3. What is Regulation?
• Media has to be judged as to whether it is
suitable for its audience
• This can be due to society, culture, or where
the media was made
4. How is Film Regulated? – Create a
timeline
It is regulated through a classification system
This classification system is created and
controlled by each country’s respective
government company
Ours being the BBFC
5. The Classification System
U – Universal
PG – Parental Guidance
12A – No-one under 12 is to see this film unless
accompanied by an adult
15 – No-one under 15 is to see this film
18 – No-one under 18 is to see this film
6. The BBFC- a brief history
Established in 1912 and originally called the
British Board of Film Censors
Between the wars (1918-1939) – concerned
about Gangster, Horror and films that dealt with
sexuality
1950s saw the rise of the teenage film, this
caused problems for the BBFC
7. • 1960s – the ‘swinging sixties’ saw
liberalisation in society and realism in film,
not always accepted fully by the BBFC
• 1970s – sex and violence was a common
theme, many received several cuts before
being classified
8. The 1980s
• Decade of the ‘Video Nasties’
• Examples – Evil Dead, Last House on the Left,
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Cannibal Holocaust
9. • 1990s onwards – film was beginning to be
more explicit though this was not frowned
upon due to changing attitudes
• 2002 – 12A created – parents controlled
whether their children watch these films
10. MPAA
• This is the American Version
• MPAA – Motion Picture Association of
America
• Founded in 1922
11. What needs to be taken into
consideration when classifying a film?
• Violence
• Language
• Drug use/taking/dealing
• Sex and nudity
• Gore
• Threat
• Weapons (incl. dangerous use of fireworks)
• …
• Remember it’s not just that it’s present in the film. It’s
how the film has presented these to us.
Create a mind-map of ideas
12. Look at Frozen
• How did Frozen test the BBFC’s code.
• You have 5 minutes before we come together
and share ideas.
End
13. Frozen
• Read the IMDB Guide to Frozen
• Read this article
• You have 5 minutes
End
14. Past Paper Q
• In pairs plan how you would respond to this
question in reference to Frozen.
• Briefly outline the ways in which your selected
industry is regulated. What impact has
regulation had on your chosen texts?
