. 'THE CHAIN' RATING

We made the decision to rate this trailer a 15, as is conformed to what we can identify as the conventions of a 15 rated film. With the film being rated 15, this prohibits those under 15 being allowed to legally view it therefore when I did an audience questionnaire, the first age listed was 15 as a way to ensure the audience viewing the trailer was then appropriate and that as the creators of the trailer we stuck to the criteria found of the BBFC website. In our trailer there is a lot of strong violence, which would be unsuitable for those under the age of 15 because they are most likely to be influenced by this. With strong emphasis on blood, there is also use of a knife which shouldn't easily accessible to 12 year old, or glamorised in 12/12A works and this is another reason as to why we rated the film a 15. The trailer dwells strongly on blood and injuries, as the character of 'Lilith is covered in blood and through her interactions with the final girl Riley there are frequent scenes of the blood covered character of Liltih, which could possibly cause some trauma to younger audience members.However because blood and weapons are conventional iconography from this genre they have to included so that the audience can clearly perceive there is an amount of danger but also that it is a Horror film. Due to the '15' criteria some may question if the trailer is accurately rated however because of the lack of dialogue it is open to frequent strong language and drug taking, which would then solidify it's rating. However as the final girl, I would not have been able to partake in any of those hedonistic practices, other characters could have however done such things. Overall the target audience for the film ranged from 15 and above, therefore either a 15 rating or 18 rating could be appropriate however due to the criteria for a 15 rating, our trailer would be accurately rated as a 15.