Certificate of film

Certificate of film

In the UK, it is compulsory through various laws that any film shown must have a film certificate/age rating.Theses ratings indicate to the audience what type of content will be in the film e.g violence and allows people to gauge whether that type of film is what they want to see.Film certificates also aid parents in knowing if the film is suitable for there children to consume, without having to watch it before hand; therefore it is a efficient way for parents to protect there children from unsuitable content.

There are 5 different certificates to rate the films;

• U 
• PG
• 12A
• 15
• 18

These ratings are based on specific features of the film. For example whether or not the film includes scenes of a violent/sexual nature,if there are particularly upsetting scenes or if there is excessive swearing in the dialogue.Films rated as U's or PG's are often targeted at children and do not entail any of the features spoken about previously.A great example of these types of films would be anything created by the Disney franchise.Where as a film rated as a 18 is likely to include one or more of these elements and are aimed at a adult audience specifically.A example of these types of films would be Quentin Tarantino films.

Considering this information I have concluded that out zombie horror film would be a 15.This is due to the violent/gory nature of some scenes.Our film does not highlight any of the other features in order to be a 15 e.g ;sexual activity,drug taking etc, but as the film dwells on violent and gory scenes and are quite detailed it was not appropriate to class the film as a 12/12A.