Coursework: Age Rating

We decided that our film would be most likely e classed as a 15. This is because we felt the full feature would contain to much content to be rated as a 12 or 12a, and there was not enough explicit material to be considered an 18.  As well as this, the rating bracket that we decided on would still generate a large amount of profit at the box office, as it would not cut off the majority of cinema viewers.

Reasons why films are give the rating of 15

Any of the following:

•   strong violence
•  frequent strong language (e.g. 'f***').
•   portrayals of sexual activity
•   strong verbal references to sex
•   sexual nudity
•   brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
•   discriminatory language or behaviour
•   drug taking

The majority of horror movies have an age rating of 15 or over, this is due to the sustained, but mild, sexualised or sadistic content. This is exemplified by the gruesome special effects used to shock audiences, or the sustained themes that shock the average person. A film will become a higher rating once this threat of horror, sex or sadism becomes apparent and to an extreme degree.  

The section about the reasoning for a film being a 15 was researched and done by Naomi Lee, the rest was completed on my own