Certificate Research

All films made or created by some of the most talented directors all have something in common- they all have a labelled certificate on them. Age ratings on films can go from a U all the way to an 18. Although, the certificate on the film, should match the target audience of the film. This is because if there was a film aimed at an audience for children, yet was certificated an "18" this would make the film company loose money, and fans to the film, as 18 year olds + would be there main target audience. Films have certificates on them, in order to either protect the viewers from harmful or offensive content or to prevent children under age from watching content that they might find offensive. Certificates on films are created by the BBFC, which stands for BRITISH BOARD OF FILM CLASSIFICATION.

The film with a 15 on it, obviously shows that the particular film is aimed at people 15+. Aggressive violence, nudity, sexual scenes and nature, drug taking and discriminatory language and behavior is all common material expected in a 15 rated film. In addition, 15's tend to be either horrors or adult comedies as there is rude or offensive material, that younger viewers would not appreciate, or would not understand. There is no limit on how much offensive language can be used, however continual use of it, will be rated at a .sexual activity may be portrayed but without any strong detail. Films such as "the ring" and "paranormal activity" are rated at 5's.

If our film was going to classified be the BBFC, we believe that our film would get classified as a 15. In our trailer, we want to incorporate very scary scenes, that people under the age of 15/14 would find scary and disturbing. We also want to use fake blood in our film, which suggests the concept of gore. Gore is usually classified as an 18, but ours will not be as explicit. Therefore, we feel that a 15 certificate is a successful rating to give our trailer.  We feel that if our film was set as a 12, it would not attract our target audience, as they would not be as passionate about a horror than a young adult would be. We didn't want to choose an 18, as it would be too high, and people may presume that the film is too graphic and violent, turning viewers away. We feel that a 15 is an acceptable age rating, through researching horrors, and finding their target audiences.