1. BBFC Film Ratings
U –Universal. All ages admitted, there is nothing
unsuitable for children.
PG – Parental Guidance. All ages admitted, but
certain scenes may be unsuitable for young children.
May contain mild language and sex/drugs references.
May contain moderate violence if justified by context
(e.g. fantasy).
12A - Films under this category are considered to be
unsuitable for very young people. Those aged under
12 years are only admitted if accompanied by an
adult, aged at least 18 years, at all times during the
motion picture. However, it is generally not
recommended that children under 12 years should
watch the film. Films under this category can contain
mature themes, discrimination, soft drugs, moderate
swear words, infrequent strong language and
moderate violence, sex references and nudity. Sexual
activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed.
Sexual violence may be implied or briefly indicated.
12 - Home media only since 2002. 12A-rated films are
usually given a 12 certificate for the VHS/DVD version
unless extra material has been added that requires a
higher rating.
Nobody younger than 12 can rent or buy a 12-rated
VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game. The content
guidelines are identical to those used for the 12A
certificate.

2. 15 - Only those over 15 years are admitted.Nobody
younger than 15 can rent or buy a 15-rated VHS, DVD,
Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game, or watch a film in the
cinema with this rating. Films under this category can
contain adult themes, hard drugs, frequent strong
language and limited use of very strong language,
strong violence and strong sex references, and nudity
without graphic detail. Sexual activity may be
portrayed but without any strong detail. Sexual
violence may be shown if discreet and justified by
context.
18 - Only adults are admitted.Nobody younger than 18
can rent or buy an 18-rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc,
UMD or game, or watch a film in the cinema with this
rating. Films under this category do not have
limitation on the bad language that is used. Hard
drugs are generally allowed, and explicit sex
references along with detailed sexual activity are
also allowed. Scenes of strong real sex may be
permitted if justified by the context. Very strong,
gory, and/or sadistic violence is usually permitted.
Strong sexual violence is permitted unless it is
eroticised or excessively graphic.
These ratings are from the British Board of Film
Classification. These are made to show the
boundaries of how old you need to be to watch
certain films. For example, a 15 rated film is shown to
people aged 15 and over. This would not be suitable
for younger audiences, as it would normally contain
strong language, sexual references and moderate

3. violence. If a film were rated 18, it would probably
contain things like drug use, strong violence and
scenes some may find disturbing.
Rating for our film
When choosing to aim for a rating for our film, we
have to take into consideration how much violence,
drug use or strong language we could use in our film.
Because we want to aim our film to other college
students and other people who are around that age,
we would like our film to be a 15 rated film. However
because there are some graphic scenes, which
include quite strong violence, the film may be pushed
up to an 18 rated film. To avoid being an 18 rated
film, we should tone down the violence in our film and
instead of using graphic violence, we could make it
more suggestive with it being a supernatural horror.