Classification

Classification is an important factor in film, as it establishes what ages are suitable for viewing.

The classification for our film will a 15, reasons for this being:

Drug taking

Discriminatory behaviour

Potential psychological effects

Why we chose the 15 rating over other ratings:

Although 12's allow some drug use, they don't allow you to glamorise it.

Our trailer features only minor drug use and discriminatory behaviour,  and so isn't enough to make the 18 rating as there is no violence or strong sexual scenes.


An example of a film which is similar to ours and has the same classification is the film Fish Tank, this is due to there being portrayals of sexual activity, discriminatory language or behaviour and some strong violence.

Our trailer is of the same genre and has a very similar style to this film, so we decided it should be the same classification.


Features of a 15 include:

• strong violence
• frequent strong language (eg 'f***')
• strong verbal references to sex
• portrayals of sexual activity
• sexual nudity
• brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
• discriminatory language or behaviour
• drug taking

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