What do you mean by film zoning and grading?

The area code identification system divides the world into six regions, and the DVD released in each region can only be played by local DVD players. This is mainly because each film is released at different times around the world, and regional distribution avoids the embarrassment that the film has not been released yet and the DVD has been listed in advance, thus ensuring the box office income of the film.

DVD partition description table:

The first region, the United States, Canada and the East Pacific Islands, has the best DVD production level.

The second region is Japan, Western Europe, Northern Europe, Egypt, South Africa and the Middle East. The choice of DVD in the second zone is extremely rich, and the production level is also quite high. The best versions of many movies often come from the second section.

In the third region, Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries, most mainstream American films will be released in the third region later, and sometimes even at the same time or before the first region. The production level of the third district is hard to surpass that of the first district, but it is better to have a set of official Chinese subtitles. Domestic disc dealers extract this set of official subtitles and combine them with well-made regional videos, which is called 1+3 production, which is often the main force of the disc market.

Fourth area, Australia, New Zealand, Central and South America, South Pacific Islands and other places. Relatively speaking, the disc production in this area is general and relatively deserted.

The fifth region is Russia, Mongolia, Indian Peninsula, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, North Korea, North Africa and Northwest Asia. Recently, the Russian five-zone edition has attracted more and more attention from domestic disc dealers, because its sound effects and picture effects are passable, and some popular masterpieces are released before the release of each zone.

The sixth district refers to Chinese mainland. It should be acknowledged that the production level of the six-zone panel is constantly improving, but overall it is still unsatisfactory and needs to be improved.

Theoretically, the DVD discs in the upper zone cannot be played on the DVD players sold in the lower zone. For this reason, some DVD manufacturers have studied and operated to change the machine area in order to win the selling point of the whole machine, so the so-called "regional DVD" has appeared.

What is the grading system?

The grading system refers to that an organization divides the products of a film studio into several grades according to their contents according to certain principles, and stipulates the people that each grade is allowed to face. It has no national legal support, but it is binding in the industry. It only plays the role of reminding the audience. Give the audience the choice and the audience will protect themselves.

The grading system in the United States

The classification of the United States is made by the Motion Picture Association of America, whose full name is Motion Picture Association of America or Motion Picture Association of America, and its headquarters is in Ensino, California. This organization was founded in 1922. Originally, it appeared as a trading institution in the film industry. Now it is not only involved in movies shown in cinemas, but also in transmission systems such as TV home video that may appear in the future.

The Motion Picture Association of America serves its members in Los Angeles and Washington State. The main members of its committee are the chairmen and presidents of seven American film and television media giants, who are also members of the Motion Picture Association of America. They are:

Walter Disney Company; )

Sony Pictures Entertainment; )

. MGM Company;

Paramount film company; )

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Universal film company

Warner Bros (Warner Bros)

The earliest classification system divided the film into four levels, that is, G level for all ages; Children should be accompanied by parents or adults to watch M-level; Children are not suitable for R grade and adolescents under 2 1 year old are not allowed for X grade. The grading system was revised twice in 1970 and 1990, and now it is level 5-

Grade G: (Ordinary audience of all ages can participate. ) the popular class, people of all ages can watch it. Suitable for people of all ages-there is no nudity, no drugs and no violence in this class. Dialogue is also a frequent contact in daily life.

PG: (Parents' guidance suggests that some content may not be suitable for children. ) average level, it is recommended to watch it with parents. Some scenes may make you feel uncomfortable. Counseling level, some content may not be suitable for children to watch-this level of movies basically has no drugs and naked scenes, and even if there are, the time is short, and the scenes of terror and violence will not exceed the moderate range.

Parents strongly criticized that some materials may not be suitable for children under 13 years old. ) general level, but not suitable for children under 13. Special guidance level,/kloc-Children under 0/3 need to be accompanied by their parents, and some of the content is not suitable for children to watch-there are no scenes of rude and persistent violence in this level of movies, generally no nude scenes, and sometimes there are scenes of drug abuse and swearing.

R grade: (limited to 17, parents or adult guardians are required to cooperate. Restricted level,/kloc-under 0/7 years old, must be accompanied by parents or guardians. /kloc-Audiences under 0/7 years old need to be accompanied by their parents or admitted to watching-movies at this level contain adult content, including many scenes such as * violent drug abuse and swearing;

NC- 17:( 17 and below are forbidden) 17 is forbidden to watch-movies of this level are classified as adult videos, and minors are strictly forbidden to watch them. There are clear scenes in the film, a lot of drug abuse or violence scenes and swearing words.

Several special grades:

NR U: NR belongs to unrated movies, while U is movies rated before 1968.

M X P: this level of movies is basically not suitable for big theaters, and they are all restricted.

British film grading system

"u" category: general category-suitable for all audiences. In this level of programs, only slight swearing language such as "damn" and "damn" can be used occasionally, and other mild swearing languages are rarely used;

"Uc" category: especially suitable for children to watch;

"PG" level: parental guidance level;

Class "12": suitable for adults over 12;

Class "15": suitable for adults over 15;

Class "18": suitable for adults over 18.

Hong Kong Film Grading System

Level 1: suitable for people of any age;

Grade II: Not suitable for children. Among them-

Class Ⅱ A: Not suitable for children to watch-not suitable for children to watch in content and handling methods; The film may use slight bad language and a small amount of nudity, sexual violence and horror, so it is recommended to have parental guidance;

Class Ⅱ B: Not suitable for teenagers and children-the audience should expect that the unsuitable elements in the film content are stronger than Class Ⅱ A; Parents are strongly advised to give guidance; There may be some vulgar words and sex-related keywords in the film; Can implicitly describe sexual behavior and nudity in erotic scenes; The film may have moderate violence and horror content;

Level 3: Only people over 18 years old (inclusive) are allowed to watch.

Singapore Film Grading System

G-level is the ordinary level, which is further divided into movies suitable for all ages and PG-level movies that need parental guidance.

The level of NC 16 is not suitable for people below 16. Saving Private Ryan is the first film in 1998 to be included in this level because it contains too much vulgar language.

R(A) is a restricted (art) film, only for adults over 2 1 year old.

Canadian film grading system

With the popularity of Internet and multimedia, parents are deeply worried about how to judge whether any graphic materials are suitable for children to read. If parents are confused about this issue, they may wish to refer to the existing film and television grading system, some of which are worth learning. The principle of grading movies and videos and indicating which grades are "not suitable for children" is not simple, because the social norms in this regard are not static and will change with time. The Film Classification Office of British Columbia, Canada pointed out that when formulating classification principles, we should consider social development factors such as sociology, anthropology and psychology, refer to research reports on people's behavior response to watching media, and often observe relevant national legislation, measures and court precedents. In order to let people know about the changes of related concepts and systems.

At present, the classification of films and videos in British Columbia is managed according to the Film Act and the Film Ordinance. The level of division can be divided into three categories:

1. People of any age can watch unconditionally:

"Universal"-suitable for people of all ages.

"parental guidance" level-people of all ages are allowed to watch, but the theme and content may not be suitable for all children, so it is advisable to watch under the guidance of parents.

Two, allow children and adolescents to watch the conditions:

"Fourteen? Accompanying audience (14)-any audience under 14 must be accompanied by an adult; And warned parents that the film may contain violence, vulgar language or * related content.

"Eighteen years old? Accompanying reading level (18 accompanying reading)-any audience under 18 must be accompanied by an adult; And strongly warned parents that the film may contain obvious violence, frequent swearing, * behavior or horror content.

Three, absolutely not allowed to watch children and adolescents:

Restricted level-only 18 years old or older can watch it. The film may contain obvious * or violent content; However, the classification authorities still hold a positive view on this kind of films, which may have certain artistic, historical, political, educational or scientific value.

"Adults"-Only 18 years old or older can watch it. The film may contain obvious * or violent content; The grading authorities did not express a positive view on this, but thought it was tolerable by the public.

China Film Censorship Standards

According to the film censorship regulations, our films are prohibited from containing the following contents:

(-), endangering national unity, sovereignty and integrity;

(2) endangering national security, honor and interests;

(3) Inciting national division and undermining national unity;

(4) divulging state secrets;

(5) Propagandizing improper sexual relations, seriously violating moral norms, or being obscene in content, having strong sensory stimulation and tempting depravity;

(6) Propagandizing feudalism, confusing people and disturbing social order;

(7) exaggerating murder violence, inciting the masses to despise the dignity of the law, inducing crimes and undermining social order;

(8) Defaming or insulting others;

(9) Other contents prohibited by the state.

Delete criteria

The individual plot, language or picture of our film has the following contents, which should be deleted and modified:

(a), mixed with obscene and vulgar content, does not conform to the moral norms and audience appreciation habits;

1. Inappropriate narration and description of sex and sex-related plots, with naked male and female bodies on the front;

2. Describe the improper relationship between men and women such as extramarital affairs and unmarried cohabitation with a positive attitude;

3. Describing corruption in detail may induce people to follow suit;

4. Long-term kissing and caressing shots and pictures in bed and bathroom cause strong sensory stimulation;

5. Describe fornication, rape, prostitution, whoring, homosexuality, etc.

6. Dialogue with vulgar content and low interest;

7. Vulgar and low-level background music and dynamic sound effects.

(2) Mixed murder and violence:

L, beautify the image of criminals and arouse people's sympathy and appreciation for criminals;

2. A detailed description of criminal means and details may induce and encourage people to imitate criminal acts;

3. Stimulate killing, drug abuse, gambling and other pictures;

4. Describe the bizarre and absurd cruel violence against humanity.

(3), mixed with promoting feudal superstition:

1, describing in detail fortune-telling, asking God for divination, and burning incense, worshiping God and worshiping things for a long time;

2. Advocating the omnipotence and supremacy of religion, showing religious fanaticism;

(four), may cause international, ethnic and religious disputes;

(5) Pictures and plots of destroying the ecological environment and wantonly killing rare wild animals;

(6) Other contents that should be deleted and modified.