Certificate Research

18 Certificate: The 18 certificate means that only adults can view or buy an 18 rated film. It can contain strong issues such as very strong use of violence, frequent strong language such as 'f***', high levels of blood and gore, strong portrayals of sexual violence and very strong horror.
In an 18 film there is no limit to the number of uses of strong language e.g. 'f***' or even stronger language e.g. 'c***'. The gore which is usually shown in extreme graphic detail, this is not suitable for a 15 rated film.


15 Certificate: A film rated 15 is not suitable for any children under the age of 15. A 15 rated film usually contains strong violence and frequent strong language is used e.g. 'f***'. There could potentially be a lot of strong language used in a 15 rated film and there is no limit in which bad language can be used e.g. 'f***'. In a 15 rated film violence may be strong but strong gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Also if there is a child actor it may not be appropriate to set the age rating any higher.


We think our film should be either a 12 or a 15. It will definitely not be an 18 because there is not a huge amount of gore.We think it should be a 12 or a 15 rated film because we are going to include some scary/violent scenes and there will most likely be some gory parts which could make it a 15 rated film. These are only are initial ideas we have got so far.