This is an example of a thriller film that was released a few months ago. As you can see from the image the movie was predicted to be rated at an 18 due to a lot of sexualised threat and aggressive language toward a women in one of the scenes. The distributors wanted the film to be a 15 so that the film could reach a wider audience and so that the younger age group could also see the film. They achieved the 15 rating during the finishing version as they listened to the BBFC and took out some of the scenes.
This is a bar chart from a survey that the BBFC did in 2014 to see what age groups go to the cinema in a weekly bases. As you can see that the age group that goes to the cinema more on a weekly bases is the 35-54 age group. This could be due to them having more free time and having more money to spend on leisure.
The classification groups between 15 and 18
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This is the requirements for a film to be rated an 15
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This is the requirements for a film to be rated an 18
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My evaluation from my research |
From my research i have discovered that our classification should be 15+ or 18+ due to the fact that my research showed me that if we aim our film at the older age group we are more likely to have a broader group. In addition I have also found out that more middle aged people go to the cinema on a weekly bases. This surprised me as i did not except middle aged people to go to the cinema on a weekly bases. However this has told me that our thriller film would need to appeal to the higher age group. In conclusion I think that our film should be aiming to get a classification of 15+ so that we have a broader audience. However if we do not meet the requirements to gain that classification then a 18+ classification would be okay due to there being a lot of people in that age group too.
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