Research and Planning -certificates for trailer and film poster

I think that the certificate for our thriller film we are going to make should be  a 15. This is because most thrillers out at the moment have this certificate and so it seems appropriate and reasonable. Also thrillers are not generally extremely graphic and so there is no need for an 18 certificate. As well as this I think if this had an 18 certificate it would limit the audience too much and most teenagers which are the target audience for this film would not be able to see the film because of the age restriction

I think that the certificate for the trailer for this film should be a 12A. This is becuase it will then be able to be shown at primetime on the TV and at the cinemas. If it was any higher than this then the advertising of the film would be hindered as it wouldn't be shown till late night on TV. This means the film would get less exposure and so less audience. In order to make the trailer a 12A we will have cut out blood and swearing for the trailer and only have implied violence.