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BBFC

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  1. BBFC and Film certificates

  2. about • The BBFC (The British Board Of Film Classification) is the body that regulates the British film industry. • A regulatory board is an organisation that is in charge of setting the rules that control a certain set of products in a specific industry. • Regulations = laws / rules

  3. What sorts of thing do they consider? • Scenes including violence of all kinds • Scenes including sex & nudity • Scenes including obscene language • Scenes with discriminatory language • Scenes of self harm • Scenes of criminal activity • Scenes with dangerous behaviour egg lying on train tracks • Scenes of drugs, alcohol and cigarettes • Scenes involving child actors / characters • Strobe lighting

  4. They also consider context; • Context such as whether the film is realistic or fantasy based, animated etc. • Animated or fantasy films are often allowed to include more violence and get a lower age certificate as the BBFC believe that audiences will be able to tell it is not real. Often the violence in films like this doesn’t result in any serious injury.

  5. They also consider the way an issue is handled. • If a film portrayed drug use but showed it in a sensitive fashion, and clearly identified the subsequent problems / side effects as being negative, then a film might be given a lower film certificate. • A film which showed drug use as being fun and consequence free would be given a much higher film certificate such as an 18.

  6. Violence • Why are they being violent? Is it self defence? • What injuries or harm are caused? • Who is it that is violent eg hero or villain? • How does the perpetrator treat the victim? • Is the violence enjoyed? • Is the violence made to seem exciting or glamorous? • How much violence is there? • How realistic is the violence? • Does the violence get punished?

  7. Depends on the format of the release; • The BBFC tend to be slightly stricter when it comes to classifying films for DVD release than films for cinema release. • The Hunger Games got a 12A certificate for the cinema. But this certificate does not exist for a DVD release so the BBFC has to decide whether to lower it to a PG, or give it a 12, or raise it to a 15. The BBFC chose to raise it to a 15.

  8. The company re-edited the scene including: • Taking out most of the diegetic sound so that no screams or kills were heard. They felt this would lower the scary ‘tone’ of the film • Digitally airbrushing out blood on the weapons eg spears, axes etc as it was felt this made it less gory. • The BBFC agreed it could now have a 12A certificate for cinema release.

  9. Summarise what a film can / can’t include to be awarded certain film age certificates

  10. Summarise what a film can / can’t include to be awarded certain film age certificates

  11. Explain what film certificate you think your group’s coursework film idea might be given and why? • I personally feel our groups opening sequence would be an 18 film certificate as although the opening sequence may be suitable as a 15 the overall film would show "the detailed portrayal of violent or dangerous acts” which is classified as an 18. The rest of the film would go into detail about how he gets caught, this would contain gory detail which would be unsuitable for a young audience.

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