According to the British Board of Film Classification;
- U- should raise no significant issues in terms of discrimination, drugs, imitable behaviour, language, nudity, sex, threat or violence.
- PG- will not contain any theme which is inappropriate for a child, but can explore challenging issues such as bullying, bereavement or racism.
- 12A and 12- the overall tone of a film or video, and the way it makes an audience feel, affects the classification. Strong language may be passed (eg. 'f***') depending on the manner in which it is used, who is using the language, its frequency and any special contextual justification. Sex may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Moderate violence and dangerous behaviour is allowed but it should not dwell on detail.
- 15- may include strong language, frequent strong language (eg. 'f***'), portrayals of sexual activity, strong verbal references to sex, sexual nudity, brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence, discriminatory language or behaviour, and/or drug taking.
- 18- may contain strong issues such as very strong violence, frequent strong language (eg. 'f***') and/or very strong language (eg. 'c***'), strong portrayals of sexual activity, scenes of sexual violence, strong horror, strong blood and gore, real sex (in some circumstances), and/or discriminative language and behaviour.
Seeing as my target audience is 14-20 year olds, I need to make sure my music video comes under the 12/12A classification.
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