I feel that an appropriate certification for our film would be for people aged 15 or over. This prevents exposing young children to strong language, references to drugs and adult themes. It is important to take these things into consideration when certifying a film, as a low age certification (such as PG or 12A) could mislead a parent into thinking the film is suitable for their children when it may include explicit content.
The reason we chose not to certify our film as a 12A is due to the fact that our film may contain a lot of rude adult humour and sexual references that a 12 year old may not understand.
It wouldn't make sense to rate our film as an 18 either, as our film does not contain any graphic gore, sexual images or heavily explicit content. If we did decide to rate our film as anything other than a 15, we would not be reaching our target audience members and the people who do watch our film would find it difficult to relate to the characters and events of the film.
