The British Board of Film Classification has launched a road show aimed at how Britain's youth views them.
In the same week that the BBFC announced their intentions to adjust their 12 certifications in line with other European countries, a series of road shows are to be launched to gauge English youths' view of them and their decisions.
Comprehensive research and public opinion testing was carried out before publishing the current Classification Guidelines in September 2000 but that only gauged the views of adults.
The current road show will explore the opinions of the largest and most important age group, the under 18's, as part of the range of educational events taking place at the 21 Cambridge Film Festival which starts on Thursday (http://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk). Schools and colleges will be invited to send students along to watch a presentation by some of the Board's examiners consisting of films clips from the 'U', 'PG', '12' and '15' categories which raise particular issues like sex, violence or drug portrayal. They will then have the opportunity to question the Examiners and discuss the issues which the films raised. At the end they will be asked to fill in a questionnaire which will provide the Board with valuable information about not just their views, but how they 'view' films and react to the material they contain.
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The British Board of Film Classification has launched a road show aimed at how Britain's youth views them.