Censorship

Before filming we warned the actors and made a conscious decision during filming to avoid copyrighted material and logos on clothing etc, stating ‘please no third party logos, offensive words or symbols, or nudity in anything’ in the email exchanged when organising filming. This was made aware to us in our research into censorship laws and conventions as well as through some videos and watching music video channels. Although music videos are generally exempt from censorship groups such as the BBFC and their age ratings, we were aware that, although our target audience would be mature enough to view such things as nudity, a music video would be accessible to everyone of all ages on music video channels. As well as this we saw no reason as to have nudity or visibly offensive language or symbols in our video. The audience of our video genre and chosen music genre may expect such things (conforming to the uses and gratifications model), however, with no solid reason as to include these elements, we consciously decided not to include it.