Age Certificates

Hello

We have recently learnt about the different Age Certificates and what the film has to include to be given its certificate. To research this I looked at 4 different subheadings: Violence, Sex and Nudity, Imitable Behaviour and Language.
Here is the research I carried out:

After this we needed to decide what age certificate to give to our film. To do this we went through each category and decided upon a 15.
This is because:

Language:
In a 15 the BBFC allows strong language and in our film we will only be using moderate strong language. Therefore, a 15 rating would be accepted.

Violence:
Strong Violence is allowed in a 15 and in our film, we have one strong violent scene where a man gets shot. This is expected in a 15, however it is not acceptable to dwell on pain on injury, which we are not planning to do. Therefore, a 15 rating would be accepted.

Sex/Nudity:
There will be none of this featured in our film.

Imitable Behaviour:
This is the main thing that tips our film from being a 12 rating, to being a 15 rating. This is because in a 12 rating, you are able to include harsh behaviours such as suicide, however you can not include any instructional evidence at all. In our film, we have a suicide scene where a young girl ties a school tie to a tree. This can show children how to easily do this action as they will all be able to tie knots and will have a school tie. Therefore, we have to boost our certificate up to a 15.

See you soon.