Certification

The certification of a film is a description of a film that classifies it under certain rules and guidelines that limit ages from viewing visual content due to inoculations against themes.

Due to this, I have conducted some research into what our short film would be classified as.

Certification: 12
A film is certified to be a 12 if it meets certain requirements that mean it is more suitable to younger teens. This includes infrequent or little use or misuse of drugs with no glamorisation of them. No promotion of dangerous, and imitable behaviour which children are may copy, this includes anti- social behaviour, this includes making weapons glamorous.
The film may feature Bad language depending upon in which way it was used as well as how frequently it is used, however this is mainly moderate.

Nudity is also allowed, however, if used in a sexual manner must be brief or discreet. This also goes for sexual activity.

Threat is also allowed however in moderation. This includes both physical and psychological threats. It is also permitted for disturbing scenes to be used however the overall theme of the film should not be disturbing, meaning horror elements are infrequent.
This is the same for violence, including sexual violence and gory scenes if justified by context or brief and discreet.

Why our film should be a 12 Certification

Our proposed film features many elements that provide a sense of unease, such as the inclusion of missing people/children creating a threat. The threat used is to propose the dangers and real life threat of missing people and how easily and unnoticed many missing person cases can be.
 The film itself does not include the use of Nudity or sexual behaviour as it only imitates the acts of a 16 year old photography student.
The film itself does not reach the explicitness or more matureness of content, as there are no scenes of intense violence, language or other imitable behaviour that could potentially resort in the film to be classified for a 15 certification.