Target Audience/Certificate

For our thriller opening sequence our target audience will be 15-25 year olds. We decided the target audience after taking into account the genre of our film, plot/summary and the events. Therefore our film being a thriller about an epidemic it is suitable for this age range. A younger age range would mean that it may be confusing as there is no particular chronological order of events in the sequence. Our sequence does not contains nudity, discriminatory language and actions, frequent strong language, sexual violence or strong horror scenes so it is not necessary to rate it 18 years of age or above.

Our film sequence is most likely to be classified as a 15 by the BBFC meaning that it is suitable for the viewing of 15 year olds and over.




The following information is taken of the BBFC site (http://www.sbbfc.co.uk/categories_15) :

What sort of issues might I find in a ‘15’ film, DVD or video game?

‘15’ works are stronger than '12' or ‘12A’ rated works and could include any of the following:

• strong violence
• frequent strong language (eg 'f***').
• portrayals of sexual activity
• strong verbal references to sex
• sexual nudity
• brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
• discriminatory language or behaviour
• drug taking

Occasionally there may be uses of the strongest terms (eg 'c***'), although continued aggressive use will not normally be passed at ‘15’. For more detailed information on the ‘15’ category click here to read the BBFC guidelines

The most recent film to be classified as a 15 by the BBFC is 'Date Night'. It contains moderate sex references and one use of strong language.