By BBFC standard we believe that our thriller does not exemplify criteria that will be justified as an 18 certificated film. Pandemic does not portray any of the usual film ideologies that the majority of 18 rated films have; these are items such as use of sex and drugs. Due to it being classified as a psychological thriller it does however contain modest amounts of violence and swearing, yet these are not used to a degree in which minors from ages of 15-17 are vulnerable towards, fitting in well with the age rating of 15 in comparison to 18. Other films that support this statement are those such as, Shutter Island (2010) and I Am Legend (2007), as both of these films were given the rating certificate of 15. Yet they contained the correct combination of mystery and use of enigmas in creating the same thrill without the use of excessive violence, sex, drugs and swearing.
Due to us having to base our age rating on the opening 2minutes of Pandemic there is a possibility that later in the film it could encounter some aspects of borderline 18 certificated films. Yet since we had classified it as a sub-genre, psychological thriller, it is unlikely our thriller would cross over into an 18.
By Helen Daniel
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