Bbfc: Behind the Scenes

Alternative title: Behind the Scenes at the Bbfc
Synopsis: An educational resource pack consisting of a DVD and an interactive DVD-ROM that helps students of Film and Media understand the processes of film classification. By exploring issues that affect classification for the release of films in the cinema, for home entertainment and in video games, the pack helps to make the work of the BBFC more accessible for teachers and students.

The resource provides a wide range of opportunities to explore the issues tackled by the BBFC when classifying films. Issues, including Violence, Sexual References, Language, Horror and Drugs are considered in relation to specific film texts and more generally. The resource helps to integrate the work of the BBFC into the different curriculum areas and students can also take on the role of an examiner as they classify their own clips and video games.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2008
Year of production: 2008
Uses: Film and Media Studies from KS4 upwards
Subjects: Film studies; Media studies
Keywords: censorship; film classification; video games; British Board of Film Classification

Name: Film Education
Web: http://www.filmeducation.org External site opens in new window
Notes: Closed in 2013. Succeeded by The Film Space (www.thefilmspace.org/). Was a producer of DVDs, CD-ROMs and online resources relating to individual feature films and the film industry, aimed at students studying Media Studies within the National Curriculum. Most of the resources were free to schools.

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