British filmmaker submits film of paint drying for classification - all 10 hours of it
What's worse than watching paint dry? Watching paint dry for work?
What's worse than watching paint dry? Watching paint dry for work?
Two film examiners at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) have had to endure over 10 hours of paint drying for their work.
Last year Charlie Lyne, a British filmmaker created a Kickstarter project to produce a film of paint drying. Charlie believes the cost of getting the BBFC to classify a film can be 'prohibitively expensive' to many independent filmmakers, the BBFC charge around £1000 for a feature film, with a submission fee of £101.50 and a per-minute fee of £7.09.
Intriguingly Charlie's idea caught on and he raised £5,963 allowing him to film and submit 10 hours seven minutes of paint drying which he delivered to the BBFC on 20th January.
The BBFC duly arranged for two examiners to watch the full length of the film, as they are only allowed to watch nine hours a day. Finally after two days of watching the film it has (unsurprisingly) been given a U certificate, as it contains "no material likely to offend or harm".
Read the full description including 'spoilers' from the BBFC on their website.