Understanding BBFC
- 1. BBFC &Understanding of film rating
- 2. What is the BBFC? • The British Board of Film Classification. Their job is to rate films and censor them by giving them an age label. • The classifications are based on their guidelines. The guidelines are based on public consultation and their opinions. What do they classify?
- 3. What are the 7 rating symbols? UNIVERSAL Parental Guidance Cinema release suitable for 12 years and over Video release suitable for 12+ Suitable for 15+ Only suitable for adults 18+ Adult works for licensed premises only
- 4. How do they classify films? • They classify films according to age. Especially protecting young children under a certain age of watching films such as horror and pornographically unsuitable images. BBFC rates films to ensure that they are rated at the suitable age before being released.
- 5. Are the 7 symbols classified the same or differently? • In different countries you would have to abide by the law according to how they’ve rated it. The guidelines are set in place to protect children from harmful or unsuitable content. The protection of the children act was created in 1978 an example of this is horror imagery which is unsuitable for young kids.
- 6. Parental Guidance Details Of How Its Classified: -Discriminatory language or behaviour is not accepted, unless its a educational context. -Reference to illegal drugs or drug misuse has to be shown harmless or it can also carry out a anti-drug message. -Any imitable behaviour that young children are likely to copy is not accepted unless its safe and fun. -Aggressive or very frequent language is not accepted. Mild bad language only. -Nudity is accepted unless its with a sexual context. -Sexual activity may be implied however only if its discreet and infrequent. -Threat or violence should not be intense or with any detail. EXAMPLE
- 7. PG- Tangled Reasons why its PG; Sex and Nudity Violence & Gore Alcohol Frightening/ Intense Scenes A comical old man dresses in just a diaper and cupid wings. Flynn fights several soldiers with a frying pan (for a comedic effect) In the bar, several men have drinking steins, presumably with beer in them, and one man acts as though he's constantly drunk. Two people are in danger of drowning when they're trapped in a cave that is rapidly filling with water.