The BBFC is an independent non-governmental organization that has rated films in the UK since 1912. It classifies films based on their content using age ratings. To determine a rating, the BBFC examines factors like discrimination, drugs, imitable behavior, language, nudity, sex, threat, and violence that may be present in a film. For the film "The Pyre," research was conducted on the target audience and other horror films to aim for a 15+ rating, which would result in the largest potential audience and more money made. Following the BBFC's published guidelines for a 15+ rating will help the film obtain this classification.
2. What is BBFC?
BBFC stands for The British Board of Film Classification.
It is an independent, non-governmental company that classifies
films by age ratings.
It was created in 1912.
It has rated videos/DVDs since the Video Recordings Act was
passed in 1984.
The BBFC also rates video games in the way it does with movies.
3. How does it rate films?
The BBFC rates films depending on its content. It looks at individual films in
order to give warnings and prevent younger people seeing things that
may be damaging. The following are some examples of what may
increase a movies age rating:
Discrimination,
Drugs,
Imitable behaviour,
Language,
Nudity,
Sex,
Threat,
Violence.
4. What rating is The Pyre likely to be
and why?
After doing research into our target audience and
looking at other horror films, for example the audience
profile and detailed video analyses, we have obtained
multiple good reasons to aim for a 15+ rating. The main
reasons for this is that our potential audience would be
largest than if it was an 18+, which is important seen as so
our audience questionnaires revealed a large amount of
15-18 year olds favour horror over other genres.
As a result, this is likely to increase the amount of money
made from the film. Evidence of this working can be
shown in other 15+ rated films such as I Am Legend and
Insidious, which are both recognised as very popular and
successful modern horrors.
5. How will we obtain this rating from
the BBFC?
We aim to follow the rules set out by the
BBFC that make a film allegeable for the
age rating of 15+. These can be seen on
their website, they show specific
information on the lenience of each thing
that effects the rating. We believe it will
not be difficult to follow these guidelines
as our film will not contain nudity, sex or a
large amount of imitable behaviour.
Although we may have to focus on
language, threat and violence.
