Schnittberichte.com
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| German-language website showing the differences between the different cut versions | |
| languages | German |
| Registration | optional |
| On-line | March 2000 (currently active) |
| https://www.schnittberichte.com/ | |
Schnittberichte.com is a German-language website that mainly deals with the differences between different cut versions of films , series , music videos , comics and computer games . In addition, the authors publish news and reviews on a wide variety of media. At the beginning of January 2014, 8970 sectional reports were online.
background
There are several cut versions of many films and other media. For example, a feature film that has already been published is cut again for broadcast on television or for publication on VHS or DVD. These are mostly cuts in which, for example, depictions of sex or violence are "defused", a form of self-censorship . In these cases, the original film version ( Final Cut ) is often referred to as "uncut", in contrast to the censored "cut" version.
There are also cut versions that have been recreated from the original footage (the uncut film material), whereby the result is longer and can contain scenes that have not been shown before, as in the Director's Cut .
Content of the site
The Schnittberichte.com website is based on a system of volunteer authors who create their own reports. The volunteers work for several days on some reports. The focus of the publications in the last two to three years has been on comparisons between the secondary releases of various long versions, which are increasingly being made by film labels for economic reasons.
In most cases, missing scenes are indicated by pictures of the cut-off material and briefly explained. In addition, censored games (often German versions) are compared with the uncensored versions. The different versions of TV series, music videos and comics are also compared.
Every day the site publishes a list of the TV ratings in free and pay TV from 6 a.m. to 6 a.m. the following day. Shortened versions due to the broadcasting time are pointed out here and, in the case of films available in several versions, the version is indicated (in particular other than Director's or Extended Cut). These reports are based on experiences or previous broadcasts of the film on a station group. In addition to the daily news, there is also a separate preview for free and pay TV for a fluctuating number of days.
history
In March 2000, the site went online for the first time under the name Schnittberichte.de . Because the pictures of missing scenes often contain extreme depictions of violence, Schnittberichte.de was closed in May 2002 due to the German Youth Protection Act . On January 6, 2003, the Austrian operator Gerald Wurm resumed operation of the site, which is now subject to Austrian law , under the name Schnittberichte.com . Since the beginning of 2008 there is also an English version of the website with Movie-Censorship.com .
reception
The Stuttgarter Zeitung pointed out that the site makers hate any kind of censorship, and summarizes: “Here you can check what has been snipped away, and you can follow the discussions about the value of the shower images in the forum. You don't have to agree with the writers, but then you know better what the film censorship debate is about. "
For the public discussion on the subject of horror films, in addition to traditional media, various forms of communication on the Internet have gained in importance in recent years. So-called knowledge communities have developed forms of collective intelligence.
“The discussion is multinational, so that the legal restrictions and distribution practices of the home country can easily be compared with those of other countries and assessed accordingly. The fact that shortened films are now precisely documented and illustrated by comparing different versions of the cuts “is mainly due to Schnittberichte.com.
Web links
- Schnittberichte.com
- Movie-Censorship.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernst Corinth : Cut or Uncut? In: Telepolis . Verlag Heinz Heise , May 13, 2004, accessed on August 27, 2018 . .
- ↑ Cropped! . In: Kölner Stadtanzeiger , February 17, 2005.
- ↑ Peter Steinlechner: German Call of Duty 6: Activision did not mention change. In: Golem.de . Golem Media GmbH, November 6, 2009, accessed on August 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Got into the net . In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , March 4, 2002, p. 16.
- ^ Peter Riedel: Horror Film . In: Christian Schicha, Carsten Brosda: Handbook of media ethics . Wiesbaden 2010, pp. 424-430, here p. 426.