Film Classification Certificate

Looking at the films I have already talked about by Guy Ritchie and the film Andrew mentioned ('Bronson') It is clear that the theme of our film is aimed at a much more mature audience. So as it is aimed at adults the decision is whther to classify it as a 15 or 18 rated film. The example films we have looked at have all been 18 rated apart from 'Rock n Rolla'. This is because the films contain very strong language, violence and drugs as well as possible sexual references. Our film is also likely to contain these so I have been researching on the bbfc website which is the British Board of Film Classification. This is the organisation that gives each film its age rating certificate. The website address is shown below:

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/general/

From this site and the guidelines they set out I have decided that as our film contains Very strong language, violence and possible drugs and sex references it may have been possible to be rated as a 15. However I feel that as the theme of the film is about crime this could mean there is a chance that it will glamorise crime and gambling. As well using themes that could be immitatable.
So after looking at the guidelines set our by the BBFC I have decided that our film will have a certificate of:


Due to Very strong Language, Violence, drug and sex references and a criminal theme.
This means our target audience is Adults over 18. Most likely young adults.
It has to be taken into consideration that even though the opening scene we will create may not depict eveything I have mentioned, the rest of the film will contain the content so the film should only be viewed by an adult audience.