Deciding on the audience for the film

 

I researched the bbfc to find out the certain film ratings that films are given to try and see which one ours would fit in. obviously as its a horror film it wouldnt be a PG, U, or a 12 so i researched the others to see what they were.
12A can include; There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if they can be justified by their context (for example brief sight of bloody injury in a medical drama).
Action sequences and weapons may be present at 12 or 12A, and there may be long fight scenes or similar. Weapons which might be easily accessible to 12 year olds should not be glamorised in 12A and 12 works. Sexual violence, such as scenes of rape or assault, may only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated at 12A. Such scenes must also have a strong contextual justification.


15 can include; 15 works are stronger than 12 or 12A rated works and could include any of the following; strong violence, frequent strong language (eg 'f***'), portrayals of sexual activity, strong verbal references to sex, sexual nudity, brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence,
discriminatory language or behaviour and drug taking. Many horror films are rated 15. At 15 there can be strong threat and menace (as long as it is not sadistic or sexualised), although the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable.
At 15, violence may be strong. It should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury, however, and the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. Easily accessible weapons may not be glamorised.

18 can include; 18 works are for adults and can contain strong issues such as:
very strong violence, frequent strong language (eg 'f***') and/or very strong language (eg ‘c***’), strong portrayals of sexual activity, scenes of sexual violence, strong horror, strong blood and gore, real sex (in some circumstances) and discriminatory language and behaviour.
At 18 violence can be strong and be portrayed with strong detail. There may even be dwelling on the infliction of pain or injury, or scenes of strong sadistic or sexual violence.
The strongest gory images are permitted at this category.
The strongest horror works are passed at 18, they may contain strong horror, gore or sustained threat and menace which exceeds the boundaries of 15.

We have decided that our film we be rated a 15. This is because there wont be strong language, but there will be strong violence but not as much as there would be on an 18 rated movie. There wont be any sort of sexual references or sexual violence as this wouldn't fit our films conventions. On the British board of film classifications it says that horror films are most likely to be rated a 15 if they don't include sexualised threat and our film wont include this.