2. AIM….
To protect children and vulnerable adults from
potentially harmful or otherwise unsuitable
media content
To empower consumers, particularly parents
and those with responsibility for children, to
make informed viewing decisions
3. BBFC
• The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC),
previously the British Board of Film Censors, is a
non-governmental organization, founded by the
film industry in 1912 and responsible for the
national classification and censorship of films
exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as
television programmes, trailers, adverts, public
Information/campaigning films, menus, bonus
content etc.) released on physical media within
the United Kingdom.
• It has a statutory requirement to classify videos,
DVDs and, to a lesser extent, some video games
under the Video Recordings Act 2010.
4. CLASSIFICATIONS
• All films rated by the BBFC receive a certificate,
along with "consumer advice" detailing
references to sex, violence and coarse
language. If a certificate specifies that a film or
video game is only suitable for someone over a
certain age, then only those over that age may
watch it in a cinema or buy it.
5. CUTS
• The BBFC can also advise cuts for a less-restrictive
rating. This generally occurs in borderline cases where
distributors have requested a certificate and the BBFC
has rated the work at a more-restrictive level; however,
some cuts are compulsory, such as scenes that violate
the Protection of Children Act 1978 or Cinematograph
Films (Animals) Act 1937. The final certificate then
depends on the distributor's decision on whether or not
to make the suggested cuts. Some works are even
rejected if the distributor refuses the cut.
7. OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS ACT 1959 & THE DPP39S
• Prior to the establishment of UK state censorship
implemented in the Video Recordings Act of 1984,
censorship was in the realms of the courts and the
Obscene Publications Act. This required the courts to
apply the test of whether videos were likely to "deprave
and corrupt" the viewer. The Director Of Public
Prosecutions (DPP) maintained a list of those videos that
were felt likely to be found obscene by the courts..
• 72 videos were listed at least for a while. Another couple
of films can stake a claim via a shared name with listed
films. 39 made it through to the end, and these became
known as the DPP39s. These 39 titles became the most
sought after collectibles.
• Less than one third are still banned
9. HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2
• In June 2011, the BBFC refused to classify The Human
Centipede 2 (Full Sequence), effectively meaning that the film
could not legally be supplied in any format in the UK.
• In October 2011, the BBFC granted the film an 18 certificate
after 32 compulsory cuts totalling 2 minutes and 37 seconds
were made.
• But did it just give the film more publicity?
18. AS EVERYTHING CAN BE SEEN ON THE
INTERNET DOES IT MATTER?
SHOULD SOMEONE GET TO DECIDE WHAT YOU
ARE MATURE ENOUGH TO WATCH?
DOES IT MAKES FILMS MORE FAMOUS?
20. CHILDREN IMMITATING VIOLENCE….
BANDURA (1961) CONDUCTED A STUDY TO
INVESTIGATE IF SOCIAL BEHAVIORS (I.E.
AGGRESSION) CAN BE ACQUIRED BY
OBSERVATION AND IMITATION.
CHILDREN WHO OBSERVED THE AGGRESSIVE
MODEL MADE FAR MORE IMITATIVE
AGGRESSIVE RESPONSES THAN THOSE WHO
WERE IN THE NON-AGGRESSIVE OR CONTROL
GROUPS.
