P: Certification and classification of The Living Past

Certification of The living Past

The British Board of Film Classifications is a body that is responsible for certifying particular age rating to a media text. We have used the regulations given on the BBFC website and have come to the conclusion that our film can be certified as a 12.

Reasons:

Discrimination: Discriminative behavior is only referenced through a facial expression in exactly one small scene in the entire film and this is when Jane Angelo looks at Sofia Williams, who is of black ethnicity with despise, but overall our film does not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

Drugs: Drugs use and abuse is completely absent in our film

Imitable behavior: There is nil promotion of dangerous behavior that may be imitated by children, no anti-social behavior is promoted and there is no evidence of realistic and easily accessible weapons, such as knives.

Language: There is absence of strong language.

Nudity: Nudity is absent in our film.

Sex: Any form of sexual activity is absent in our film

Threat: Due the fact that our film is within the horror genre, there is minimal to moderate psychological threat, no physical threat. Some scenes are disturbing and these are the horror scenes, but the horror sequence in our film is very short and occurs around 3 times throughout the film.

Violence: Violence is minimal to moderate, we do show blood, but there is little emphasis on blood and blood is only seen around 3 short times throughout the film. Blood is found in a gory moment in the horror sequence that is justified by the context, as the individual with blood on their self (Sofia Williams) is a ghost.  There is absence of sexual violence in our film.