BBFC Film certification

'The British Board of Film Classification is an independent, non-governmental body which has classified cinema films since it was set up in 1912 and videos/ DVDs since the Video Recordings Act was passed in 1984.'

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Every film show in the cinema must have a certification from the BBFC.
In films they look for sex and nudity, taste and decency, bad language, and violence.
There are several certifications:
U- universal, suitable for all
PG- parental guidance
12 A- cinema release suitable for 12 years or older
12-video release suitable for 12 years or older
15-suitable only for 15 years or older
18- suitable only for adults

Examples: taste and decency
Borat- 15
Reason: not an 18 because even though it is offensive to Jews, Sascha Baron Cohen is a Jew himself and they thought that people would understand the irony.

We viewed the trailer of Wild Bill and rated it ourselves judging it by how much of each of the things the BBFC look for are in it. I rated the trailer as 12 but it was actually 12A.

Minutes of the meeting

In today's meeting we discussed lighting. I own the gold version of the lamp in the picture. It is a very bright halogen light that we are going use in combination with a blue gel that will make the light bright enough for the camera but will come out looking like it is night time. Joel arranged getting a couple of different shades of blue so that we could see which one looks best or possibly use more than one to create dimension. The blue should help with the overall end product looking naturally more like night.

Storyboarding our main task

Here is our final story board for our main task. We have already made changes to it in order to maintain continuity and also to make it more specific so when it comes to filming, we know exactly how each shot should look.