Film Classification

We as a group decided that our film would most possibly be rated as a 12A and 12 for video works such as DVDs and Blu-Rays by the BBFC or at least according to their guidelines. The main areas of the narrative considered which would make it a 12A rated film would be:

• Language: Moderate and light use of foul language is intended to use due to it being set in a college, teenager environment.

• Violence: Although not glamorised, and neither encouraged, violence will be present in the narrative; however since it is crucial to narrative development and is motivated by revenge rather than senseless blood lust. 'Safe Haven' (2013) was classified as a 12A film even though throughout the narrative, violence was shown; however it all was for it's narrative development. Therefore our film would still be appropriate for a 12A certificate even after some aggression.

• Theme: The central theme of the film is relationships but there are undertones of revenge and blackmail which motivate the theme of violence, making it unsuitable for a U or PG certificate.

There are other areas which the BBFC guideline considers (such as discrimination, drugs, horror, imitable behaviour, nudity and sex) which affect the classification of a film however these are not prominent within our films narrative and therefore not meeting the criteria for a higher classification. On the other hand the mature tone of language and theme and the mild presence of violence justifies the films placement in the 12(A) category.

Furthermore, we also used public feedback for our decision. For example, the results from they survey we used to construct our audience profile conceived that our most frequent respondents belonged to the 16 to 24 age groups; this range now consisting of our target audience; the 12A certificate is ideal for accommodating all of the target audience.