The BBFC

THIS IS NOW HOMEWORK TOO

I need you to summarise and create a post on all our work on the BBFC.

USE THIS WEBSITE FIRST: http://www.bbfc.co.uk/education-resources 

1) A brief history of the BBFC - how it was founded, how it's role has changed.
2) What case studies (key films or events) have caused these changes at the BBFC?
3) What the key pieces of legislation are that govern how the BBFC works as a regulator.
4) How the BBFC is different today than it was at other times in it's history.
5) How does the BBFC classify and rate films today? (What are the certificates and what is allowed in each)
6) What challenges the BBFC has going forwards, how it's role has changed?

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Further reading: 

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/case-studies <- BBFC's most controversial or interesting decisions. 

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/education-resources/student-guide/legislation

- What allows the BBFC to licence films for the public?

- What legislation does the BBFC use when classifying films?

- What does the Obscene Publications Act say?

- What does the Video Recording Act say?

- Why was the Video Recording Act changed via the criminal justice and public order act? 

? When was it changed and how was it changed?

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THE VIDEO NASTIES

What were the Video Nasties? Why were they an issue for The BBFC?

http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/591919/

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/film-censorship-how-moral-panic-led-to-a-mass-ban-of-video-nasties-9600998.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_nasty

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/education-resources/education-news/video-nasties

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/15968/the-era-of-the-video-nasty

http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/445733/index.html

Here is a link to some of the BBFC's most interesting or controversial decisions:

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/case-studies