1. Regulatory and professional bodies
within the Creative Media Sector
Name sadie
Unit 2 Task 1 Be able to extract information from written
sources
Unit 7 Task 3 Understanding the regulation of the media
sector

2. Task 1: Be able to extract
information from written sources
Be able to extract information from written
sources
Written sources: e.g. books, journals, websites,
magazines, newspapers, handouts
Reading: with concentration; skim-reading: scanning;
using index; using word search; using phrase search
Extract information: e.g. write notes, summarise,
highlight text, annotate document, underline
passages,

3. British Board of Film
Classification (BBFC)
The British board of film classification are a company that make sure that
a film has got the appropriate material for the audience it is aimed at. This
is why they apply age restrictions to films because there are certain things
in movies such as language, violence and drug use this is why the films
with this contain in are generally for 18 year olds and above. What the
BBFC do is they watch clips of a film and decide which bits are appropriate
and which bits need cutting, and if the film needs banning.
The websites I used :
http://www.bbfc.co.uk/ , http://www.theguardian.com/uk

4. British Video Association
The British video association represents the interests of publishers and
rights owners of video entertainment. The British video association is a
company that sees what dvds can be released, which bits need to be
cut or added so the dvds are appropriate for every age , genders, and
lifestyles. The British video association was established in 1980. The
bva’s members account for some 90% of the £2 billion + in the film and
tv industry
http://www.bva.org.uk/about-us/

5. Film Distributors Association
The film distributors association is a company which
checks different films to see if they have the
appropriate content for each film and they decide if
the films should be banned or not because some of
the scenes can’t put out to the public because they
are too gruesome or scary.

6. Video Standards Council
(VSC)
The vsc was established in 1989, the two things that the vsc is for is:
It is a standard body for the video and video games industries and has a
code of practice designed to ensure that both industries show a duty of
care in their dealings with customers and public generally.
Also it acts as an administrator of the PEGI system of age rating for video
games. PEGI is used in over 30 countries, it is the UK regulator
responsible for the age rating of videos supplied in the UK.

7. Office for Communication
(Ofcom)
Ofcom is a communications regulator in
the UK. They regulate the radio and TV
sectors, fixed lines telecoms, mobiles,
postal services,plus the airwaves over
which wireless devices opperate.

8. Trading Standards Central
The Trading Standards Institute (TSI) is a
professional association which represents
trading standards professionals working in
local authorities, business and consumer
sectors and in central government in the
UK and overseas.

9. Press Complaints
Commission (PCC)
They look at what the press have to say about the
film, because if the press complain about the film and
the public read it they are not going to go watch the
film because they are going to think that the film isn’t
good. So this is why the press complaints
commission is there so they can check what each
complaint is.

10. Advertising Standards
Authority(ASA).
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the self –
regulatory organisation of the advertising industry in the
united kingdom. The ASA is a non statutory organisation and
so cannot interpret or enforce legist ration.