Many coming or age film have a rating of 15. This is typically due to their use of offensive language, drug and alcohol use and criminal behaviour. However, our film does not include these types of graphic scenes. We have only included minimal alcohol use and this would not justify a rating of 15. Therefore we have chosen to our film a 12A. According to the BBFC website guidelines 12A films:
1. Discriminatory language or behaviour must not be endorsed by the work as a whole.
- Our film does not include this and therefore conforms to this guideline.
2. Misuse of drugs must be infrequent and should not be glamourised or give instructional detail.
- Our film does include minimal use of alcohol but does not dwell on the issue or glamourise it. Therefore we also conform to this guideline.
3. No promotion of potentially dangerous behaviour which children are likely to copy.
- Our film focuses on the lighter, happier elements of growing up and thus does not include and imitable behaviour.
4. There may be moderate language.
- We do not include any taboo language in our film so therefore we are not opposing this guideline.
5. There may be nudity, but in a sexual context it must be discreet and brief.
- There is no nudity or sexual behaviour in our short film.
6. There may be moderate violence but it should not dwell on detail.
- Again, this is not included in our film as we are attempting to portray a positive image of childhood and growing up.
Our film therefore fits neatly within these guidelines. Although we will take into consideration the guidelines for displaying misuse of alcohol when editing that scene into our final film.
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