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Regulatory Bodies

Regulatory Bodies. Controlling what you see and hear. Why Have Them?. To protect the viewer To protect people on film To control content To control opinion To control commercial interests. Who Are They?.

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Regulatory Bodies

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  1. Regulatory Bodies Controlling what you see and hear

  2. Why Have Them? • To protect the viewer • To protect people on film • To control content • To control opinion • To control commercial interests

  3. Who Are They? There are many regulatory bodies that control the actions of the industry from television to film to computer games to newspapers to magazines. All parts of the industry are in some way regulated – often by many different bodies

  4. What Do They Do? • They enforce various guidelines to ensure that what is broadcast or printed falls within certain limits and to certain standards • Often they are “self-regulating” – that is they are formed by the industry to police itself, hopefully preventing adverse outside scrutiny

  5. Issues • access • consumer choice • freedom of information • censorship • ownership • taste and decency

  6. Examples • British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) • British Video Association (BVA) • Film Distributors Association (FDA) • Video Standards Council (VSC) • Television, Radio and Telecommunications Office for Communication (Ofcom) • Press Complaints Commission (PCC)

  7. Examples • Advertising Standards Authority(ASA) • The Mobile Entertainment Forum(MEF) • The Independent Games Developers Association (IGDA) • British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) • Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) • The International Visual Communication Association (IVCA)

  8. Good… or Bad? • Both – it is for you to decide

  9. Task - Background • Look at the regulatory body of your choice • Find out about why it is there • Find out when it was set up • Find out who set it up • Find out its history • Find out about the decisions it has made

  10. Task • Present your findings in any way that you feel appropriate • You can use game or video clips, sound, Flash, create a presentation, write an essay, shoot a documentary – whatever you think best gets across your findings

  11. Bonus Marks! • Extra marks will be given if: • You argue the pros and cons of your organisation well • You show how the body could affect your work in the industry • You present it in an interesting and thought provoking way

  12. What To Choose? • Any of the bodies mentioned or any other (with prior agreement) • If you choose the BBFC focus on specific areas • If you are looking at censorship issues feel free to look at other censors from around the world

  13. Other State Censors • Australia Classification Board • Germany FSK, film & video censors • Germany USK, Computer game censors • Hong Kong Television & Entertainment Licensing Authority • India Central Board of Film Certification • Ireland Film Censor Office • USA MPAA

  14. Careful!!! Warning!!! • When looking at issues such as censorship you can come across some very … …contentious… • …arguments and images • DO NOT! Use the college machines to access dodgy material • DO! Stick to the official sites You have been warned!!!

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