Section 3-Classification of Film

15 Certificate content
 The following is a list of the content that can be shown in a 15 certificate film which i took from the BFI website:
Theme: No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate to 15 year olds.

Language: There may be frequent use of strong language; the strongest terms are only rarely acceptable. Continued aggressive use of strong language and sexual abuse is unacceptable.

Nudity: There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.

Sex: Sexual activity and nudity may be portrayed but without strong detail. The depiction of casual sex should be handled responsibly. There may be occasional strong verbal references to sexual behaviour.

Violence: Violence may be strong but may not dwell on the infliction of pain, and of injuries. Scenes of sexual violence must be discreet and brief.

Imitable techniques: Dangerous combat techniques such as ear claps, head-butts and blows to the neck are unlikely to be acceptable. There may be no emphasis on the use of easily accessible lethal weapons (in particular, knives).

Horror: Sustained or detailed infliction of pain or injury is unacceptable.

Drugs: Drug taking may be shown but clear instructive detail is unacceptable. The film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug use.



We have decided to classify our film as a 15. Being under the aged of 18 we could not a film a 18 certificate and also want to reach out to a wider audeience range and feel when sutible a film shouldnt miss the key age bracket of 15-18. We feel a 12 would be too young and would restrict our film, we want to develop and present ideas that would not to be right to be shown to someone under the age of 15.