The mass media in the UK is regulated. This means that legal bodies have been set up to tell you what age certification your film is and what attributes consist to have this certification. These are set up, usually by the government, to protect the public and avoid them seeing abusive and harmful footage.


In my film I may include minor drug use, but i do know that i must not promote drugs or encourage drug use, i shall not do this as it will increase the certification of my film to an 18 rating. Other things such as misuse of easily accessible substances such as aerosols and solvents are unlikely to be acceptable as it can encourage people to do this.


I also found out that Strong language in a 15 certification film may be frequently used. 'The strongest terms (for example, ‘cunt') is acceptable if justified by the context' according to the BBFC guidelines. This is good for our film as we do not use the strongest of terms in our film only strong language such as 'fuck'.


'Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable.' W also found this on the BBFC guidelines page, this shows that we can have strong violence throughout our film but we shall not dwell on violence (basically meaning no torture). These guidelines help us to create an image of what we can and cant have in our film due to the certification restrictions.