How Harry got his PG rating in PoA -
An interview with the BBFC. Summary:
CBBC Newsround has held an interview with the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) in order to show fans how they rate films.
Article: How Harry got his PG rating in PoA
The British Board of Film Classification or
BBFC is an organisation which gives out film ratings in the UK such as U, PG, 12A, 12, 15, 18 etc... (Note - a 12A is a British classification which basically means if you're under 12 you have to have an adult accompany you or else someone above the age of 16 be with you to watch the film. This rating was originally invented after the release of the first Spiderman film.)
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Helen Pang, of the BBFC has given the CBBC a lowdown on how "Harry" got his PG rating.
Newsround has the story.
Surprisingly, Prisoner of Azkaban, despite having many more curse words than the previous films, was still a PG. Here Helen explains why.
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What did you look for when rating The Prisoner of Azkaban?
BBFC: For a PG rating we allow violence only if there is no detail (eg swords through stomachs and lots of blood!).*
But if the setting is fantasy or historical, then we sometimes allow a little more because viewers can see that it is not real or set in the present day.
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Were any scenes cut in order to give it a PG rating?
BBFC: We did not need to cut any scenes from the film to give it a PG.*
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We usually watch films and videos in pairs, and it took two days to classify HP 3.*
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Were there any disagreements over the rating? What happens in this circumstance?
BBFC: There were no disagreements over the rating for HP 3, as all the examiners felt that the 'scary' scenes and mild bad language would be fine at PG.*
If the two examiners in the team do disagree, for example if one examiner thought a film should be PG and the other thought it should be 12A, then the film is seen again by a second team of three examiners.*
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To learn more about British ratings and how the BBFC works, visit their site
here.
Source:
CBBC Newsround