BBFC Rating

The BBFC is an organisation that provides ratings to pieces of media so that it can be watched by people of the appropriate ages. The rating is a legal requirement meaning you have to be of the correct age in order to buy or watch a film.

There are seven different classifications as follows:

• Universal- Suitable for audiences aged four or over set within a positive framework. 
• Parental guidance- Should not unsettle a child aged eight or over.
• 12A- No one younger than 12 can watch a 12 A without an adult.
• 12- Not suitable for children aged below 12.
• 15- There may be strong language and sexual activity may be portrayed.
• 18
• R18-The R18 category is a special and legally-restricted classification primarily for explicit works of consenting sex or strong fetish material involving adults.

Our film rating:

As a group we have decided to make our film an 15 as our film is going to involve strong language and we will be relating to drug dealing. However, we think our film will still attract a slightly younger age group like a lot of 15 rated films. However, we dont intend to use inappropriate language or images within our film poster. 

Film Posters

Different films use film posters in order to advertise their film which is soon to come out. A film poster will include lots of information regarding the film, for example, the name of the film, release dates, actors and BBFC rating. It can also include different reviews from magazines or articles. All this information and the poster itself is used to create hype and to get people talking about the release of the new film. Through film posters we can get an understanding for the genre of the film and who the film will be targeted at.

Different types of posters: 

The teaser poster: A teaser poster is the initial poster used to grab your attention and to get the audience interested in the film. It doesn't often contain lots of information, but usually contains an image of the main character and the title of the film.

The main poster: The main poster includes most information about the film, including, actors, producers, distributors, release date and BBFC rating.

Video/DVD release poster: This poster is released just before the film is going to be released on DVD. The poster often contains most of the information included in the main poster, however, usually contains a review of the film from a publication.

Character poster: The character poster will include an image of either the main character or a group of main characters that feature throughout the film.

Magazine Analysis

Magazine Analysis

Magazine Analysis

My Narrative Idea- The Journey

• A teenager, the age of 17 has been raised by his single mum on a council estate, finds himself getting into many fights at school and into a lot of trouble with his teachers.
• One day he is involved in a fight, in which he is beaten up and hurt badly.
• After being discharged from hospital with minor head injuries, he realises he has to find away of controlling his anger in school.
• His mother wants him to turn his life around and that is exactly what he does.
• He visits the local gym where he decides he is going to get stronger, fitter and focus upon the sport he loves boxing.
• At school he is being bullied by the same person who beat him up, but he is struggling to deal with it and his only way out is through boxing.
• As he continues to train he gets better and better and discovers a true talent for boxing.
• However, he still getting bullied and wants to do something about it, however doesn't tell his teacher.
• Through boxing he has learnt true respect and has beginning to do really well at school.
• One day he enters a local boxing match, his opponent is the bully.
• Before the fight, the bully is still bullying the guy.
• However, the guy beats the bully begins to respect him.
• It all ends in happiness and they become friends.

Parent consent letter

The parent consent letter is for parents to sign if we intend to use their son or daughter as part of our focus group research, also informing them that our focus group video will be uploaded to our blog.

Focus Group Consent Form

In order to complete our focus group we needed to get all the peoples consent in order for us to be able to film and so that they knew we would be using the information gathered and be putting it on our blog.