During our London trip we visited the BBFC. We had a talk about how they regulate films and also a bit about why they do it. I learnt that examiners watch films that are sent to them and then write a report on it declaring what rating the film should be and the issues surrounding it. Sometimes the examiners will advise the filmmakers on how to alter their film if they do not get the certificate they are pining for. For example, the examiner showed us two clips from the blockbuster 'The Hunger Games'. They were the same scene however one involved a lot of blood on weapons and coming off characters- this was the original that got sent to the BBFC but to get a 12a the examiner advised the filmmakers to get rid of the blood to lower the rating as they would have had to give the film a 15 certificate.
Me and group all decided that we would regulate our film as an 18 but after this talk we decided to lower it to a 15 as to get an 18 the film would need to be very violent and disturbing and we are unable to do this in this amount of time and with the props we have.
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