Our Films Age Clarification

After reading the new age certification guidelines by the BBFC, we have decided that our film will match the 15 age rating. This is because of a few things. Firstly it is because of the theme, gang crime which is already associated with late teens and adults and is clear just from mentioning the word 'gang' that there will be violence and bad language. Secondly there was a use of bad language in our film, although we did add a sound effect to the sound which muffles the sound and adds to the atmosphere. This also murmers the bad language so that it is clear that bad language is being used but it is hard to understand which words they are using. This helped us to get a little further away from the 18 age rating. Also there is strong violence in our film opening and if we made the whole film, there would be allot more such as a discussed torture scene. So based on that it is more around the 15 age rating as we show allot of violence but it is not that graphic and doesn't have much of a pshycological effect, if any. Also if we were able to get the music that we wanted in the opening, that would have also featured bad language. Based on all of this and the new regulations of the BBFC we have decided that our film would still fit into the intended 15 age rating section.