Evaluation Q2 (Blog)

How does your media product present particular social groups?


My media product is aimed at everyone aged 18 and above because many thriller movies are rated as 18, however, some are rated at pg.15 to. We had used this age as we had found out that as our film contains a kidnapping and it involves the kidnapping of a little girl aged 3, this resulted in us having to rate it 18+, which meant that no-one under 18 is allowed to see a 18 film at the cinema or buy/rent a ‘18’ rated DVD. 18 rated works are not suitable for children under 18 years of age. Also, we had made this decision as in cinemas around UK, thriller films are usually aged from 18 and above and also adult. I had researched into my local cinema which is Feltham Cineworld to analyse what social group watched thriller movies the most, and we found that it was teenagers, resulting in us making the age 18 and above. Also, I had visited the pg. (www.bbfc.com) website which tells you what is aloud in a pg15 film, and I had made sure that it fits into a pg18 category. I had also researched to find what kind things could be included in a 18 film and they were:

- very strong violence
- frequent strong language (e.g. 'f***') and/or very strong language (e.g. ‘c***’)
- strong portrayals of sexual activity
- scenes of sexual violence
- strong horror
- strong blood and gore
- real sex (in some circumstances)
- discriminatory language and behaviour