The Film Industry-Regulating Films

The Film Industry-Regulating Films

  • Regulation definition
    • 'a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority.'
  • BBFC 'British Board of Film Classification'
    • It is a non-governmental organisation, that has been in the film industry since 1912, and it is responsible for the  national classification and censorship's of films exhibited at cinemas and video works released on physical media in the United Kingdom.
  • Uc- 'Suitable for all, especially children'
  • U- 'Suitable for all'
  • PG- 'Parental Guidence'
  • 12- 'Video release suitable for 12 years and over'
  • 12A- 'Cinema release suitable for 12 years and over'
  • 15- 'Suitable for only 15 years and over'
  • 18- 'Suitable for only adults'
  • R-18- 'Adult Works for licensed premises only'
  • E- 'Everyone'
- Write a short paragraph responding to this statement: "regulation of film in the UK has largely become pointless due to the rise of digital technologies like the internet". To what extent do you agree?
I personally have to agree and disagree to certain extent, as yes many younger people can see what they want with the limitless internet, however there still should be an age limit to perhaps a 12 rating, as below the age of 12 children are still in primary school, and I feel as though their parents should be able to feel reassured that their children won't be able to get into a horror film that could scar them for life, however i feel like any more age ratings higher than 12 are pointless as once children are put into secondary school they are exposed to everything anyway, so there is no point in stopping them from seeing a film. Also if someone can't get into a film, they can just watch it online for free illegally anyway.











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