research the age certificates - miss georgiou

1. The British Board of Film Censors was set up in 1912 by the film industry as an independent body to bring a degree of uniformity to the classification of film nationally. Statutory powers on film remain with the local councils, which may overrule any of the BBFC’s decisions, passing films they reject, banning films they have passed, and even waiving cuts, instituting new ones, or altering categories for films exhibited under their own licensing jurisdiction.Each age ratings relate to the films content.


The U symbol stands for Universal. A U film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over. However, it is impossible to predict what might upset a particular child, especially at this lower end of the category range.At U they only allow very mild bad language (eg ‘damn’ and ‘hell’). Occasionally, bad language such as ‘bloody’ or ‘bugger’ may be included, where justified by the context. examples of U films; hocus pocus, scavenger hunt, the goonies.

PG stands for Parental Guidance. This means a film is suitable for general viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for younger children. A PG fim should not disturb a child aged around eight or older. Parents should consider whether the content might uset younger or more sensitive children.There may be mild bad language (such as ‘shit’ or ‘son of a bitch’) in a PG film, but the context and delivery are always important. For example, if the language is used aggressively or if there is too much bad language, a work may be passed at the next category, examples of an PG; harry potter and the philosepers stone.surf ninjas,clue, night of the museum.

12A means that anyone aged 12 or over can go and see the film unaccompanied. The A stands for 'accompanied' and 'advisory'. Children younger than 12 may see the film if they are accompanied by an adult (eg someone over the age of 18), who must watch the film with them.

The Guidelines state that there may be strong language (eg 'f***') at 12 or 12A, but it must be infrequent. The context of the strong language is important. Aggressive uses of strong language may result in a film or DVD being placed at the 15 category. There is some allowance for puns on strong language at this category.
There may be moderate language (eg uses of terms such as ‘bitch’ and ‘twat’ at 12 or 12A).
Aggressive discriminatory language (for example homophobic or racist terms) is unlikely to be passed at 12 or 12A unless it is clearly condemned.examples of a 12 or 12A; batman returns, gremlin 2, the italian job, king kong.

 No-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the cinema or buy/rent a ‘15’ rated DVD. 15 rated works are not suitable for children under 15 years of age.
There could potentially be a great deal. At 15 there is no upper limit on the number of uses of strong language (eg f***).
Occasionally there may be uses of the strongest terms (eg 'c***'), although continued or aggressive use will not normally be passed 15. examples of a 15 film;dirty dancing, beetle juice.

Films rated 18 are for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema or buy/rent an 18 rated DVD. No 18 rated works are suitable for children.examples of an 18 film

research into cinematoghraphy-miss miller

The art or technique of movie photography, including both the shooting and development of the film is known as cinematography, it consists of several different angles such as: close up, mid shot, deep focus and canted angle and so on. i will be analyzing a clip from the thriller genre discussing the cinematography through. i will be analyzing a clip from the thriller silent hill.

close up:

firstly as the clip starts the the three characters are running across the street to ensure safety, as they sprint for survival the camera uses the zoom out effect which creates an emotional distance from the characters to the audience. this reinforces the thriller genre as by creating an emotional distance we see that they are frightened and relying solely on running. also a similar effect is created when the three characterers reach their destination and they come across a large church the camera than turn to low angle, where the camera is positioned below the object to make the  object look bigger, this is significant to the thriller genre as by making the church larger it shows the major importance the church has. also the church is their final destination so by making it larger it is considered a final stop which also creates an emotional distance such as the previous effect of the zooming out. these effects will help me to make my own thriller as well, where i will need to make an emotional distance and a striking effect for my audience.

when they go into the church, finally reassuring their safety they come across a massive pyramid head of a character with a lethal weapon, as this character is introduced there is a major close up, which shows a small part of a scene to emphasis on something, this is done to this character to show that this character is extremely dangerous and potentially violent if provoked. this once again promotes the thriller genre as by making this character seem potentially dangerous, it shows that something may happen. moreover the weapon by the pyramid headed character foreshadows more danger later on in the scene, which once again relate to the thriller genre.

Long Shot:

A long shot is used when the girl has found the church and as runs to escape. We get an image of the large church and the surroundings around it also it shows that they are desperate to go tinto safety from the antagonists. In this shot we get an overview of the scene and how the girls are feeling and how fast they are trying to escape.. As well as this by showing all of the actor and the background it gives a sense of the characters surroundings and therefore shows how vulnerable or in control they are of the scene. The smaller a character looks in comparison to the set shows how weak they are suggesting a possible victim. The more in control a character is of the scene suggests how intimidating they are. By showing the background it gives the audience a better understanding of the situation and the film as later in the film, if the characters are moving around the audience will understanding where they are therefore engaging them more. This will create more suspense in scene which involves hunting round a room as the audience will expect what’s coming which creates the feelings needed in thriller. However in a long shot although the background is important the character is usually still more important and therefore are usually located in the centre of the shot to show there importance. The setting used in this shot is just a landing with lots of rooms branching off from it. This is very ordinary as a setting and will relate to all audience members as it is a typical feature of everyone's house and so can relate to the audience by making the scene more realistic so the audience can imagine themselves in the scene as the boy is which help build a bond between the individual audience members and the boy.

Handheld: 

This shot is used when the girls are running away towards the church. This camera movement creates a jerky unclear image which helps shows how desperate the girls was to get away as well as portraying that the scene was a chase scene. Handheld movements are very popular in thrillers as they seem less professional and so add a realistic touch to the clip as it seems more spontaneous.  The realistic touch can relate then to the audience as they can imagine getting chase and what that must feel like. As well as this the jerky images created as a result of only someone’s hand being used to support the camera adds to the urgency of the scene. Through the camera being jerky this then appears to be how shaken up the actor or actress is as if they were to be holding the camera the shots would be both unclear and shaky which adds to the sense of fear shown by the character.