The BBFC rates films based on their content, including language, violence, sex, and other potentially offensive material. They assign age ratings from U to 18 to indicate what age groups films are appropriate for. The rating process involves film directors submitting their finished films to the BBFC for examination. Two examiners from the BBFC then carefully watch each film and determine the appropriate rating based on the type and frequency of potentially offensive content. The different age ratings indicate what types of content are allowed at each rating level, with more restrictive ratings like 12A and 18 allowing stronger language, sex scenes, violence and gore.

1. CBBFC

2. What Do They Do?
• The BBFC work out what the age rating
of a programme or a film should
depending on what type of movie and
what type of scenes in it and what
occurs in the film; such as age
appropriate language, violence, sex etc.

3. How do they rate films?
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Step one: Once the film has been finished and finally been edited the
directors send the film off for it to be rated by the CBBFC.
Step two: Once the film has been seen by the CBBFC the company
must pay to rate the film.
Step three: Once the film has been rated the film is then checked again
t see if It is good enough quality for a team examiner to watch it.
Step four: Hundreds of films are sent to the BBFC for a rating each
year.
Step five: Two examiners watch the film. They must carefully write the
title down. ( as the title will be shown on the black card certificate you
see in cinemas).

4. Different age rating
• The U rating in the filming industry means
that ages four and above are suitable to
watch this film.
• A U film may include some brief fight scenes
but nothing to violent, as it only shows the
places where the characters are in danger.
• How does a film pass as a U film? The film
must be appropriate to the young audience
with no strong language and no sex, drugs, or
any gory scenes.

5. Age ratings for films.
• A 12A film will consist of brief sex
scenes and sexual references.
• It ay also contain moderate fight scenes
but nothing to detailed.
• A 12A film would not contain strong
language.

6. Age ratings for films
• An age 18 film will contain sex, drug, strong
language, fights and gory scenes throughout
the film.
• Strong violence.
• No-one under the age of 18 is allowed to see
any of these films as the age 18 rating is
classed as and for adults only.
• Even though the film is an 18 it does show
drug usage; but it has no intention of teaching
any adult that it is the right thing to do. (take
drugs).

7. How are age 15 and 18 films
rated?
• Both aged 15 and 18 films are rated on
how much strong language is used
throughout and other scenes such as
sex, drugs, fights, and gory scenes.
• The age ratings are put into place to tell
people under the age of 15 or 18 that
they’re not age adequate to see these
films.