The 15 rating for films says that "No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work" To classify a film as a 15 in terms of a horror film it say "Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualized" this is because strong threats can be particularly scary and would not be suitable for a 12 or 12A. The BBFC also classify films on ways that it could be imitated, they state that "Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorized" This is showing that people aged 15 and above (in theory) have reached a level of maturity that 12 year old don't have. The BBFC also take into account the amount of violence in the film while classifying it, the classification states "Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable" The strong gory images wont be accepted as not everyone wants to see gore and still can frighten 15 year olds.
Our film was classed as a 15 as we believed that if the film was allowed to continue the threat would become very menacing and frightening, we didn't use any weapons and showed no gore, there is one scene where a girl screams, this is not in pain so we didn't dwell on the factor of pain. We used alcohol in one scene we found that this falls under the DRUGS section of the BBFC, The classification stated "Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse" our film didn't promote or encourage the use of alcohol but we used it to generate a stereotype of teenagers.
Overall our film fitted in to most of the 15 classification, the Film was not meeting the 18 classification but too much for a 12 or 12A classification.
The 18 classification is the same as the 15 rating but mainly concentrates on Sex, criminal activity and actual harm to people or public health. A 18 film isn't clear on horror unless it is "sadistic or sexualized"as this is not allowed at 15 classification. Also gory images that are not allowed at 15 would be allowed at 18. An 18 classified film wouldn't allow for any illegal actions to be shown in the film if they where actually committed and not acted.
Our film was not an 18 as it involved no "gory" scenes but had slight bit of gore for our production logo, there was no sex in the film or any actual criminal activity so our film was not classed as an 18.
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