BBFC reviews policy on music and factual videos :
-The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will this week close a three-month consultation that most observers believe will end a loophole which means DVDs with titles like'The Bitch of Buchenwald' and 'Britain's Bloodiest Serial Killers' can claim exemption from being given age guidance by the British Board of Film Classification.- As things stand, most sport, documentary and music videos can claim an exemption from classification. "The great majority of exempt video works are fine," said the BBFC's head of policy, David Austin. "They are not going to harm anyone, but there are a significant number of titles that are potentially harmful to children".
- Austin showed the Guardian examples of videos that have claimed exemption but would have been classified. They range in seriousness. One of the more shocking is a documentary about the American heavy metal band Slipknot "which, actually my son bought when he was 10 and I confiscated", said Austin. "He's waiting till he's older to get it back."-A music video by the Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth, which was rated X in Germany but is unrated in the UK, shows topless women being crucified with blood running down their breasts.
-Austin said: "Given concerns about knife crime in this country, that really is how to kill someone. If that came in for classification, we would not classify it – we would cut that."
Other potentially problematic DVDs include wildly violent cage fighting DVDs and ones that instruct in krav maga, the combat techniques developed by the Israeli army.
- A performance by Rihanna on The X Factor in December 2011 attracted 4,500 complaints to Ofcom.
- I Like the Way She Do It (sexually explicit language)
- If I Can't (strong language)
- PIMP 50 Cent (offensive images of women)
- What's My Name Rihanna (body thrusting, striptease)
- "Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke
- Wrecking Ball Miley Cyrus
Moral panics are not only expressed through the increasing amount of explicit material shown in music videos but also the lyrics themselves that often express sexual references and unpleasent language such as swear words. Video games have also became more violent with young children being able to play games such as 'Grand theft auto' where the game focuses on a gangstar. This game often has violence, bad language and often encourages the player to carry out violent acts.
MUSIC AND STARS TODAY PUSH THE BOUNDARIES ON SEX AND VIOLENCE.
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