The 15 Age Rating

The age rating will attempt to achieve for our film will be a 15, this is due to the fact we will want a wide an audience as possible to view our film whilst still sticking to the guidelines of the BBFC.

The major difference between a 12 and a 15 are as follows

strong violence

frequent strong language (eg 'f***').

portrayals of sexual activity

strong verbal references to sex

sexual nudity

brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence

discriminatory language or behavior

drug taking

Depending on the amount of strong language and violence we decide to add into our final film the rating could possibly come down due to the fact our film has no scripted sexual content, however, our film is going to be based heavily on drugs and the use of drugs. The BBFC allows the use of drugs in 15 films as long as “drug taking does not promote or encourage drug misuse” and as well as this “The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances like aerosols or solvents is unlikely to be acceptable at 15”. I believe that the film will stick to these guidelines as the film has no solvent abuse as well as it shows drugs in an extremely negative light.

The aspect of “insanity” in our film is also in my opinion to an acceptable level for a 15 and the BBFC say that “Many horror films are rated 15 and at 15 there can be strong threats and menace” this means our film as far as is so far scripted will be acceptable in this category.