Age Classification

A motion picture rating system is designated to classify films with regard to suitability for audiences in terms of issues such as sex, violence, substance abuse, profanity, impudence or other types of mature content. 

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) rates motion pictures. The rating system was introduced in 1913 . County authorities are ultimately responsible for film ratings for cinema showings in their area. County Councils often ignore the BBFC advised rating and rate films with another BBFC certificate in their county only, e.g.: the BBFC rates a film as 15 but the County council gives the film a 12A rating in their county. Rating certificates from the BBFC are not legally binding.

• Uc (Universal Children) Suitable for all, but especially for children under 4. Used for video only. Retired in 2009.
• U (Universal) Suitable for all. (The board states that while they cannot predict what might upset a particular child, a 'U' film should be suitable for audiences aged 4 and older).
• PG (Parental Guidance) General viewing but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children. (It is the board's policy that movies rated 'PG' should not disturb a child of about 8 years of age or older; however, parents are advised to consider whether the content may upset young or more sensitive children).
• 12A (12 Accompanied/Advisory) Recommended for 12 years and older. People under 12 years must be accompanied by an adult.
• 12 Recommended for 12 years and older. Nobody younger than 12 may rent or buy a '12' rated video.
• 15 Suitable only for 15 years and older. Nobody younger than 15 may see a '15' film in a cinema. Nobody younger than 15 may rent or buy a '15' rated video (these films may contain offensive or emotionally harrowing scenes or strong language and violence).
• 18 Suitable only for adults. Nobody younger than 18 may see an '18' film in a cinema. Nobody younger than 18 may rent or buy an '18' rated video (These films may contain extreme gore/violence and/or sexually explicit content).
• R18 (Restricted 18) To be shown only in specially licensed cinemas, or supplied only in licensed sex shops, and to adults that are older than 18 years old. (These films contain sexually explicit, pornographic content.)

Due to this research, i would rate my film at a 15 due to the explicit substance abuse abuse. Even though this is an opening scene, i would label it a 15 due to the rest of the film showing explicit language and sexual references. This fits our target audience, due to its rating.

Evaluation

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Location

Throughout this opening scene, the shots used are all focused on Cindy. These focusing shots are all shot in her bedroom, and this is due to a bedroom symbolising 'intimacy' as it is the most private room in a house. Due to the opening scene being shot here, it tell the audience a lot about the character and subjects them to her problems instantly. It provides a insight into the characters characteristics when she is not putting up a front in front of other characters.
The way the room is laid out and the way she is walking in the space suggests Cindy to be a careless, depressive character, but the substance abuse that is later shown changes these movements as they become more dominant and uplifting as shown when Cindy stamps her food down. This shows her dependence on the substance for confidence, therefor creating a paradox between her objective and supper objective. Her objective being that she wishes to take another hit, and her supper objective to become more confident.
This location automatically makes the characters problems more noticeable to the audience due to her doing these things outside of socialising, which creates more of an impact for the audience to watch. Due to her substance abuse not being filmed whilst socialising, instantly illustrates that she is an uncomfortable character who needs help. These shots present Cindy as a character who cannot socialise independently and therefor highlight her problems more than if shown in a 'partying' environment.
This is why we have decided to change our location from the previous one as we wanted the opening scene to have more of an impact on the audience and we wanted them to understand Cindy's point of view before they make their own judgment on the character. By bringing the audience into an intimate space, they suddenly pay more attention to the things within the scene, due to the excitement they will feel in being in an environment that they aren't accustomed to, as every bedroom has its own individuality that is created by the one who lives in it. Because the audience is paying attention to the props and objects within the scene, this now creates a connection between the character and the audience as they might notice things that they do in their own home, or have objects that link to this opening scene. In having this connection, it allows the audience to feel emotions towards the character. Consequently, due to the audience now forming emotions towards the things they see, this now creates a more hard hitting narrative that they can reflect on.

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Through this film, we have used new media technologies such as premiere and the sound booth that is installed onto mac's. WE wanted to keep the editing to a bare minimal as we did not want to detract the attention away from the context. These simple editing techniques that we have used such as saturating the color from its previous state to a more gritty tone helps with capturing our target audience, and the problems which we tried to convey.

Adobe premiere pro, is the video editing software that we have used. To use this, you simple drag your raw footage onto the timeline, and then from there you can edit your film using the tools provided. This software enabled us to cut out and past in pieces of the film that we believed fitted best together by using the ‘razor’ tool. Consequently, allowing us to refine our best pieces together to then play around with the transaction and sound tools.

Adobe sound booth is a sound editing software. We used this to take our recorded sound, and cut it up into different pieces so that we could create a different sound using the sound that we already provided. This meant that we could take the best recordings and place them together to make one whole track. Additionally, this enabled us to edit the sound of the voices and instrumentals by changing the tempo and tone to give our sound a different effect. We then changed this file to match Adobe Premiere and then further edited the sound so it was in-keeping with our opening scene.

Main character - Visuals 

Missoni – (Italian knit wear)

Cindy’s costume represents the younger generation of the 1960’s. Her dress is of the classic 60’s design with the hemline 6inches above the knee. The patterned dress consists of multiple shades of orange and red which were among the most favoured colours to place together. This Missoni inspired design was most popular in the 1960’s due to its array of colours.  The white tights that she wears were also very popular and were commonly worn amongst models. The nude shoes that Cindy wears are also to mirror the ‘nude’ look that was about during the 60’s. The pale, nude lips and skin coloured or white tights were amongst this look. We then finish off with the white rounded Ray Ban inspired sunglasses, which although were not featured in the final film, was a part of Cindy’s original costume. We believed having the sunglasses was not necessary due to the re-shooting being indoors.