Regulations for two media products

Film - BBFC

Films are regulated by the BBFC, which means any film that wants to be released has to send its final copy to the BBFC for them to give a certificate and if the certificate is not what the people who made the film wanted the BBFC will give advice on what particular parts to take out of the film to make it the certificate they want. The BBFC does this before the film is released so they don't have as many complaint placed about the amount of violence or inappropriate amount of something. The certificates are U which means suitable for all The PG certificate is the advisement of parental guidance. The 12A certificate is when it is released at the cinema or on DVD but it is only advised to be watched by viewers of 12 years with an parent. The 12 certificate  is advised to only be watched by viewer of the age of 12 or over. The 15 certificate is suitable only for 15 years of age or over. The 18 certificate is suitable only for someone of the age of 18 or over. The R18 certificate which is only shown in a licensed cinema because it very explicit footage and is not converted onto DVD or BluRay. 

A case study i have chosen is the film Footloose which was submitted  for the classification in February 1984 it was hoping to get a certificate of PG but was given a 15 certificate so the BBFC made the agreement if the six hits were made it could be a PG certificate the six cutes amounted to 2 minutes and 48 seconds of film. However the uncut version was released on DVD and classified as a 15 in 2002. Then a theatrical re-lease of the film (which was uncut)in 2007 was passed as a 12A certificate. 

Newspaper - IPSO

Newspaper are regulated by IPSO which means any that the newspapers have to abide by to release their newspapers which is as follows accuracy, privacy, harassment, intrusion into grief or shock, reporting suicide, children, children in sex cases, hospitals, reporting of crime, clandestine devices and subterfuge  victims of sexual assault, discrimination, financial journalism, confidential sources, witness payments in criminal trials and payment to criminals. These are the sixteen main points of practice which go into more detail with each heading but these are to be abided by at all times however if a newspapers breach this then it would only be a case of complaining to IPSO and IPSO will decide what to do whether to caution the newspaper or whether to take other action. The IPSO can only deal with the repercussions if people place a complaint about what has been printed. 

A case study was placed on the 10th of July 2018 and concluded on the 10th of August 2018, the case i have chosen is the Chapman vs Daily Mirror this case was about a woman who had died and they had used facts and about a woman wasn't the woman reported to be dead. They also used a picture of the woman who was still alive and who was the former mayor of Dacorum. Which meant it was a breach of the Accuracy clause of the IPSO code. This then lead to IPSO printing a apology to the Gillian Chapman who was falsely reported dead. The reasoning for their mistake was that they were given the information by a agency and was not double checked. The paragraph below is the printed apology to Mrs Chapman.

An article published on 30th June 2018 reported on the inquest into the suicide of Gillian Chapman. The article included inaccurate information supplied by a news agency that identified Ms Chapman as the former mayor of Dacorum. The subject of the inquest had the same name but was not the former mayor. We would like to clarify that Gillian Chapman, the former mayor of Dacorum, has not passed away, and has no connection to the events described. We would like to apologise to Mrs Chapman for the error and any distress caused.