Research and Planning: Film Certification

Age Ratings

These age ratings are from http://www.bbfc.co.uk/. I researched these to give myself an idea of who my target audience will be for my film opening. The age rating guidelines are put in place to stop young children from viewing things that would be inappropriate to them and that may cause psychological issues.

Each age guideline has different aspects. For example a U film won't contain any swearing what so ever or any explicit scenes of violence or sexual activity. On the other hand, a 15 rated film will contain things such as strong violence, use of bad swear words and sexual activity. If there were no age ratings, anyone under the age of 18 could watch anything unsuitable which can cause all kinds of problems.