Faye Jackson, 30/11/15. Copyright and BBFC

Copy right using other peoples footage.
You can use a short clip from someone else's content like part of a film or tv show but the clip cant be too long and it would depend on how you present their clip with the content you're making. 
You can't take a massive amount of a film or key clips which I guess are parts of the content that could be spoilers for others watching. 

You can overdub somebody else's content if you change what ever has been said and make sure its completely different.

You can not use any unedited clips or scenes from movies
You can use the footage if it has been online for 70 years.
Sound
You can use it as long as its under 30 seconds.
Its not copy right if the sound is just in the background and cannot be removed.
If caught you get 3 strikes. 1. you would get a warning. 2. you would get your wifi took of you for a while so would have to use mobile data. 3. Would get banned.

Music

If you wanted to use an instrumental for a music video or for backing music you would have to purchase it before hand.
If performing someone else's song you have to pay a certain fee for performing it.
You can remix a track but have to give credits down below.

Still images 

if you use content with models included you will need to ask
If content has been up for 70 years you can use  it

We got together into groups and researched one topic between us all and then after information had been researched we had to do a presentation on what we had found out. My group researched about using other owners footage and what would be classed as copyright and what wouldn't be classed as copy right. The top paragraph is what we researched and the rest is what we got off the other groups whilst they was presenting.
This was our group with our shee
t full of information we had discussed together and then the sheet more close up, Its hard to see but this is what we managed to produce.

For the second half of the lesson we learnt about the BBFC and what it does and what there role is. We learnt what is included in every age rated film and why they are classified under those certain ratings.

Case Study's

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/case-studies/adulthood

This film genre is a drama and has been rated a 15. It has been rated a 15 because it is showing bad behavior within in the film but has also shown why that the behavior is bad and it then shows the consequences of the bad behavior. In this film it shows the bad behavior by showing how making a big mistake in your adolescence stage that at the time of being a teenager might feel acceptable but when you hit adulthood it could come and bite you and effect how you live. They show Noel Clarke acting as Sam coming out of prison after making a mistake he made when he was a teenager and although after this he thinks that every thing is back to normal and will be forgot about but it shows that everything has not changed and that even though he has, things will never be the same just because of a mistake. So it will be teaching the teenager audience that for every mistake is a consequence it could be long term or short term. It also teaches that violence isn't the answer to things. The film shows the use of drugs, weapons and violence. It includes sexual references and some sexual scenes and innuendo's. It however does not include nudity but does show it to some extent. Bad language is used within this film. This is why the BBFC have rated it a 15.

" As before, the action reflects the brutal reality of life in an urban setting where drugs, guns and knives leave none of the young characters untouched, but Sam’s change of attitude offers some hope for the future. It is no surprise, then, that the issues for classification include violence and drugs, as well as use of strong language and strong sex references." 

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/case-studies/pitch-perfect

This film genre is a comedy/musical and is rated a 12A.

It is rated a 12A as it is a film because swearing is included but is very brief and is used in a appropriate manor for example, if a character was to make a mistake then that would be appropriate with using bad language rather than just swearing randomly and has no reason behind the use of the swear word. The film includes innuendo's within the film but uses them to make the film funny and uses the innuendo's in a joke way. The sexual references are used in songs and in scenes if a reference is made it is brief and can be understood by the age of 12. There is no sexual scenes shown so it isnt going to be a 15. There is remarks about sexuality in general in the film but again displayed in a joke way. The film also displays a drug reference but it is not a strong reference and no drugs are shown but it again would be able to be understood by the age of 12. This is what was said about the film on the BBFC "The moderate sex references in Pitch Perfect are mostly verbal, and occur in the context of young people thrown together in a college setting, where comments about sex are used to impress, insult or emphasise the rivalry between the male and female singing groups."

My groups short film will be a reality genre and will be I think classified as a 15 as it includes a message that I think teenagers will need to understand and learn from. This is because in our short film we include a brief reference to sexuality so would be classed as sexual reference. We are using the idea of being a cross dresser/ transgender so it refers to sexuality and would again we would be trying to get the message across that being different is ok.  Although our short film could be classed under 12A aswell as we do not use any mild form of bad language, we do not include violence in any way, we do not involve any weapons or drug references either. I am struggling with it as we are including a lesson in our short film with a hint at sexuality and with the 12 A it has to be displayed in a joke way but we aren't aiming for our sexual reference to be a joke, we want to teach adolescents a lesson that its okay to be different.