Certification for our film...

We've decided to certify our film as an '18'.

 'Films rated 18 are for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema or buy / rent an 18 rated video. No 18 rated works are suitable for children'

'The strongest gory images are permitted at this category'
'At 18, horror films may contain very strong horror, gore or sustained threat'
'Though 18 films and videos may cover difficult and strong subjects and themes, harm is still a consideration'

Our film would potentially contain strong gore, horror and strong themes of death. Although our opening may not show or contain these, the actual film itself would highly likely present these ideas, therefore would best be suited for an '18' as this is the only category to accept these strong themes.

Bibliography: British Board of Film Classification website

It is important to know the certification as it allows the audience to be aware of what to expect within the film and for us, it keeps us in a mindset that we need to keep it this way, especially not to offend anyone. Showing our film certificate, will also prevent us from getting any negativity back from audiences as we've warned them and have made it clear, and so that we can stick to our aim of our target audience.

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