BBFC
The BBFC is the UK's regulator of film and video and they give ratings
on films. E.g. PG and 18's. They look at the bad language used, the
type of scenes for example shootings or nudity. They then also look
into the story line of what the film involves and how explicit it is to the
eye,
This is how the BBFC tend to rate films based on the content they
involve. Different genres are judged differently though. The majority of
horror films are labelled as a 15 .
Due to the materials usually used in thriller crimes they're more than
likely set as a 15 if not an 18 if it contains a large amount of gore and
likely set as a 15 if not an 18 if it contains a large amount of gore and
blood.
Our thriller/crime will be aimed at the most popular age range for horrors,
which is 15 years to 25 years old. However we are going to make it more specific and make it aimed at an
audience of 15 years old to 18 years old meaning we can make sure they're interested in the film we
make, as they're a closer age range. This is the audience we aim to target for the horror film we are going to
create.
Shown in focus group later on we asked what ages people would rate or think a crime would be aimed at and all
responses gave the age of 15 which is what most horrors that go into the cinema are set at.
Shown in focus group later on we asked what ages people would rate or think a crime would be aimed at and all
responses gave the age of 15 which is what most horrors that go into the cinema are set at.
Are you doing horror or crime thriller? This is becoming ludicrous.
ReplyDeleteWoman in Black is an interesting one with regards the BBFC. The film makers were desperate for a 12 certificate. What are the advantages of a 12 over a 15? The BBFC originally made WiB a 15 but the film company asked them what they need to change to make it a 12. I think they were told to take the volume down in certain sections. They did and it was given a 12. The BBFC later admitted they made a mistake. This may be worth looking n to as WiB is one of the films you chose to look at!
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