Wednesday 9 April 2014

Notes on certification

Notes on certification

U: Universal: unrestricted public exhibition: suitable for any age, films under the category should be harmless entirely in children over 4 the films contain educational, social and comical themes, may however contain fantasy violence mild sex and heavily restricted language.



PG: Parental guidance anyone can watch PGs however if below 12 are supposed to be with an adult upon viewing as some scenes could be seen as inappropriate for younger children, may contain Sexual references mild sex scenes, some violence with gore, and infrequent use of profanity.

12A: 12 adult: these films are allowed to be viewed by anyone above 12 or anyone below 12 so long as they are with someone above 18, films under this category can contain mature themes discrimination soft drugs infrequent strong language and moderate violence, sex refrences, nudity, brief sexual activity and some sexual violence (only in cinemas) the BBFC encourages younger children to not be taken to such films.

12: Identical to a 12A but featured in home media, it is illegal for anyone below 12 to watch at home.

15: illegal for anyone under this age to get hold or partake in any media classified with it, can contain adult themes, hard drugs Regular use of some profanity, strong violence, sex references, Nudity without graphic detail, sexual activity without to strong detail, and justified sexual violence.

18: suitable for only 18 and over and as of the other age limits it is illegal for a younger person to be involved with this media (non professionally) contains no limitation on profanity, hard drugs, explicit sexual references and activity, scenes of real sex may be permitted if justified, strong gore, sadistic violence and sexual violence is allowed unless eroticly portrade and excessively graphic.

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