Research into the certificate of the film

A certificate 15 film can feature any of the following:

•  Strong violence
•  Frequent strong language (e.g. 'f***').
•   Portrayals of sexual activity
•   Strong verbal references to sex
•   Sexual nudity
•   Brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
•   Discriminatory language or behaviour
•   Drug taking
•  Violence may be strong. It should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury, however, and the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable.
  Strong sadistic violence is also unlikely to be acceptable.
• At 15 there can be strong threat and horror as long as there is no sustained focus on sadistic or sexualised threat.
• Dangerous behaviour such as hanging, suicide and self-harming should not dwell on detail which could be copied.
• Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. Promotion of drugs which are easy to obtain are unlikely to be allowed.
• Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

Our film idea is a certificate 15 because we believe it would be unsuitable for younger children to watch. Our film includes a moderate amount of violence and a moderate amount of swearing. Our violence isn't too strong and will not dwell on the infliction of any injuries. Our character Chris does eventually commit suicide but the way he does it will be vague and have very little screen time, however this type of scene we believe would be inappropriate for anybody younger than 15 and may cause them mental trauma or problems. Our film won't feature any drug use or sadistic violence and will mainly feature on Chris' journey to his death and how he tries to escape danger within his life.