The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) has six different classes that can be applied to a film. As many films contain content that is not appropriate for certain ages or people, these labels can warn the audience of what they are likely to see in the film.
UNIVERSAL (U)
- These are films deemed suitable for all ages, which contain no violence, strong language or inappropriate themes of any sort.
- If there is any threat to the characters the issue must be solved in a way that reassures the viewer, as this classification is aimed towards young children.
PARENTAL GUIDANCE (PG)
- Films of this category may have slightly heavier themes, but are also deemed to be more accessible to adults too. These are recommended for children aged 8 and above, and examples of these films would be Finding Nemo or the Disney film Brave, which have some scenes that smaller children may find upsetting.
12A/12
- Some of these films have mild cursing and violence, but shouldn't be too extreme. For example, family action films such as The Avengers.
15
- Violence is permitted, but not many graphic or gory scenes are allowed. Cursing is included. An example of a 15 rated film would be the film Forrest Gump, which has some sexual content, but not much.
18
- This is the age guideline that my group and I have chosen to make our film opening within. At this classification, we are allowed to include as many graphic or gory images as we need to, and can have as many scary, unsettling scenes as we would like. Although our opening or the rest of the film (if we were to make it) would be particularly gory, the allowance of gore allows us to add small touches of blood and gore to our characters if necessary. Examples of 18 rated films would be really any scary or gory film with excessive cursing, such as the exorcist or any Tarantino film.
RESTRICTED (R18)
- This classification is not applicable to us as it applies to graphic sexual scenes.
Lauren.
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