Seijin_Dinger wrote:BasharOfTheAges wrote:l33tmeatwad wrote:When it comes to "acceptable content," EVERYONE throws up the PG-13, yet NO ONE sticks by it. Perhaps I just push the line a little bit, but I have gotten comments for some judges about my videos containing unacceptable content in the video, yet there is typically FAR WORSE content in actual PG-13 movies.
This is an important one. Know what PG13 means before you set it as your standard. It allows for conditional use of foul language, non-sexual nudity, somewhat bloody violence, etc. There are lines you have to cross to hit an R rating, and they're much more difficult to do with animated footage than with live action.
Also some of the language constraints in PG-13 does add up
one example is PG-13 allows for the use of the word fuck, once. Say you get 2 or 3 excellent videos that say fuck, and by how you make cuts all 3 would make the contest, how fair is it to at that point only choose one of those videos. Same goes with violence, you can only show so much up to a point and while the video itself may be PG-13, combined with the other videos as a whole in the contest you may push past the line into R.
This is very true, however the rules on most contests state to "keep it PG-13" implying that a particular individual needs to do that. Perhaps there needs to be a standard developed or a better way of limiting it so the overall competition can stay at PG-13. Just some thoughts, I don't have a solution to the problem myself, but it can lead to confusion. This way of looking at it gives the contestant no real way of actually knowing what kind of content they should leave out of their videos.
















