Film Rating

Evaluation questions relating to this post:

Who would be the audience for your media product?

How did you attract/address your audience?  - For this question you could discuss how you ensured the language and action in the film related to the audience so it could get the appropriate rating.

Task: Write up about film ratings. Have a look at the BBFC site - add the link. 
Differentiation
Research films that did not get their desired rating and how this affected their audience figures and therefore profit.

Film ratings are used to age limit a certain type of film depending on what the content is. The most common films rating which are available for films are: U, PG, 12, 12A, 15, 18 and R18.

The categories of film rating

U: Suitable for all

PG: Parental guidance

12: Video release suitable for 12 years and over

12A: Cinema release suitable for 12 years and over

15: Suitable for only 15 years and over

18: Suitable for only adults

R18: Adult works for licensed premises only.

How the different rating systems have changed over the years

PG-13 rating was actually conceived in 1984 at the suggestion of Steven Spielberg: His film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was suggested that it was a tad too graphic/violent for kids, but not so bad to be classified as an R rating.