BBFC Rating

BBFC rating inform the audience of a film the minimum age legally required to buy the film or view it at the cinema. The reason given by the BBFC for their rating system is that it is there to protect the younger audience from content that is unsuitable for their age, or content that may be damaging to them. For each film they will review the language looking for references to violence, drugs, sex, discrimination and more in order to judge the most suitable age rating for the film.

The ratings are:

• Universal
• Parental Guidance
• 12a
• 12
• 15
• 18
• R18

We have decided that our film will be rated 15 because of the strong violence and drug references throughout the film that are not suitable for younger audiences. If we were to censor aspects of the film in order to show it to a wider audience in the terms of age, then the realism of the film will be dumbed down and so it will not have the same impact as we initially intended.

However it isn't appropriate to create a trailer with high levels of violence and foul language, therefore it would be better to make a greenband trailer, which informs people of the narrative for the film through the trailer but cuts out aspects that would have it either band from airing on television or restricted to later television hours or just for online viewing. Redband trailers are trailers that are restricted due to containing scenes which aren't suitable for all audiences.