Evaluation Q5: Emily Bland

I have done various types of research such as looking at IMDB ratings for 5 chosen films and the certificates of films, to know what content will be appropriate for our own film.

BBFC Research

Drugs- the misuse of drugs must be minimal and infrequent

Horror- Disturbing physical or psychological sequences must not be frequent or sustained.

Dangerous behaviour- Behaviour such as hanging etc. should not be in detail or appear to be pain or harm free.

Language- use of strong language such as 'Fuck'should not be frequent

Nudity- it is allowed, however  be brief and discreet 

Sexual activity- Must be brief and discreet.

Violence- Moderate violence is allowed but should not be dwelled on.

Drugs- Drug taking can be shown but cannot be encouraged.
Horror- Strong threats can be shown
Violence- Easily accessible weapons are not to be glorified/glamourised
Language- Strong language can be used frequently
Nudity- Strong nudity content is allowed but should not dwell on sexually.
Sexual activity- sexual activity may be portrayed in strong detail
Violence- May be strong but should not dwell on infliction of pain or injury.

Sexual activity- can contain explicit images of real sex and sexually explicit animation.









IMDB User Ratings


What lies Beneath

What lies beneath has a certificate of 15 due to moderate violence and has a moderate horror factor which could affect an audience psychologically.

You are able to see from the user ratings that it appealed more to a male audience of the late teens to mid 40's. This may be because the lead character is a woman and so males are more tempted to watch it.










The Grudge

The Grudge has a bbfc certificate of 15 as it shows strong supernatural threats but does not focus much on inflicting pain or injury.

For The Grudge it is clear that it is mostly males between the ages of 18-29 make up the majority of it's audience. Yet again the protagonist is a young female.










White Noise

White noise also has a bbfc certificate of 15 as it repeatedly shows psychologically threatening images.

White Noise is a fairly fast pace film and so it appeals more towards males and from reading the user ratings the majority of them are aged between 18-29.










The Woman In Black

The BBFC certificate for The Woman In Black is a 12A as it does not show frequent threats, they are quick and fairly discreet.

From the user ratings we can see that the film was more popular for a male audience ageing between 18-29.










Ghost Ship

The BBFC certificate for Ghost Ship is 18 due to extreme gore and sexual activity.

The main audience for Ghost Ship is Males as it has elements of action involved and gore.

It is clear from looking at all 5 of the user ratings for these ghost films that our target audience must be males between the ages of 18-29 as they seem to find the ghost element of a horror film interesting.

We chose to go against the common representation of the lead victim being female as we wanted our male audience to be able to relate to the feelings of the protagonist more. We also chose to include ghosts that are children as this is what is commonly used in many ghost films such as Ghost Ship.

  Our feedback for our film from the class was mostly positive with them liking the music that went over the footage as it helped create a scary, creepy atmosphere.