2. Who does it?
The British Board of film Classification (BBFC)
are responsible for the classifying of films. The
BBFC are funded by the film industry and are a
non-governmental organisation.
3. What do they do?
The BBFC is an organisation that classifies films
and some video games before they are released.
Since 2010 it has been a statutory requirement
to classify all videos. The classifications are set
mainly to filter what is seen by younger people.
4. Banning films
A film will be banned if the BBFC believe that
the footage is inappropriate to be viewed even
by adults or if it breeches the obscene
publications acts of 1959 & 1964. If the BBFC do
decide to ban a film the film can appeal with
suggestions of how the film can be deemed
acceptable for a certificate.
5. Video recording act of 1984
The video recording act began when the director
of public prosecutions made a list of 72 films
that he believed would ‘deprave or corrupt’ the
viewer; only 39 of the films received
prosecutions.
6. What is considered?
When classifying a film the BBFC will consider these
things
-violence
-weapons
-sexual language
-nudity
-drugs
-horror
-discrimination
-criminal activity
7. Human Centipede 2
In June 2011 the film Human Centipede 2 failed
to meet the requirements to gain a
classification. In October 2011 after 2 minutes
and 37 seconds of cuts were made the film was
granted certificate 18.
8. Bobo Doll experiment
In 1961 Albert Bandura used children to prove
his belief that behaviour they see has an effect
on their own behaviour. The studies proved that
when subjected to the viewing of violent
behaviour children are more likely to be violent
themselves suggesting that Albert Banduras
theory was correct.
