Film Classification
The British Board of Film Classification clarify what age rating to put on a film making sure its acceptable for different ages to watch. Their aim is protect children from unsuitable and even harmful content in films and videos. This company is funded by the film industry and completely in charge of every films classification.
You rarely find horror films with an age rating of 12 as to make it suitable for that age rating you must limit a lot of the content within the film. The most common age rating for horrors are 15 as this allows you to include content that can make an exciting horror film without being overly unsuitable. Some horror films are rated 18 as they consist of lots content unsuitable for people under the age of 18. If your films rated 18 you can add a lot more content like hard drugs, explicit sex references, sexual activity and gory violence however this does limit the size of your target audience as you exclude people aged under 18 who are a large part of the horror movie fan base.
The best age rating for our film is 15 as we will be able to include some vital content that makes an effective horror movie and we will be exploiting a large target audience of members aged 15 - 18.
You rarely find horror films with an age rating of 12 as to make it suitable for that age rating you must limit a lot of the content within the film. The most common age rating for horrors are 15 as this allows you to include content that can make an exciting horror film without being overly unsuitable. Some horror films are rated 18 as they consist of lots content unsuitable for people under the age of 18. If your films rated 18 you can add a lot more content like hard drugs, explicit sex references, sexual activity and gory violence however this does limit the size of your target audience as you exclude people aged under 18 who are a large part of the horror movie fan base.
The best age rating for our film is 15 as we will be able to include some vital content that makes an effective horror movie and we will be exploiting a large target audience of members aged 15 - 18.