Certificate

As i researched into films i found out that there are many different certificate of ages that you can have, these are the range of different certificates you can have:


This shows that your film can be rated from a U to an 18.
With the films that i have researched that are similar to mine they are rated as the following:
Mean Girls - 12A
Freaky Friday - PG
Just My Luck - PG

As my films content will be similar to these, but not exactly the same then i would certificate it as a 15 because there will be romance in the film eventually, and also there are scenes of fighting in film, only vague violent scenes, but i do not think that it would be suitable for 12 year olds. However there will be no gore or extreme violent scenes. I would not certificate it as any lower than a 15 because it could be confusing for children of them swapping bodies and it would not be appealing to young children. I will also certificate my film a 15 as i feel that as the trailer would go on as it is based in a high school i would like to create most aspects of things that happen when in a high school, so there would be drug taking when at parties. Or the people in school who are known for doing drugs, i would like to make sure all the different groups of people who you find in a high school are highlighted.

When certificating it as a 15 then the types of things i can include are:

• Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse
• Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury.
• The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

I am perfectly happy with being able to have that to include as i do not have to include them but that is the extent that the film can go to, my film will not have extreme strong violence and language so this is why i do not need to put it to a 18 and it would have no sexual scenes where full nudity is shown, there will also not be big scenes on violence and crime either so it would not be an 18.