Research into certificate of our film

Certificate Research

Different films have different certificates for what ages can and cannot watch a film. We have chose our film to be a 15 as throughout there is an involvement of drug use, however the BBFC allows the use of drugs in a film as long as "drug taking does not promote or encourage drug misuse "which we are not doing. Our final film will have no portrayal of sexual activities or sexual nudity whereas there may be frequent strong language. We want our audience to be wide so our target audience is young adults whilst sticking to the guidelines of the BBFC.

Most psychological thrillers are rated a 15 rather than a 12A (where a child no younger than 12 can watch the film unless accompanied by an adult.) As there may be strong threats and menace as long as they are not sadistic or sexualised which are not appropriate for younger than 15 year olds.

To keep between the guidelines and to our 15 certificate, other factors contribute and these show the difference between a 12A and a 15:

• Strong violence
• Frequent strong language
• Portrayals of sexual activity
• Strong verbal of sexual activity
• Sexual nudity
• Brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
• Discriminatory language or behaviour
• Drug-use