BBFC

1) Research the BBFC: what is the institution responsible for? How is it funded? What link does it have to government?The British Board of Film Classification BBFC, previously the British Board of Film Censors, is a non-governmental organisation, founded by the film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works. Therefore, the BBFC have the overall rights to rate and classify a film. Therefore they will calculate a fee that it will cost the directors when they are trying to get a certificate for the film,as it is an independent body it does not link to the government but does at the same time. As they have all the rights when callsifying a film and also when analysing if it is up to the governments expectations of being screened UK cinemas.  

2) Read this BBFC guide to how films are rated. Summarise the process in 50 words.
Firstly, a film is rated whether it is on dvd on preparing to screened and all films must be make sure they have been approved by the bbfc before they can screen and release it to be viewed by the age appropriate audience. Therefore directors will send a full edited version of a piece of text which will then be approved by the organisations and will log all the improvements needed to be made and what needs to be censored. This includes   

• general context - plot, characters, outline of individual scenes
• timings of key moments, including camera angles, type of shots, on- and off-screen moments
• bad language, sex and drug references and so on.

Finally, if the a piece of texts contains any illegal or unacceptable behaviour the examiners will draw up a list of cuts that must be put into the work to fix the problems if the work to out reach it can be rejected altogether.  
3) Read this BBFC outline of the issues faced when classifying a film. Summarise the debate in 50 words. This overall concerns the controversies that will come when a film is rated which includes the fact if it is the right certificate being given to the work.  for example, desensitising a potential viewer to the effects of violence and if the text is not in the reach of the intend certificate it will raise awareness to the audience and could affect their overall experience. Therefore BBFC must take into account  

• Violence

• Sex

• Sexual Violence

• Drugs

• Horror

• Imitable Behaviour

• Discrimination

• Language

 However the main over all appeal of a text is to be able to raech to widest possible audience when the text is at box office. 

4) Read this BBFC section on controversial decisions. Why did The Dark Knight generate a large amount of media coverage regarding its certificate? Do you agree with the 12A certificate The Dark Knight was awarded?

5) What are the guidelines for a 15 certificate?
A 15 certificate is given to a film however firstly the film must not be breaking the following rules,  Discrimination, Drugs, Imitable behaviour, Language, Nudity, Sex, Threat and Violence. the work must take into account that they are allowed to use the following however, they must not over do it and glorify any or to keep it to a certain extent because to get a 15 they the work must not contain make all of this context discreet and to the 15 certificate. However if the information is out of subject they turn down the work or ask make the distributor edit the work only if and when the work has been seen by the BBFC.    

6) The BBFC website offers an explanation of every classification it makes and detailed case studies on selected titles. Choose one 15-rated film from the BBFC case studies section and summarise the classification the film was given and why. 
Deadpool: It rated 15 in the uk as it has the following  has been certified 15 in the UK, with no scenes cut from the film. The BBFC stated the Ryan Reynolds starring flick features "strong bloody violence, strong language and sex references.