Certificate Research

I am researching what the BBFC say is suitable for certain films, this will allow me to see what age rating I should give my film and why it has to be the rating it is.

 

The BBFC website gives the following outline as to what can be permissible in a 15 rated film.

 

What might I see in a 15 rated film or video?

Any of the following:

•   strong violence
•  frequent strong language (e.g. '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

The BBFC website gives the following outlines to what can be permissible in a 15 rated film.

I think that the thing that is the most surprising is that sexual nudity and violence of a sexual nature is permitted in some films. In would want my film to have a fifteen certificate because I would want to appeal to a mainstream horror audience - they would expect set pieces which would include strong violence.

Final Destination

	Age:	%:	Gender:	%:	Class	%:

	4-6	0%	Male:	53%	AB	29%

	7-11	0%	Female:	47%	C1	33%

	12-14	0%			C2	23%

	15-24	56%			DE	15%

	25-34	19%

	35-44	6%

	45+	19%

 

 

From the information above about a similar film to mine you can see that the 15 to 24 year old audience can be a very valuable market.

Horror films in the eighties used to frequently get 18 certificates and one of the ways they've kept a broad adult fan base whilst getting lower certificate ratings is by moving away from sexual scenes and they have stopped dwelling on pain and injury - which has led to a smaller sub-genre called goreography.

I would want my film to be a fifteen so I would create suspense and tension leading up to kills and would avoid extended scenes with dwelling on pain being caused.