RATINGS FOR FILM

Why are films rated?
films are rated into the 5 following catagories in order to control exposure of films with perhaps unsuitable content to age groups. The BBFC (where this information was gathered) was first introduced 1912 to prevent their films from negatively impacting the audiences.


A decision that our group will have to make soon will be the age rating we give our film opening. Due to the films we are taking inspiration from, i feel our film will be a higher rating because of the crude comedy and definite violence. to help us choose the correct rating , i have done some research into the difference between the each age restrictions.

Violence and swearing is at its very mildest. By this it means that the strongest piece of bad language would most likely be a word such as 'damn'.
U films usually convey a positive message which allows young audiences to copy. Our film is definitely not a U rating due to the cursing that Jack may say as he bursts through the door.

Swearing is still very censored with the occasional bad word being used. Although this the farthest that we will take our character's language, we are still limited with the amount of violence around therefore this still is not a suitable rating for us. also there is to be no mention of any drugs which would not be compatible with the Uncle's job in dodgy dealings.

12a and 12 rated films are targeted at above the age of 12, however a younger audience can watch 12a if accumpanied b
y an adult. swearing is
less monitored though words such as f*** are used minimally. injuries and blood must not stay on the screen for too long and the idea of hinting as opposed to seeing the gore is still advised.








We have decided that our film should be rated a 15 because it leaves us more room to experiment than what we would have had if we chose a 12. Strong language and violence is permitted as well as drugs use if needed. Our film will not reach the 18 age rating as our budget for our film restricts us in some ways from showing detailed gory scenes which would feature in that rating.

COMEDIC CONVENTIONS

Due to our genre of film being partly based on Dark Comedy we thought it would be best to look into the typical conventions of comedy itself.

FILM INSPIRATION

Here are a few of the Directors and screenwriters who we aspire to create a film like.

LEO

This is Leo Broadhead. He is a 17 year old male and will playing the part of 'JACK' in our opening. We thought leo would be perfect for this role as his humour and personality suits that of jack's, especially with a cheeky attitude towards anything and anyone. Not only this but Leo also does acting outside of school as you can see him playing the lead role of 'Pip' in Great Expectations in the pictures. He also is a media student who has directed and created his own short film for a festival. For this reason he understanda the dedication needed from everyone on the team and is still very happy to help us with this project.

STORYBOARD

this is our story board animatic which took us a while to create, especially because we had our original one deleted. we added the sound using garage band which was recorded by Robbie.

SCRATCH PRODUCTIONS

This is a draft for our production logo. we felt that it reflected the genre of our film with the rough scratch through the title and was simplistic so could be reproduced and distributed at a low cost while still being recognisable. We will eventually make our own logo ourselves.