To decide on the age rating for my music video I did some wider reading on the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) website regarding age ratings in music videos and their initiatives to protect young individuals.
I am aware, that despite doing this research, there is no legal requirement to regulate music videos. They have introduced multiple methods, working with Vevo and YouTube, you to regulate music videos. All music videos from artists belonging to certain production companies (Sony Music UK, Universal Music UK and Warner Music UK) will have a rating somewhere on the video. On Vevo they will have a rating that shows up when the cursor is moved and on YouTube they will show a rating once you click the 'Partner Rating' label. Alternatively, the uploader can mark it as 'mature content' which will block anyone with an account under the required age from viewing it.
From this page I clicked the age rating symbols which took me to their own respective pages defining what categories I need to fill to fit into a certain rating bracket.
My music video fits into the 'PG' category due it only hinting at certain aspects such as depression, suicide rather than explicitly confirming them or showing them. My video lacks violence, sex, drug use and nudity allowing it to firmly sit in the PG
category.
BBFC Website - http://www.bbfc.co.uk/what-classification
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