CONSTRUCTION: BBFC CERTIFICATE

As our film opening is a British film, we created a BBFC certificate to add in at the start of our film. This shows the age rating of our film, we decided the age rating for our film by looking at the BBFC website that has the requirements. Some including:

Age rating 15:

• Dangerous behaviour - Dangerous behaviour (for example, suicide, self-harming and asphyxiation) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Whether the depiction of easily accessible weapons is acceptable will depend on factors such as realism, context and setting.
• Discrimination - The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour, although there may be racist, homophobic or other discriminatory themes and language.
• Language - There may be strong language. Very strong language may be permitted, depending on the manner in which it is used, who is using the language, its frequency within the work as a whole and any special contextual justification.
• Sexual violence and sexual threat - There may be strong verbal references to sexual violence but any depiction of the stronger forms of sexual violence, including rape, must not be detailed or prolonged. A strong and sustained focus on sexual threat is unacceptable.
• Threat and horror - There may be strong threat and horror. A sustained focus on sadistic threat is unlikely to be acceptable.
• Violence - Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. 

From the list above we decided on how we were rating the age of our film, based on what we believed our film to be about and how it may continue.

To create our BBFC we used photoshop, we used a 15 rating template that we found online, we then copied a black box and pasted it onto the original name for the certificate, adding in the title of our film INFAMOUS, making it bold and bigger so it stands out and also trying to replicate to other certificates we have seen. 

Our film opening contains mild threat and violence we decided the best age to classify our film as was 15. Our category of film allows violence to be strong and shown but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. Due to our film opening containing mild threat and alcohol use, our scenes are based around a distraught women who is struggling in life and doesn't know who or what she will turn to next and what her next steps in life are when dealing with a massive scandal. Younger viewers may struggle with watching scenes in our film being a reason of our film being a 15 rather than a 12.