Notes
BBFC
British Board of Film Classification.
It is a non-governmental company, it is independent company,
the guild lines are VERY strict since 1912 (103 years), they started classifying
videos since 1984 when the Video Classification Act passed.
They give an age rating on films.
PG, U, 12, 12A, 15, 16, 18.
PG= Parental Guidance.
U= Universal
A bug’s life has an age rating of Universal, if it’s a
Universal; the age rating is 4 and above.
Very mild language, for example; “damn and hell”.
Very, very mild violence.
No antisocial behavior or sexual behavior.
PG: Parental Guidance
It’s the parent’s fault what the child learns from the film.
Mild language for example “S*** and Son of a B****”.
Very mild sexual behavior, you wouldn’t really notice.
Mild violence.
12/ 12 A
Strong language for example “f***ing”.
Moderate violence.
Minor antisocial behavior.
Some but very mild gore.
15
Strong and often language “f***ing, bi*** etc.”
Sexual activity is quite often, they can show it; but they
cannot show the rude parts, sexual reference and language is also included.
They can also allow racist and discriminatory context.
Moderate antisocial behavior.
Strong acts of violence and gore, but not to the extreme.
Horror can be rated as 15 but it cannot linger on sexual or sadistic
threat
18
Adults are allowed to choose whatever films they like, but
it cannot be harmful.
No theme is closed at this age rate.
Very strong violence and language (the extreme).
Very strong gore and horror (the extreme).
Real sex in some circumstances, total nudity and sexuality
but it cannot be a sex work.
Case studies
A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints
The reason why this film has an age rating of 15 is because:
- There are "270" uses of the word "f***" in this film, with 13 uses of the words "Motherf***er"
- There are strong sex references
- There is soft drug use
- This film also contains violence
Bullet Boy
The reason why this film is rated 15 is because:
- The film contains strong forms of swearing ( for example "motherf***er" and "f**k" which is claimed to have been used 270 times)
- The film contains strong sex references
- The film contains soft drug use
- The film also contains acts of violence
An Education
"When classifying the film the key issues discussed by examiners were sex/sex references, theme, smoking, discrimination and language. An Education was rated PG-13 in America for ‘mature thematic material involving sexual content, and for smoking’."
Therefore, the reasons why the film is classified as 12A is because:
- There were mild sex references
- There is smoking involved
- Forms of discrimination
- Mild language
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