About BBFC
The British Board Of Film Classification is a independent company that classify all movies that are being shown at the cinema and that are on DVD. Before the film can be shown at the cinema, the film has to have a BBFC certificate and if the company asks the film director to cut some part out to fit the category that they have been put in, the film producers will have to do this. The BBFC was set up in 1912, by the film industry. The BBFC only charges for it services by calculating the running time of the film, videos or DVD's which then decides the classification.

PG (Parental Guidance) - Children that are unaccompanied by adults can watch these rated films because they are aimed at the age of eight or older. Although this rating is much more easy on the rules compared to the U rating, it should not disturb a child by upsetting them. Rules about drugs are that there should be no drug use, like the U rating, but if there is any mentioning of drugs, it should send an anti-drug message towards to audience of the movie. Films can be a little more scarier for children but should not be intense or held for a long period of time. Sexual acts can be shown in a discreet and not happen too often throughout the movie. Sex can be mentioned.
12A/12 - This means that films are able to be shown for 12 years and over. 12A and 12 ratings are both the same but the A is just for parents just to know that there may be some sort of content that they might not want their children to see. Any drugs that are shown must be infrequent and should not be shown in much detail. Any sort of horror should not be frequent or last for a long period of time. Dangerous behaviour for example hanging, suicide and self-harming should not go into a lot of detail and not appear to the audience that this does not work and is harm free to the person. This should be shown in a way where the viewer would not want to do. Whats different is that the BBFC accepts mild strong language but this must not be repeated lots throughout the film. Nudity is accepted but this must be very brief and discreet. Violence is aloud but there should be no major violence with no blood or gory moments throughout the movie.

18 - Suitable only for adults, no one younger can watch these rated films at the cinema and people under the age of 18 cannot buy or rent a DVD. There are more violent scenes that are aloud in the rating of 18 films but there are still many rules that have to be followed to get put into this rating. Most film directors try to not aim for a rated 18 movie becuase they will lose sales. This is becuase it is mostly teenagers that go to the cinem, so if the film was 18 not many people would go to see it. They can use strong language throughout the film and violence is aloud.
R18 - These films can only be shown in specially licensed cinemas or sold only in licensed sex shops to adults no younger than 18. This rating is restricted to the rules and can can show contant sex scences and strong material with other adults. R18 can not be supplied by a mail service. These films maily feature porn and sexual acts between people.
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