Age rating

Whilst deciding what age rating our film was, we looked into the BBFC age limits, and what each age bracket consisted of. Before we looked into the BBFC age ratings, we had discussed making it an 18 rating, however we soon changed it to a 15 after realising our content matched the age 15 restrictions, and was more appropriate than being in the 18 bracket. This is because in our film, there is no actual shots of sexual activity or nudity, however it was implied through sounds and the dominating acting shown by a male figure. Whereas an 18 rating would include many more graphic shots.


Most thriller films are aged between 15 to 18. They aren't always suitable for people under this age range. Deciding whether its a 15 or a 18 normally depends on the amount of violence that is shown in the film and the graphicness of the violence. For example The Departed isn't suitable for children however it doesn't have too much graphical violence in whereas another thriller film for example Se7en is a 18. This is because of the amount of gore and violence shown.