Age Rating Research

Short films like mine are often played in schools due to being educational and relevant. Therefore, I researched the classification system of films.

I decided that my film would be a 12A because of the distressing themes involving suicide and bullying. Furthermore, there is no sexual activity or drug use. The only taboo language used is merely mouthed due the film being silent.

During this I found out that students can submit their films to the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) for this.

I used the fee calculator on their website, and to do this would cost approximately £150. This is useful information for the future as I may do this to receive a black card.

I decided to make a mock black card that would be shown for at least 5 seconds before my film is displayed in cinemas.

Obviously this will not be used, but this is the general idea of what this would look like professionally.

Before a trailer, the age rating is shown therefore I will follow this convention with my own. I will also include this on my short film poster and double page spread.

'A Girl Like Her' is a long film with similar themes to mine but is more distressing in terms of language etc. This is rated at PG-13 as it is American, therefore I think that my prediction is accurate.

This is the typical display at the beginning of a trailer...

And this is the mock version which I created...



This gave me an idea of the industry in reality and informed me about age ratings and how I could go about getting mine classified.