Safety

There was a couple of safety elements to filming, especially when one of the actors smashes the wine bottle. This was not only a safety hazard to my actor, George and myself but walkers if we didn't clean all the glass up after we had stopped filming. Before shooting i made sure that George wasn't too close to the bottle when it smashed because it could have cut her hands and leg. After shooting all the glass was brushed up and picked up with gloves, so we didn't cut ourselves. It was then checked over by my dad to make sure we hadn't missed any bits.
There was also a safety element during the bullying scene so the actor wouldn't be hurt or pushed over.

Guidlines

In my original editing, there is a shot of the character taking drugs. However after researching on the BBFC website (British Broadcasting Film Company) i found that a shot of drug taking was too explicit for my target audience of teenagers. The BBFC said; 'Whilst may recognised that 15 year olds were likely to have been exposed to drugs (either directly through their own experiences or via anti-drug campaigns at school), the important of taking care to not glamorise drugs in any way was conveyed effectively by: 'drug taking may be shown but the film as a while must not promote or encourage drug misuse.' and 'Drug taking maybe shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse'. After reading this i still decided to take that shot out so there would be no controversy.
There is 2 shots explicit language being used, one is partially mouthed to the drunk girl and the shot of the bullies texting the girl. The BBFC said 'There maybe frequent use of strong language. The strongest terms (for example F**k) maybe acceptable if justified by the content. I think the use of the strong language is justified within my music video because of its strong themes of identity.