Why are there different standards for film and video?

It is more likely that a cinema audience has made a specific commitment to see a particular film and knows what to expect. In addition, admission is regulated by age at the cinema entrance. The Video Recordings Act, by contrast, specifically requires the Board to take into account the likelihood that the video may be seen "in the home". The possibility that some viewers may be below the age for which the work was classified is clearly greater. In addition, video offers the possibility of freeze-frame, rewind, and frame-by-frame advance, thus allowing viewers to watch scenes out of context, while a cinema film can only be watched in the way originally intended. For these reasons videos may be cut or classified more strictly than the same work for the cinema.