BBFC Rating for our film

Films that are going to be theatrically released are normally examined by two people using the published guidelines, and most of time will be approved by a senior examiner. The examiners must look at issues like: discrimination, drugs, horror, sex, sexual violence and violence when making decisions.

We have decided to rate our film 18 due to the strong violence and references to drugs that would not be suitable for a young audience to witness or hear. If we decided to censor certain scenes and dialogue from the film then we feel as though it would lose its initial momentum and message. There is also a chance that it could seem less realistic to viewers ,which would give it a watered down effect. However you could also say that since the viewers have not seen the rest of the film or scene we have shot it would not make a difference to them.

I feel as though a better way around this would be to create a greenband trailer, including all the violence and foul language, and to create a television trailer which can be viewed by the rest of the public giving mass  media coverage influencing other to seek out the greenband trailer.