Institutional Regulations

In this blog post I will be discussing the Institutional Regulations that we will have to follow and consider while planning and filming our production.

The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) is an institution which specialises in classifying films and categorizing them based on the context that is shown throughout the film and the messages that they try to out across.

For our film, we have decided that it would be classed as a 12 because of the mature themes and messages we are trying to communicate with our audience. This classification however is slightly younger than what we are aiming our final product at. Our target audience is 15 year olds and over, this is because the themes that we are going to explore might be of a more mature nature and therefore not be perceived as we want it to be by a younger audience.

The BBFC states that we cannot show the following:

• Aggressive discriminatory language or behaviour
• Misuse of drugs must not be glamorised or give instructional detail
• Glamorisation of realistic or easily accessible weapons such as knives
• Endorsement of anti-social behaviour
• Frequent crude references
• Horror sequences
• Emphasis on injuries or blood

 

In terms of the music and sound that we are going to use we are trying to avoid any copyright infringements for legal purposes. During the production of last year’s film, we used a piece of music called “Gravity Jump” We thought that the song fit really well into the themes and message of the piece. Our only problem however is that the composer of the piece owned the rights to the song. We however gained his permission to use the song as long as the final product was a non-profit project, therefore we avoided this.

 

For this years media, we are trying to find a royalty free piece of music that suites the mood and tone of this new piece. We have a few ideas however we are trying to find out if it is royalty free.

Another option would be to make our own music, however we feel like this would bring our overall piece down because we have no idea how to do that and therefore the music wouldn't suit the piece.