BBFC

 The BFFC (The British Board of Film Association) are a regulatory board organisation that help monitor films and apply age ratings/certificates to movies in the UK.  A film can not be released in the UK without the BFFC supplying a film age rating and certificate.

When analysing movies and the content they contain, the BFFC look for: violence, nudity, obscene language, discriminatory language, drugs or alcohol, and criminal activity. Depending on which of these are included in a film, the film ratings can either be:

U- child appropriate

PG- for parental guidance (suitable for children)

12a- can be under 12 to watch the film but need an adult present

12- 12 year olds and older (rude language or possibly violence)

15- suitable for 15 year olds and over (rude language, violence and possible nudity or drugs)

18- rated 18 for adults (rude language, nudity, violence, drugs)

The BFFC also look at the context of the characters in a film to supply an age rating. For example, if an animated film contains violence it is typically rated lower than live action films as it is easier for the audience to see what is happening in the film isn’t realistic.

The process of giving a film certificate- A company sends a copy of their film to the BFFC for them to watch and decide on what age rating to allocate to the film. After this, the film is available to be released publicly in cinemas, DVD shops or film platforms such as Netflix or Amazon video. If the company aren’t happy with the age rating they are given, they have the opportunity to re-edit graphic or obscene content out of the film such as blood.

For our opening sequence, I would allocate our film a 15 as it contains graphic content and obscene language. However, there are no drugs or nudity which is why i think it would not be rated 18.