· Music Videos & Concerts

· Musicals

· Mystery & Thrillers

· Performing Arts

· Reality TV

· Romance

· Science Fiction

· Soap Operas

· Special Interests

· Sports

· TV Game Shows

· TV News Programming

· TV Talk Shows

· Westerns

 

Netflix broad Program Categories further divided into approx. 3,647 categories:  For more info: https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/library/categories/

 

Use these terms to look for programs of your particular interest.

 

Action & Adventure

Action Comedies

Action Sci Fi & Fantasy

Action Thrillers

Adult Animation

Adventures

African

African American

Ages 8-10

Alien

American Folk & Bluegrass

Animal Tales

Animation

Anime

Art House movies

Australian

B-Horror

Baseball

Basketball

BBC

Belgian

BellyDancing

Biographical

Blaxploitation

BMX & Extreme Biking

Boxing

Bravo

Brazillian

British

Camp

Campy

Car Culture Shows

Cardio & Aerobics Workouts

Career & Finance

Cerebral

Children & Family

Chinese

Classic

Classical Instrumental Music

Comedies

Comic Book & Super Hero Movies

Coming-of-age

Computer Animation

Computers & Electronics

Controversial

Cooking Instruction

Country & Western/Folk

Courtroom

Creature Features

Crime

Critically-Acclaimed

Cult

Czeck

Dance Workouts

Dark

Deep Sea

Detective

Disco

Discovery Channel

Disney

Documentaries

Dramas

Dutch

Eastern European

Education & Guidance

Education for Kids

Emotional

Epics

Exciting

Experimental

Extreme Sports

Faith & Spirituality

Family Features

Fantasy

Feel-Good

Filipino

Film Noir

Food & Travel

Food & Wine

Football Movies

Foreign

Frankenstein Movies

French

Gangster Movies

Gay & Lesbian

German

Golf

Goofy

Gory

Goth & Industrial

Greek

Gritty

Healthy Living Shows

Heartfelt

Historical

Hobbies & Games

Home Entertaining

Home Improvement

Homework Help

Horror

Ice Hocky

Imaginative

Independent

Indian

Indie

Inspirational Music

Inspiring

Iranian

Irish

Irreverent

Israeli

Italian

Japanese

Jazz & Easy Listening

Jewish

Karaoke

Kids

Korean

Late night comedies

Latin & Ballroom Dance

Latin American

Latin Music

Latino

Low-Impact Workouts

Magic & Illusion

Martial Arts

Mexican

Middle Eastern

Military

Mind & Body

Mind-bending

Miniseries

Mockumentaries

Monster Movies

Motor sports

Movies based on books

Movies based on real life

Movies directed by ..

Movies for ages ..

Movies from the (time period)

Movies on blue-ray

Movies on IMAX

Movies starring …

MTV TV Shows

Music

Musicals

Mysteries

New Zealand

Opera & Operetta

Outdoor & Mountain sports

Period Pieces

Polish

Political

Pop

Psychological

Quirky

Raunchy

Real Martial Arts

Realty TV

Reggae

Religious

Rock & Pop Concerts

Rock & Roll

Rockumentaries

Romantic

Russian

Sacred

Satanic

Satires

Saturday Night Live

Scandinavian

Scary

Sci-Fi

Science

Science & Nature

Screwball

Sentimental

Showbiz

Silent Movies

Sitcoms

Skateboarding

Skiiing

Slapstick

Slasher & Serial Killer

Soccer

Social & Cultural

Social Issue

Southeast Asian

Spanish

Spiritual

Sports

Spy

Stage Musicals

Stand-Up Comedy

Steamy

Stunts & General Mayhem

Supernatural

Suspenseful

Swashbucklers

Swing & Big Band

Tai Chi & Quigong

Tearjerkers

Teen

Thai

Theatrical Performances

Thrillers

Time Travel Movies

TLC

Traditional Latin Music

Travel & Adventure

TV

Understated

Urban & Dance Concerts

Vampire

Violent

Visually-Striking

War

Werewolf

Westerns

Witty

World

Zombies

 

 

Netflix qualifiers for its programs. Please note that some terms here are not listed in the content types above. Eg: Deadpan

 

Absurd

Adrenaline Rush

Cerebral

Charming

Chilling

Controversial

Dark

Deadpan

Emotional

Exciting

Feel-Good

Goofy

Gritty

Heartfelt

Inspiring

Intimate

Investigative

Mind-bending

Offbeat

Ominous

Provocative

Quirky

Raunchy

Romantic

Scary

Sentimental

Steamy

Suspenseful

Swoonworthy

Understated

Violent

Witty

 

Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB)

 For more info:https://www.esrb.org/


1. Rating Categories

a) Everyone (E)

b) Everyone 10+ (E10+)

c) Teen (T)

d) Mature 17+ (M)

e) Adults Only 18+ (A)

f) Rating Pending (RP)

g) Rating Pending lilely Mature 17+ (RP)

2. Content Descriptors

a) All Content

i. Alcohol Reference: Reference to and/or images of alcoholic beverages

ii. Animated Blood: Discolored and/or unrealistic depictions of blood

iii. Blood: Depictions of blood

iv. Blood & Gore: Depictions of blood or the mutilation of body parts

v. Cartoon Violence: Violent actions involving cartoon-like situations and characters. May include violence where a character is unharmed after the action has been inflicted

vi. Comic Mischief: Depictions or dialogue involving slapstick or suggestive humor

vii. Crude Humor: Depictions or dialogue involving vulgar antics, including "bathroom" humor

viii. Drug Reference: Reference to and/or images of illegal drugs

ix. Fantasy Violence: Violent actions of a fantasy nature, involving human or non-human characters in situations easily distinguishable from real life

x. Intense Violence: Graphic and realistic-looking depictions of physical conflict. May involve extreme and/or realistic blood, gore, weapons and depictions of human injury and death

xi. Language: Mild to moderate use of profanity

xii. Lyrics: Mild references to profanity, sexuality, violence, alcohol or drug use in music

xiii. Mature Humor: Depictions or dialogue involving "adult" humor, including sexual references

xiv. Nudity: Graphic or prolonged depictions of nudity

xv. Partial Nudity: Brief and/or mild depictions of nudity

xvi. Real Gambling: Player can gamble, including betting or wagering real cash or currency

xvii. Sexual Content: Non-explicit depictions of sexual behavior, possibly including partial nudity

xviii. Sexual Themes: References to sex or sexuality

xix. Sexual Violence: Depictions of rape or other violent sexual acts

xx. Simulated Gambling: Player can gamble without betting or wagering real cash or currency

xxi. Strong Language: Explicit and/or frequent use of profanity

xxii. Strong Lyrics: Explicit and/or frequent references to profanity, sex, violence, alcohol or drug use in music

xxiii. Strong Sexual Content: Explicit and/or frequent depictions of sexual behavior, possibly including nudity

xxiv. Suggestive Themes: Mild provocative references or materials

xxv. Tobacco Reference: Reference to and/or images of tobacco products

xxvi. Use of Alcohol: The consumption of alcoholic beverages

xxvii. Use of Drugs: The consumption or use of illegal drugs

xxviii. Use of Tobacco: The consumption of tobacco products

xxix. Violence: Scenes involving aggressive conflict. May contain bloodless dismemberment

xxx. Violent References: References to violent acts

b) Substances

i. Alcohol Reference

ii. Drug Reference

iii. Tobacco Reference

iv. Use of Alcohol

v. Use of Drugs

vi. Use of Tobacco

c) Blood/Gore

i. Animated Blood

ii. Blood

iii. Blood and Gore

d) Violence

i. Cartoon Violence

ii. Fantasy Violence

iii. Intense Violence

iv. Violence

v. Violent References

e) Humor

i. Comic Mischief

ii. Crude Humor

iii. Mature Humor

f) Language

i. Language

ii. Lyrics

iii. Strong Language

iv. Strong Lyrics

g) Nudity

i. Nudity

ii. Partial Nudity

h) Gambling

i. Real Gambling

ii. Simulated Gambling

i) Sexuality

i. Sexual Content

ii. Sexual Themes

iii. Sexual Violence

iv. Strong Sexual Content

v. Suggestive Themes

3. Interactive Elements

a) In-Game Purchases: Contains in-game offers to purchase digital goods or premiums with real world currency, including but not limited to bonus levels, skins, music, virtual coins and other forms of in-game currency, subscriptions, season passes and upgrades (e.g., to disable ads).

b) In-Game Purchases (Includes random items): Contains in-game offers to purchase digital goods or premiums with real world currency (or with virtual coins or other forms of in-game currency that can be purchased with real world currency) for which the player doesn’t know prior to purchase the specific digital goods or premiums they will be receiving (e.g., loot boxes, item packs, mystery awards).

c) Users Interact: Indicates possible exposure to unfiltered/uncensored user-generated content, including user-to-user communications and media sharing via social media and networks

d) Shares location: Includes the ability to display the user’s location to other users of the app

e) Unrestricted Internet: Provides unrestricted access to the internet (e.g., browser, search engine)

 

Maturity ratings for TV shows and movies on Netflix

 

In India, Netflix uses the following TV and movie ratings:

Kids

U

Suitable for children and persons of all ages

U/A 7+

Suitable for children 7 and above and under parental guidance for persons under age of 7

Teens

U/A 13+

Suitable for persons aged 13 and above and under parental guidance for people under age of 13

Adults

U/A 16+

Suitable for persons aged 16 and above and under parental guidance for people under age of 16

A

Content restricted to adults

 

TV Parental Guidelines Ratings

The direct description of each rating from the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board is listed above the extended ratings description in italics.

For more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Parental_Guidelines


TV-Y

 

This program is designed to be appropriate for all children.

Programs rated TV-Y are designed to be appropriate for children of all ages. The thematic elements portrayed in programs with this rating are specifically designed for a very young audience.

TV-Y7

 

 

This program is designed for children age 7 and above.
Programs rated TV-Y7 are designed for children age 7 and older. The FCC states that it "may be more appropriate for children who have acquired the developmental skills needed to distinguish between make-believe and reality." The thematic elements portrayed in programs with this rating contain mild fantasy and comedic violence.

Programs where fantasy violence may be more intense or more combative.
Programs given the "FV" content descriptor exhibit more 'fantasy violence' and are generally more intense or combative than other programs rated TV-Y7.

TV-G

 

Most parents will find this program suitable for all ages
Programs rated TV-G are generally suited for all audiences, though they may not necessarily contain content of interest to children. The FCC states that "this rating does not signify a program designed specifically for children, [and] most parents may let younger children watch this program unattended."[12] The thematic elements portrayed in programs with this rating contain little or no violence, mild language, and little or no sexual dialogue or situations.

TV-PG

 

This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children
Programs rated TV-PG may contain some material that parents or guardians may find inappropriate for younger children. Programs assigned a TV-PG rating may include infrequent coarse language, some sexual content, some suggestive dialogue, or moderate violence.

TV-14

 

This program contains material that most parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age.[11]
Programs rated TV-14 contain material that parents or adult guardians may find unsuitable for children under the age of 14. The FCC warns that "Parents are cautioned to exercise some care in monitoring this program and are cautioned against letting children under the age of 14 watch unattended." Programs with this rating contain intensely suggestive dialogue, strong coarse language, intense sexual situations or intense violence

TV-MA

 

This program is specifically designed to be viewed by adults and therefore may be unsuitable for children under 17.
Contains content that may be unsuitable for children. This rating was originally TV-M prior to the announced revisions to the rating system in August 1997 but was changed due to a trademark dispute and in order to remove confusion with the Entertainment Software Rating Board's (ESRB) "M for Mature" rating for video games.This rating is rarely used by broadcast networks or local television stations due to FCC restrictions on program content, although it is commonly applied to television programs featured on certain cable channels (basic and premium networks) and streaming networks for both mainstream and softcore programs. Programs with this rating may include crude indecent language, explicit sexual activity and graphic violence.

Content descriptors

 

An example of a rating, which is TV-14 with all content descriptors (D, L, S, and V).

Some thematic elements, according to the FCC, "may call for parental guidance and/or the program may contain one or more of the following" sub-ratings, designated with an alphabetic letter:

· D – Sexual or suggestive dialogue (not used with the TV-MA rating)

· L – Coarse or crude language

· S – Sexual situations

· V – Violence

· FV – Fantasy violence (exclusive to the TV-Y7 rating)

Motion Picture content Rating System:

Varies by country. Rating systems for India, UK and USA are given below. For more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_picture_content_rating_system

 

In India, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is responsible for certifying films meant for public exhibition.[68]

· U – Unrestricted public exhibition.

· U/A – Unrestricted public exhibition, but with parental guidance for children below the age of 12 years.

· A – Restricted to adults.

· S – Restricted to any special class of persons.

 

In United Kingdom:

 

Further information: British Board of Film ClassificationHistory of British film certificates, and Video Recordings Act 1984

BBFC classification symbols (from 2019)

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) classifies films to be publicly exhibited in the United Kingdom, although statutory powers remain with local councils which can overrule any of the BBFC's decisions. Since 1984, the BBFC also classifies films made commercially available through a home video format. If the BBFC refuses a classification this effectively amounts to a ban (although local councils retain the legal right to overturn it in the case of cinema exhibition). The BBFC's regulatory powers do not extend to the Internet, so a film they have banned on physical media can still be made available via streaming media/video on demand. Videos designed to inform, educate or instruct or concerned with sport, religion or music are exempt from classification; exempt films may be marked as "E", but this is not an official label.[156][157]

The current BBFC system is:[158]

· U (Universal – Suitable for all) – A U-rated film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over.

· PG (Parental Guidance) – General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children. A PG-rated film should not unsettle a child aged around eight or older.

· 12A / 12 (Suitable for 12 years and over) – Films classified 12A and video works classified 12 contain material that is not generally suitable for children aged under 12. No one younger than 12 may see a 12A-rated film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult. No one younger than 12 may rent or buy a 12 rated video work.

· 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and older) – No-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15-rated film at the cinema or buy/rent a 15-rated video.

· 18 (Suitable only for adults) – No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18-rated film at the cinema or buy/rent an 18-rated video.

· R18 (To be shown only in specially licensed cinemas, or supplied only in licensed sex shops, and to adults only) – The R18 category is a special and legally restricted classification primarily for explicit works of consenting sex or strong fetish material involving adults. Films may only be shown to adults in specially licensed cinemas, and video works may be supplied to adults only in licensed sex shops. R18-rated video works may not be supplied by mail order.

Older video works still in circulation may still carry the deprecated Uc label, classifying the work as "Especially suitable for pre-school children".[157]

United States

Main article: Motion Picture Association film rating system

In the United States, film classification is a voluntary process with the ratings issued by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) via the Classification and Rating Administration (CARA).[159][160] The system was established in 1968, but the version listed below is the most recent revision, having been in effect since 1990.[161] An unrated film is often informally denoted by "NR" in newspapers and so forth.[162]

· G (General Audiences) – All ages admitted.

· PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) – Some material may not be suitable for children.

· PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned) – Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

· R (Restricted) – Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

· NC-17 (Adults Only) – No one 17 and under admitted.

 

 


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