Impact Of Certification

 Film affirmation are chosen and granted by the British Board of Film Classification, with a specific end goal to shield youngsters from unacceptable and even harmful content in movies and recordings and to give customers data they may require about a specific film or video before choosing whether or not to view it, the BBFC looks at and age rates movies and recordings before they are discharged.

The BBFC watches films and videos all the way through and awards an age rating and insight to each one. They reach an age rating by applying the standards and criteria. They consider issues such as discrimination, drugs, horror, dangerous and easily imitable behaviour, language, nudity, sex and violence when making decisions. The theme of the work is also taken into consideration. They also consider context, the tone and likely impact of a work on the audience.

According to the BBFC "The Woman In Black" was considered the film to be on the border between the 12A and 15 categories, because of the number of scenes of supernatural horror and threat in which the ghost of the 'woman in black', plus the ghosts of her victims, appear to and threaten the central character and others. Therefore several factors needed to be considered by the BBFC before a decision on the final category for the film could be made. When this decision was made it meant that children who were 12 had to go and watch this movie with an adult which some children won't feel comfortable with, going to watch a movie with an adult but rather prefer going with their friends. 

The Lego Movie was once a U however, it then got changed to a PG due to the following reasons according to the BBFC. There are lots of fight sequences in which the good characters take on various baddies, including Lego robots and Lego skeletons. The Lego figures kick and punch at each other, while leaping around in fantastical style. Very few of the blows are clearly seen to land and all the action involves toy figures rather than humans. Occasionally the heads of the Lego figures pop off during fights, and one character's head is knocked off by a flying coin but continues to talk to his friends. Other sequences have science fiction space ships and robots shooting laser beams at others, causing explosions and crashes. No one is seen to get hurt and the fact that all the fighting involves animated toy figures means that the fantasy nature of the violence is very clear. These were all analysed by the BBFC therefore, making them come to a decision to change the certificate of the film.

This will help me create my own film because it will help me acknowledge what I should and shouldn't  include in my film in correlation to my target audience and the certificate of it.