Audience Genre Certification.

The Shining
Rated 15.
Drama Horror


SuperbadRated 15
Comedy.


Pulp Fiction
Rated 18
Crime/Thriller.

From looking on IMDB, I have discovered that most sub genre comedy films are certificated 15+. as they contain unique comedy remarks that could be interpreted as something offensive or not suitable for any age under 15 due to children not being mature enough or being in the right mental state. This is due to the narrative of the film and use of violence/gore that mildly appears in it. An example of a British Independent film that would have similar conventions as our opening would be Paul. The certificate for Paul is 15, this is due to the fact they have offensive language in it and there are scenes of nudity.

Another example of a film that is rated 15 is Pineapple Express. This is because it features the characters using recreational drugs. The whole film is based around the fact these two men go on a Journey to find a drug factory. Throughout the film, there are scenes of nudity, scenes of violence (due to stabbing and gun use) and use of firearms.

In conclusion, from looking at BBFC classification, I would certificate our film 12. This is because we do not in anyway encourage the use or misuse of drugs throughout our film. However, we do want to include some mild violence later in our film. We would have to ensure that in the violent scenes, we should clearly show these actions are not pain free otherwise our target audience may think if its pain free, they can do it. Our theme of our film is definitely suitable to certificate our film 12 as it is suitable for young teenagers, which coincidentally is our target audience,