Our Film Classification - 15

We chose the rating '15' because after reading the BBFC website to research the classifications for each rating. Having read the U, PG. We looked at classifying our film as 12a. However after reading the violence section saying "Moderate violence is allowed but should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context." we felt that the film was too violent for a 12a. We then looked at the classification of '15'. "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." We felt that our thriller fell into this catergory as we did not dwell to long on the violent scenes. There were few references that could be called 'sadistic'. We had no sexual violence so didn't need to go up another rating. Therefore we left it at '15' feeling that was the best rating we could give it.