18 Certificate Guidelines

18 Certificate

Suitable only for adults

No-one younger than 18 may see an ‘18’ film in a cinema.
No-one younger than 18 may rent or buy an ‘18’ rated video.

In line with the consistent findings of the BBFC’s public consultations and The Human Rights Act 1998, at ‘18’ the BBFC’s guideline concerns will not normally override the principle that adults should be free to choose their own entertainment. Exceptions are most likely in the following areas:

·                     where the material is in breach of the criminal law, or has been created through the commission of a criminal offence

·                     where material or treatment appears to the BBFC to risk harm to individuals or, through their behaviour, to society – for example, any detailed portrayal of violent or dangerous acts, or of illegal drug use, which may cause harm to public health or morals. This may include portrayals of sexual or sexualised violence which might, for example, eroticise or endorse sexual assault

·                     where there are more explicit images of sexual activity which cannot be justified by context. Such images may be appropriate in ‘R18’ works, and in ‘sex works’ (see below) would normally be confined to that category.

In the case of video works (including video games), which may be more accessible to younger viewers, intervention may be more frequent than for cinema films.

Sex education at ‘18’

Where sex material genuinely seeks to inform and educate in matters such as human sexuality, safer sex and health, explicit images of sexual activity may be permitted.

Sex works at ‘18’

Sex works are works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation. Sex works containing only material which may be simulated are generally passed ‘18’. Sex works containing clear images of real sex, strong fetish material, sexually explicit animated images, or other very strong sexual images will be confined to the ‘R18’ category. Material which is unacceptable in a sex work at ‘R18’ is also unacceptable in a sex work at ‘18’.

Reference - http://www.bbfc.co.uk/classification/guidelines/18-2

15 Certificate Guidelines

Certificate 15

Suitable only for 15 years and over

No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.

Discrimination

The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

Drugs

Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.

Horror

Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

Imitable behaviour

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language

There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’). The strongest  terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.

Nudity

Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.

Sex

Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely  to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme

No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.

Violence

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.

Reference - http://www.bbfc.co.uk/classification/guidelines/15-2

Continuity Editing Task

We were given the task of creating a continuity task which focused on producing a short clip of one minute which showed the ability to use the camera along with a range of different angles and techniques.
We were given a short of list of things which we would need to include: having a person walk in to a room through a door and exit from the same door, as well as having two people having a conversation.
Our group found it hard at first to think of an idea which would be easy to shoot in the day with the given equipment provided. After some discussions about who would be needed to act in the task the ideas came to us and we were able to think of a simple idea which was able to include all the things asked from us.

The filming of our task was not too difficult as the tripod that we were proved with helped us in keeping the camera steady and focussed. This then gave us an idea of the difficulty we would face when filming our 2 minute opening for our coursework.

Whilst editing, we found that it wasn't as hard as we had initially thought, it just got some getting used to as we were all new to the programme we had to use, Premier Pro.

The roles that we has assigned to one another for our task worked well as we were able to finish filming a couple days before the task was set leaving extra time for us to edit and complete the short film to the best standard that we could given the time we were assigned to complete it in.

After studying the marking criteria, especially focussing on the videoing section, i believe that our group fell into a level 2/low level 3 as we completed everything in that level


As for the audio this is something my group struggled with when having it on the mac. This was because the sound of the music which we had chosen to accompany the scene, as I nor anyone else in the group was sure how to make one sound louder than an other and save it there so it wouldn't change the next time it was viewed and this was something that I think my group should of worked on. Because of the loudness of the music in some scenes it was hard to hear what was being said. For this I would give our group a level 1 as I personally didn't think it was as clear as it should have been.


Overall I think our short film scored a level two from our teacher.


From doing this task my group were able to under how the camera and mac worked and the different ways of using them. We also learnt the different things that need to be done when editing a piece of film. There are still things that need to be learnt but I believe that from what we have already learnt it will help us in our main production of our film. We have also been able to learn the different strengths within the group and this therefore will help us in deciding who will do what when doing our final AS piece so we can be organised.

Continuity Task

Planning - Brainstorm

As a group, we sat down and brainstormed the style of thriller we would like to base our opening sequence on. We decided that we would prefer to pick a hybrid instead of an sub-genre, this is the brainstorm we created to make a decision on what hybrid we would like to focus on.


Genre - Hybrid

Horror Thriller
- murder, torture, tense music, blood, gore, violence, house, death, revenge, love story?, teenagers, news reports, police, flashing images
- french film (Faces In the Crowd) - hong kong film (The eyes) - american film (The Eye) 

Crime Thriller
Se7en (1995)
- buildings, guns, criminals, antagonist/protagonist, housing, urban area - london/city


Action/Adventure Thriller
eg. The James Bond films 


Sci-Fi Thrillers
eg. Alien (1979)


Western Thrillers
eg. High Noon (1952)


Film-noir Thrillers
eg. Double Indemnity (1944)


Romance/Comedy Thrillers 
eg. Safety Last (1923)