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BBFC

•The British Board of Film Classification. An independent and non-governmental body that has classified cinema films since 1912, and videos, DVD’s and Blu-rays since the Video Recordings Act was passed in 1984.

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Classifications

When deciding the classification of a media product, the decision is decided through the BBFC’s published and regularly updated guidelines. These guidelines are carefully devised through extensive public consultation, research and many years of experience from the BBFC. The guidelines reflect the current views on British film, DVD, Blu-ray and video games.

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Classification U and PG

12/12A and 15

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18 and R18

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Our Production…

We have decided to rate our documentary a PG as it is an informative documentary that talks about the music scene. We want many people to watch the documentary, including some older children so that they are knowledgeable on the unsigned music scene. Giving our production a PG rating will give a younger audience the chance to view it and possibly be influenced and given inspiration to follow in the footsteps of our interviewed artists. We plan to show our documentary on the BBC channel at around 7pm. We will be showing it on BBC 4 as we will be talking about BBC introducing in our documentary and would fit well.

BBC Mission Statement

• BBC’s mission statement – ‘To enrich people’s lives with programs and services that inform, educate and entertain.

• BBC’s Vision – ‘To be the most creative organisation in the world’.

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They seek to be the most creative organisation. We want to be able to give them that status with our creative work and hopefully achieving this goal. Their mission statement is clear and gives us the opportunity to inform, educate and entertain.

Why BBC?

• The branch BBC 4 would be perfect for the showing of our documentary as there is a slight change in audience type to what BBC intentionally caters for. This audience is more sophisticated and is the correct audience type for the viewing of our documentary.

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Conventions of BBC Documentaries

CONVENTIONS:

•Academia – fits well as we want to educate our audience.

•Documentary is shown on this channel.

•Slightly Left wing

•Historical content

•Older audience

•Friday night music documentary night.

•BBC documentaries are usually shown on BBC 4. Due to the BBC being a public service broadcasting channel it is therefore aimed at a mass audience which wouldn't’t suit our target audience, and therefore would want our documentary to be shown on BBC 4. These documentaries are aimed at a slightly different and more sophisticated audience.

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How does our production fit?

• BBC - ‘Trust is the foundation of the BBC: we are independent, impartial and honest’.

• ‘We respect each other and celebrate our diversity so that everyone can give their best’.

• The troubles that some artists face when being unsigned is something that many people aren't aware of. We believe that it is a good way of making an audience aware of the struggles, and it may influence people as it will give an understanding on how to get started in the music scene. We want to show that it is possible for anyone with musical talents.

• Our documentary is diverse as we show two sides of the music scene, which we go into great detail in a short space of time. Whilst being informative it is also gives the element of entertainment and an insight into the lives of our interviewed artists.

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