Justifying Language

Throughout the developing and planning stages, we decided that the film would be rated 15, so that it could attract a wider audience and appeal to people that could relate to it.

After recording the voice over for the we had to research what language was tolerated for a 15 classified film, as there is some strong language, this therefore meant that we had to research the BBFC.

WEBSITE: http://www.bbfc.co.uk/classification/c_15.php

For language, the website states:
"Language
There may be frequent use of strong language (eg 'fuck'). But the strongest terms (eg 'cunt') will be acceptable only where justified by the context. Continued aggressive use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable."

We feel that the use of this language can be justified by context. The aim was to create an urban style, and the use of language represents the character. We therefore made the decision to keep the language present in the voiceover, as we feel that we did sufficient research and was the strongest use of language was only used once, and is not glorified.