1. ‘ Behind the scenes at the BBFC’ AS/A Level Film Studies Conference University of Hull 6 th February 2008 Ian Mashiah – Film, Video and Video Games Examiner

3. Just a reminder… Universal. Suitable for all Parental Guidance. General Viewing but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children Suitable for 12 years+. No one younger than 12 can see a 12A film unless accompanied by an adult Suitable for 15 years+ Suitable for Adults only

6. This was then… 1. Indecorous, ambiguous and irreverent titles and subtitles 2. Cruelty to animals 3. The irreverent treatment of sacred subjects 4. Drunken scenes carried to ‘ Cruelty to animals’ ‘ Men and women in bed together’ ‘ Unnecessary exhibition of under-clothing’ ‘ The modus operandi of criminals’ ‘ The drug habit. e.g. opium, morphia, cocaine, etc’ 1916 T.P. O’Connor’s ‘Forty-Three Grounds for Deletion’ ‘ Excessively passionate love scenes’ ‘ The exhibition of profuse bleeding’ ‘ Materialization of the conventional figure of Christ’ ‘ Scenes tending to disparage public characters and institutions’

19. Most works fit into one category… Universal. Suitable for all Parental Guidance. General Viewing but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children Suitable for 12 years+. No one younger than 12 can see a 12A film unless accompanied by an adult Suitable for 15 years+ Suitable for Adults only

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