BBFC research

The BBFC was made to classify films into specific age ratings so that it can be aimed at certain age groups in cinemas based on how violent and what references it has in the film. They get their funding from the distributors that pay them to review the film.Normally DVD's are submitted and are viewed by one single person in a room set up to be like a home to understand the home viewing feel. If it is a foreign language film a translator will be called in to help but films are usually viewed alone. If issues are raised then it is debated at weekly meetings. Issues could include-general context- plot, characters, outline of individual scenes timings of key moments, including camera angles, type of shots, on- and off-screen moments bad language, sex and drug references and so on Issues raised over classifying a film are as follows; Violence, Sex, Sexual Violence, Drugs, Horror,  Imitable Behaviour,  Discrimination,  Language.

The dark knight was hit by a lot of controversy because of its 12A age rating which many people thought was too low. This was because of its excessive violence. 12A guidelines allow moderate violence as long as it can be justified by the context. However, many people thought that the dark knight should have been a 15 age rating or even 18.

Guidelines for a 15 rated film:

strong violence

 frequent strong language (e.g. '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

Sean of the dead;

This title was given a 15 age rating because of its strong bloody horror and strong language.