Film Certificates

Film Certificates

All of the following ratings are on the guidelines of the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification.

 U

The U symbol stands for Universal. U films should be suitable for audiences aged four years and above. A U film will generally contain positive messages about loyalty, honesty and friendship. The film may well have a happy ending for the child and the overall tone should be one of reassurance.  U films will not contain any issues of discrimination, drugs, bad behaviour, swearing, nudity, sex or violence as it could encourage the children to do this things. An example of a U rated film would be Cars.

PG

The PG symbol stands for Parental Guidance. This means a film is suitable for general viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children so parents should be supervising children under the age of eight. There may be mild bad language such as ‘s*it’ or ‘son of a bitch’ in a PG film.

12

The 12 symbol means that only people above the age of 12 will be able to watch this film. The film will sometimes contain mild violence and mild uses of bad language. The most common genre of the "12" category is either action or thriller. These films tend to consist an agonist and a protagonist that suits the nature of 12 year olds, so super heroes such as Spiderman and his nemesis the Green Goblin.

15

The 15 symbol means that only people above the age of 15 will be able to watch this film. The film mostly contains violence and bad language, and also features mild nudity (depending on the story line of the film). The most common genre of the "15" category is either adult-based comedy or thriller. So a film that comes to mind when thinking of this rating is the "Hangover" trilogy.

18

The 18 symbol means that only people above the age of 18 will be able to watch this film. Films rated 18 are only for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema. No 18 rated films are suitable for children under the age of 18. 18 rated films contain very strong violence, frequent strong language like 'f*ck' or very strong language e.g. ‘c*nt’ or strong portrayals of sexual activity. Films that are rated 18 are 'Lets be Cops'

Settings and Plot for our Film

Settings and Plot for our Film

This is the bus stop in our film where our main character originally sits down at whilst reading the newspaper in which he spots the article explaining about the escaped prisoner.

This is our second setting; this is an old car mechanics opposite the bus shelter. In our 1^st shot of the mechanics our main character spots the prisoner in typical orange prisoner uniform at the back of the mechanics. This is followed by a 2^nd shot of the same area where the prisoner has moved and now appears on the grass directly opposite the man after he done a double take of the area.

Our next setting involves the main character walking extremely fast and looking over his shoulder as he realizes the prisoner is fast approaching him. When he gets to the door of the building he tries to get his keys out of his pockets but he is shaking due to the terror of being followed. He drops the keys when panicking and momentum builds up as he goes on the floor to pick them up but when he turns around the music stops and he breathes a sigh of relief as the prisoner is nowhere to be seen.

This is also our final setting and where he drops his keys.

After he breathes his sigh of relief, the entire atmosphere becomes relaxed to suit his mood. However still on the floor, he turns around and faces the door again to open it nice and calmly when he is shocked by the sight of the prisoner standing in front of his way to get in the door. 

Possible Locations For Our Film

Possible Locations For Our Film

For our film, we have chosen multiple locations that we feel will fit our story line very well. Our story line is about Paranoia, and our locations are almost identical to our storyboard.

Our first possible location is at a bus stop in Halstead, Essex (Below) outside our local "Public Gardens". We feel that at night, this area could seem rather mysterious/creepy due to the darkness, and could create the ambiance needed for this short movie. The main character will be sitting on the bench and reading the newspaper, as seen in the storyboard in the blog.

The other scene that will feature in our short movie is planned to be directly opposite no matter what location we use in the end. The "bad guy" will stand on this pathway and will stare at the person sitting on the bench. At night this location will also be mysterious which will lead to the viewers wondering who this man is.



Character Analysis - The Joker

Character Analysis

The Joker: The Joker is a sadistic super villain that's goal is to defeat the Batman. His outfit is irregular compared to a normal citizen. He uses physiology to get into peoples heads and control them. His make up hides his identity, but yet also helps to show his true insanity. Unlike most super villains, The Joker doesn't have a physical special power or weapon, but he utilises his main advantage which is his brilliant ability to control a whole city on his own. He sets out a plan and lets the citizen destroy their own city. For instance, he puts people in a situation where they have to make a choice. The dilemma is that there is two ferry's in the bay. One ferry is full of prisoners, and the other is full of ordinary citizens. Each boat has a trigger that blows the other boat up. If no one blows one of the boats up inside 15 minutes, they both blow up. This challenges the humanity of both the prisoners and citizens, yet the Joker didn't have to do any of the dirty work by himself. 

Costume: The Jokers costume is unique in that the colour scheme and style of it is very unusual. Purple and Green are two colours that you don't regularly see together, so this instantly makes the viewer realise that The Joker is very unusual. Another thing that makes him unusual is his iconic face paint. Throughout the world, this style of face paint is recognised as The Joker. His devious ways and manipulative personality are 100% shown by his costume. 

Memorable Quotes: "Why So Serious?"  /   "If you're good at something, never do it for free"  /  "I don't want to kill you! What would I do without you? Go back to ripping off mob dealers? No, no...no you complete me."   /   "Madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push."   /   "I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you...stranger."







Costume Analysis - Batman



Costume Analysis - Batman

In our film, we have made the decision to make our main character wear a suit for numerous diverse reasons, one of the main factors in making this decision was that we wanted our character to come across as a wealthy family man to show that no matter how good your life situation is you can still fall victim to life's evils such as paranoia. Furthermore, we wanted our character to be relatable to our audience and office jobs make up a large percentage of the current populations work.

We took inspiration from numerous films including Batman where Bruce Wayne is the most decorated character and wears suits to show his wealth and everyday lifestyle before he becomes Batman when needed. The appeal of this is that the audience believe that every individual has the ability deep down to save lives and change the world, consequently making a personal connection to the character.

Another role we had to fill was the villain who in our case was a prisoner on the loose who the main character, our main in the suit, believed was doing the frightening duty of following the villain around and scaring him. We chose that our prisoner should have the costume of Black t-shirt/vest and Black trousers in order to give the instantaneous view that he has a dark personality which is associated with numerous criminals or potentially harmful people. One of the Shows we took inspiration from was Bates Motel.