2. How does Classification work?
In order to protect children from unsuitable and even harmful content in films,
and to give consumers information they might need to know about a particular
film before deciding whether or not to view it, the BBFC examines and age rates
films before they are released. This independent scrutiny prior to release ensures
the highest possible level of protection and empowerment.
3. Our Film: Certificate 15
Within an age 15 film, there are several key things that may appear:
Drugs
Imitable behaviour: Dangerous behavior (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming)
Language: There may be very strong language.
Threat: There may be strong threat and horror.
Violence
4. Why we chose Certificate 15
The figure within our film is quite frightening, therefore could be threatening to a
younger audience.
It may contain strong language due to the protagonist seeing this figure attacking
his wife.
We couldn’t rate our film as certificate 12 due to our film including strong physical
and psychological threat and horror sequences.
Also, as our film contains sleep paralysis and psychological aspects, a younger
audience may not understand this, therefore we thought age 15 would be a
suitable certificate for our film.
