BBFC (Victoria Nwaeze)

Every production needs an age certification. This is were the BBFC falls into it, the "British Board Of Film Classification" sets out rules and regulations in which one has to abide by when choosing an age classification suitable for their production, in our case, documentary.

The BBFC states that when you are choosing an age certificate for your production you have to take in consideration :

Discrimination
Nudity
Drugs
Horror
Imitable behaviour
Sex
Language
Theme
violence

For this documentary "Young people and contraception-Is it right?" we have chosen to use the age certificate of 12, we came to this decision by taking into consideration the BBFC standards and our targeted audience which is 13-19. In relation with our target audience we thought 12 will be the best, even though we are not targeting 12 year olds, having looked at the BBFC standards of a 12 certificate we feel the content of our documentary matches the criteria, also as the next step up would have been 15 which was not realy appropriate.

Criteria of the certification 12 according to the BBFC


Discrimination
Discriminatory language or behaviour must not be
endorsed by the work as a whole. Aggressive
discriminatory language or behaviour is unlikely
to be acceptable unless clearly condemned.

Drugs
Any misuse of drugs must be infrequent and shouldnot be glamorised or give instructional detail.

Horror
Moderate physical and psychological threat may bepermitted, provided disturbing sequences are not
frequent or sustained.

Imitable behaviour
Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide andself-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied, or appear pain or harm free. Easily accessible
weapons should not be glamorised.

Language
Moderate language is allowed. The use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’) must be infrequent.

Nudity
Nudity is allowed, but in a sexual context must be brief and discreet.

Sex
Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed.Sex references should not go beyond what is suitable foryoung teenagers. Frequent crude references are unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme
Mature themes are acceptable, but their treatment must be suitable for young teenagers.

Violence
Moderate violence is allowed but should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood,but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context.
violence. Sexual violence may only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated, and must have a strong contextual