Regulations: Age Related Music Videos

In October 2014, music videos were subjected to age regulations and restrictions that are similar to that of films. Since this date, music videos will be classed with age ratings: 12, 15, and 18. The aim of this classification is to protect younger children from inappropriate content and for parents to monitor what their child watches. However, these restrictions and regulations only are appropriate to UK music videos. So any American published music video won’t have the same classifications.   Psychologists believe, and have reported on, positive correlations between the use of sexualised themes and images in the media have a link between drug use and sexual activity within teenagers. However, many teenagers that they’re trying to protect, know ways around parental controls, and the fact that they’re putting parental controls on these sorts of videos only makes the adolescent more curious as of why. It is hard to decide whether a video is deemed ‘inappropriate’ and is very much a matter of opinion, and people are questioning whether they should trust what YouTube and the BBFC decides is improper.

I believe that my music video should be a rating of PG, it demonstrates the themes of bullying and loneliness, it doesn’t comment on drug use, sexual behaviour or nudity. These are all factors that influence the BBFC and YouTube to put a classification on the content.

22/11/17

I have filmed most of my video. I have begun editing the clips on Adobe Premiere Pro. I need to re-film some of my lip-syncing with one of my actors as some of the lyrics aren't well enunciated. I will complete that filming this week and will film the rest of my video on the weekend. I have completed all of the print artefacts

Role Allocation

I am working individually in my A2 project, which essentially makes me the: director, editor, writer and camera person. This practice is called being the 'auteur'. Due to this, I can class myself as solely responsible for the production of this film.


The auteur theory is where the director is seen as being the independent driving force in making a film. This theory arose in France in the late 1940s, it was created by the cinematic theorist André Blazin. This theory was the foundation of the French new wave (nouvelle vague) cinematic movement.

Copyright

My finished product will be uploaded on YouTube, and this can be difficult as there are many copyright and licensing laws. I emailed the record label, Mute Records, to ask if I have their permission for me to use their song in my production.

1/11/17

I have begun the filming process with my two actors Billy and Victoria. I only filmed my indoor scenes of them lip syncing the song, this is because it was later in the day and it was dark. However, this helped me out because I was able to take photos for my print products and the digipak in the outdoors as I needed it to be a night scene for the photos.