P5 Certification Classification Based on Feedback

Meaning and purpose

The meaning and purpose of this section is to make sure that I give the correct age certification for my movie. This is vital as children can become unsettled when watching something E.G violence or references to alcohol can un-settle a young child. By having age ratings kids will only watch films that are suitable and appropriate for them.

this is a brief intro to my questionnaire displaying what it is based on with an embedded film opening so that the people answering the questions can watch the film opening.

From the responses form my first question I can see that most common answer is they think that the film needs parental guidance with 63.3% saying it does and only 18.2% saying otherwise. From this I have decided that my film does need parental guidance.

my second question asks if the film is inappropriate for kids under the age of 8 because of the mild murder and violence. The most common answer was that this short film is inappropriate for children under the age of 8

my third question asks if the movie could unsettle a child under the age of 8. 18.2% say no, but then yes has the majority of 63.6% So I have decided that this short film could unsettle a young child .

Below is my fifth question where I asked if they found any parts of the film offensive this as expected is saying that everyone has different opinions on whether they found it offensive

this is the most vital question I asked . Most people answered 12A with 63.6% and 18.2% answering 12 and PG. This shows that I should rate my film 12A from what the majority of people answered in this question.

I have decided after the feed back from this questionnaire to rate my film 12A. as the majority of people have responded with 12A and the rest responded below or slightly above so this fits

Draft letter to the BBFC

BBFC
3 Soho Square
London
W1D 3HD
To the British Board of Film Classification

I am sending this to you in regards to my short film certification

I have gather research using a questionnaire in line with the BBFC  guidelines and I also ran a number of focus group to get an understanding of what an actual audience would classify my as film. After looking at all the feedback gathered I decided to classify my film as 12A. using my questionnaire and feedback from focus groups I belive that the mild violence and threat  of the kid running away from his parents could unsettle someone under the age of 12

I hope this is  to your satisfaction and I look forward to your reply