3. Teacher Assessment of Assignment 9- Draft 1.
Luara Grade: D+
Kauana Grade: D
Chantelle Grade: U
Group Grade: D+
B
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4. What Went Well?
• Had clear pictures
• Clear brief and organised.
• Clear organisation of chart.
• Clear bullet point
• Great reason to chosen genre.
B
• Great range of conventions.
• Todorov’s theory was well explained.
• Very detailed points
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5. Even Better If?
• Showed that we knew the grade of assignment 1
• Been more specific on each scene.
• Used pee structure on park k.
• More developed brainstorm.
• Better research
• Improved on locations.
B
• Confusing colours on the shot list.
• Wider range of images.
• Developed part R.
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6. Group decision to changes from Draft
3 to draft 4.
• More organised slides.
• Add better pictures to location.
• Improve on the theories.
• Complete Healthy and safety in more depth.
• Add in character representation. C
• Colour coordinate each type of shot.
• Improve on Research of theme and Concept.
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• Correct the type of narrative.
7. Problems and obstacles.
• Improving on research of theme.
How we overcome them?
• All members of the group went out to do their own
C
research and each one came back with different
information, and put them all together.
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8. Changes made from Draft 1 to Draft2?
• Added pictures of the actor as it self and the character.
• Added a chart of opinions.
C
• Made our video available to watch.
• Added how we are going to use the conventions in our
own opening sequence.
• Changed the end of the story.
• Made slides more organised. By : Luara
9. How has these changes helped us
improve?
• Gave a clearer ending to the story.
• Improved on our characters. C
• Help us organise our conventions.
• Made decisions easier as we had opinion
from others.
• More organised slides, were easier to see
what we had done.
By : Luara
10. GENRE Genre?
Genre of : Film Noir
Subgenre of : Suspense.
REASONS
Original Previous opening sequence that we have
seen.
Interesting Different from what is usually seen these
days
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Good stories To Learn more about the genre.
Personal interests The use of femme fatale.
The themes used. The suspense used.
11. CONVENTIONS
conventions Use/develop/challenge Purpose/Description Examples of films
Voice over USE He tells how he got In sunset boulevard, the
Telling the story killed, and does it by narrator is the character
Usually a man doing a flashback and telling his own story.
Strong voice saying, ‘well lets go
Normally predicted to six months before
Effective
Person telling their
own story.
DEVELOP
D
Having a foreign
accent
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12. GENRE Genre?
Genre of : Film Noir
Subgenre of : Suspense.
REASONS
Original Previous opening sequence that we have
seen.
Interesting Different from what is usually seen these
days
Luara&Kauana
Good stories To Learn more about the genre.
Personal interests The use of femme fatale.
The themes used. The suspense used.
13. CONVENTION Luara&Kauana
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conventions Use/develop/challenge Purpose/ Examples of films
Description
villain USE Sunset
Femme fatale Men Boulevard
Dominant Woman Desmond is
Protagonist Attractive the villain
Seductive Murderer and looks
Stands out dominant
DEVELOP and Sunset Boulevard Mrs
Don’t stand out Dominated attractive Desmond, the villain.
Not attractive
CHALLENGE
Antagonist Looks vulnerable
Looks normal
14. conventions
conventions use/develop/challenge Purpose/ Examples of films
description
victim USE In sunset
Male Desperate boulevard,
Good looking Young Norma
Falls for the femme fatale Desmond,
kills Joe
Murdered
Gillis after
DEVELOP he leaves
Not attractive Woman her. In sunset boulevard, Norma
Mature Strong Desmond, kills Joe Gillis
Went against the after he leaves her.
dominant woman.
CHALLENGE
Murderer Villain
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15. conventions
conventions use/develop/challenge Examples of films
crimes USE Sin city
Men murdered
Tragically Obsession
Usually with guns
Paranoia from villain
Femme fatal Love
Women murdered
tales usually involved.
Suspicious Hanging
DEVELOP scene.
The murderer looked normal
death scenes
If in the crimes the man was more
dominating.
CHALLENGE
Very young person
involved
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16. conventions
conventions use/develop/challenge Purpose/ Examples of films
description
Femme fatale Use In sunset
Dominant Attractive boulevard
Leads men into danger she smoked
Interesting and looked
Flirtatious very
Mysterious Elegant demanding
Gorgeous Unloving
Manipulative The scene
Serious Smoking. specifically
Develop shows her The scene specifically shows
Mature Romantic being her being dominant.
Less attractive dominant.
Vulnerable
Challenge Luara&Kauana
Homme Fatale.
17. conventions
conventions Use/develop/challenge Purpose/ Examples of films
Description
Detective. Use The
•Long coat detective in
•Men double
•Mysterious indemnity
•Intelligent looking like
•Mature a typical
•Good looking detective
•Neat
Develop
•Dopy
•Young
•Bad looking
Challenge
•Messy
•women
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18. How are we using the conventions
in out opening sequence?
conventions Use/develop/Develop purpose/decription
Femme Fatale Use In our movie we are
• Dominant using the convention
• Attractive of femme fatale:
• Leads men into danger • because our main
• Flirtatious character is a femme
• Mysterious fatale, and she seduces
• Elegant men , and kills them
• Manipulative after.
D • Serious • the makeup is also of a
• Smoking femme fatale, which is a
eyeliner on the eye on
the top , and red lips.
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19. How are we using the conventions
in out opening sequence?
conventions Use/develop/challenge Purpose/Description
detective Use In our opening sequence
•Long coat we are using the
•Men convention of Detective.
•Mysterious Because in the story the
•Intelligent detective will be interrogating
•Mature the femme fatale, he will be a
•Good looking very typical detective wearing
•Neat a long coat , with a neat hair
to the side.
D
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20. How are we using the conventions
in out opening sequence?
conventions Use/develop/challenge Purpose/description
crimes USE In our opening sequence we
• Men murdered. are using crimes because:
• Tragically. • She kills the men
• Obsession. • It is suspicious because we don’t
• Paranoia from villain. know what happens
D • Femme fatal.
• Suspicious .
We are developing it :
because:
DEVELOP • the murderer looks very normal
• The murderer looked so Valentina is pretty normal ,
normal . and doesn’t look as if she does
• death scenes. any of the things she does.
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21. How are we using the conventions
in out opening sequence?
conventions Use/develop/challenge Description/Purpose
villain USE In our opening
• Femme fatale sequence we are using
• Murderer villain:
• Protagonist The femme fatale (villain)
• Seductive kills the victims after she
• Woman goes to bed with them.
• Attractive.
D
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22. Sunset boulevard
Murdering men
Past obsessions
Tragedy
Death
Criminal E
Guns
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No consequence
23. DOUBLE IDEMNITY
E
The use of detective
Investigation
Talked into a murder
Falling for the person not allowed. By:Luara
24. Inspirational Scenes
• Scenes from Basic Instinct:
A scene of the seductive women, getting the knife
while having sex with the partner to kill him.
Showing the women, being sexy
towards the investigator while being
interrogated.
Showing her being interrogated by
some police officers.
By:Kauana
25. Theme sadness
loss danger
harm
evil
passing
anger
scared
Tragedy Past/future
criminals
F
accident
desperate
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guns knifes
26. Luara&Kauana
Theme paranoia
flashbacks rage
victims
arguments
villains
disgust
Revenge F
Betrayal Out of control
hatred Act without
love
thinking
28. • Theme – Revenge
Revenge is a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it
real or perceived. It is also called payback, retribution, retaliation or vengeance;
it may be characterized, justly or unjustly, as a form of justice.
• Theme – Tragedy
A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin
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or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw,
moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavourable circumstances.
• Concept – Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice a fore though of another human
being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of
unlawful homicide. As the loss of a human being inflicts enormous grief upon
the individuals close to the victim, as well as the fact that the commission of a
murder is highly detrimental to the good order within society, most societies
both present and in antiquity have considered it a most serious crime worthy of
the harshest of punishment.
30. FILM STORY Luara&Kauana
1. Valentina is left at the altar , never forgetting that situation ,
she wants revenge.
2. She starts going out to pubs and clubs, to look for men, in
order to fulfil her emptiness.
3. After going to bed with them, she kills them without remorse
or regret. These men are being looked for and so a private
investigator takes on the case.
4. By investigating the case he finds out what Valentina has
been doing , and interrogates her.
5. After finding out everything, by her telling him. As normal she
seduces him with her femme fatale way of being, as she knew
he was a threat. After sleeping together she kills him
continuing with no consequences. And so her life goes on.
H
31. What went well? Even better if?
• WWW:
-clear bullet points
- Excellent video.
- Good explanation.
• EBI:
Showed how we had changed and adapted the
idea.
H
By : Luara
32. Opening sequence
1.Starting with pictures of the missing men
2.With an over shoulder shot, there will an in
interrogation between Valentina and the
investigator Smith.
3.Valetina without remorse starts to tell the story.
There comes a flashback.
4.Shows a scene of her meeting her friend
Kimberly and going inside a club. Then straight
after a scene of valentina coming out of the
doors , with a man. With a straight cut the
scene of her, opening the door and pushing
the man into bed. Without showing what
happens after.
5. After, it goes back to the scene of her and the
investigator and her going towards him
seducing him , the scenes fades out , and the H
title ‘ Valentina’ comes up. Luara&Kauana
33. What went well? Even better if?
• WWW:
- Clear bullet points
- Brief explanation
- Well divided. t
- original
• EBI:
- Changed the ending of the story. H
34. How are we improving our opening
sequence from our previous ideas?
• Added an investigator.
• Added an interrogation.
• Added an extra character.
• Took out the fact that she killed the man with a knife.
• Changed the ending to her seducing the investigator, instead of not
showing anything. H
How is each student contributing:
Luara : has done her parts , and has given ideas to change .
Kauana: Has also done her parts, and helped with ideas.
Chantelle: Hasn’t helped. By : Luara
35. FILM STORY Luara&Kauana
1. Valentina is left at the altar , never forgetting that situation ,
she wants revenge.
2. She starts going out to pubs and clubs, to look for men, in order
to fulfil her emptiness.
3. After going to bed with them, she kills them without remorse or
regret. These men are being looked for and so a private
investigator takes on the case.
4. By investigating the case he finds out what Valentina has been
doing , and interrogates her.
5. After finding out everything, by her telling him. As normal she
seduces him with her femme fatale way of being, as she knew
he was a threat. After sleeping together she kills him continuing
with no consequences. And so her life goes on.
H
36. Opening sequence
1.Starting with pictures of the missing men
2.With an over shoulder shot, there will an in interrogation between Valentina
and the investigator Smith.
3.Valetina without remorse starts to tell the story. There comes a flashback.
4.Shows a scene of her meeting her friend Kimberly and going inside a club. Then
straight after a scene of valentina coming out of the doors , with a man. With
a straight cut the scene of her, opening the door and pushing the man into
bed. Without showing what happens after.
5. After, it goes back to the scene of her and the investigator and her going
towards him seducing him , the scenes fades out , and the title ‘ Valentina’
comes up.
H
Luara&Kauana
37. Changes from Draft 1 to Draft 2.
Changed the ending of the story.
H By : Luara
47. Enigma
Sunset Boulevard. Sin city.
• This part creates enigma as it slowly comes • This film uses a lot of fade in and fade outs so
up showing the rest of the set. it we as audience have to really pay attention
• They use the Slow motion to create tension. so we don’t miss out on anything and this
• To make the scene more effective they use a makes the film more enjoyable to watch.
track that builds up the excitement creating • They have quick shots so this makes the
enigma. conventions of genre clearer.
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48. Creating Enigma.
• Not showing full scenes.
• Having the voice over makes the story more exciting to watch.
• Character gives a lot of information, but doesn't finish.. But does
not give full details and facts.
• Valentina is a very mysterious person, by her looks and her way
of speaking makes her odd.
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49. Target Audience
• Hobbies: Cinema, fashion, antique.
• Age: 30-40 M
• Gender: Mostly Female, but some older men.
• Ethinicity: English/ American/ German.
• Lifestyle: Traditional, cultural, used to having technology but still likening
the old versions of films. Likes women power, feels proud about their sex.
Location: People that live in the city.
• Target Audience will be interested because our opening sequence shows
enigma, culture, fashionable and very feminist.
• They way our film is edited creates a lot of enigma, we use extreme close
up shots to emphasize important things. We also use zoom in and zoom
out to show different places and times. Flash backs are also used to show
scenes of the past to make the present scene more clear.
50. Target Audience
• Hobbies: Cinema, fashion, antique.
• Age: 30-40 M
• Gender: Mostly Female, but some older men.
• Ethinicity: English/ American/ German.
• Lifestyle: Traditional, cultural, used to having technology but still likening
the old versions of films. Likes women power, feels proud about their sex.
Location: People that live in the city.
• Target Audience will be interested because our opening sequence shows
enigma, culture, fashionable and very feminist.
• They way our film is edited creates a lot of enigma, we use extreme close
up shots to emphasize important things. We also use zoom in and zoom
out to show different places and times. Flash backs are also used to show
scenes of the past to make the present scene more clear.
51. Target Audience Questionnaire
M
• Do you think film noir is suitable for this generation?
No, because this generation is more used to modern movies and style of life.
• Are you interested in movies in which tragedy and evilness occurs?
Yes, because it makes it more realistic as we have tragedy and evil in our
world today.
• Do you agree that murder should be involved in our story?
Yes as murder is an essential thing for film noir movies.
• Are the characters representation suitable for the story?
Yes they are because they are the typical characters used in film noir, the
woman being very sexual and attractive. The male being good looking but
being taking over by the woman, the investigator being serious.
• Do you think of using urban areas such as Harlesden in London make the
movie more inspirational and real to the viewers?
Yes it does because people might have gone by those streets already.
Amanda Oliveira.
52. Target Audience Questionnaire
M
• Do you think film noir is suitable for this generation?
No, because most of the people want new technology.
• Are you interested in movies in which tragedy and evilness occurs?
Yes because it makes the movie more interesting.
• Do you agree that murder should be involved in our story?
No, because it already has a lot of tragedy .
• Are the characters representation suitable for the story?
Yes because they go with the genres and conventions of film noir.
• Do you think of using urban areas such as Harlesden in London
make the movie more inspirational and real to the viewers?
Yes because it makes it more real using normal areas.
53. Target Audience Questionnaire
M
• Do you think film noir is suitable for this generation?
Yes because this generation has a bit of old fashioned in them so they
still like to see less modern things.
• Are you interested in movies in which tragedy and evilness occurs?
No because I like to see things that make me happy and not sad.
• Do you agree that murder should be involved in our story?
If you want to make the story affective you should use some murder.
• Are the characters representation suitable for the story?
Yes because they follow every characteristic needed.
• Do you think of using urban areas such as Harlesden in London
make the movie more inspirational and real to the viewers?
54. By:
Luara Opinions on film .
Name: Andre. Name: Ana Name: Yolanda.
Age:33 Age:48
Age:19 Gender : female
Gender : Female
Gender : Male
• Liked the style of film • Reminds her of when she
• Didn’t like the style of was young
noir.
movie.
• Like the story. • Liked the way its black and
• Think its too old.
white
• Don’t like black and white • thought it was
original. • Liked the story and though
movies.
it was interesting.
55. Main girl : Valetina
By :Luara INSPITATIONS:
Costumes: N
Black stilettos
a beige dress.
Skin coloured tights
Props:
Luara A small purse
Studs
Cigarette
Hair & Makeup
pinup ( eyeliner )
Red lips
Very clear face
curled
56. VALENTINA
MAKEUP
SHOES
BELT
£50
COMES WITH THE
BARRATS
DRESS
DRESS
£1 BOHOO
WAY OF BEING :
FULL BODY DOMINANT
SEDUCTIVE.
57. INSPIRATIONS.
KIMBERLY
Costumes:
KAUANA A dress with a belt N
Beige shoes
Black tights
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Hair and makeup:
Hair straight
down
Make up neutral ,
such as Kim
Kardashian’s.
58. Kimberly
Shoes:
Aldo:
£55 N
Dress:
Apricot
Belt.
£37
primark
£5
Way of being:
Costumes: Props: hair: Party girl
Black dress gold belt straight. Sensual
Beige shoes Purse Loud
Full body. Black tights By : Luara
59. One of the victims -
no name given.
N
Way of being :
womaniser
business man
self confident
macho.
INSPIRATION:
Shirt.
Black
trousers
and shoes.
George
Clooney’s hair
Luara in oceans 11.
By : Luara
60. Victim .
Trousers: Waistcoat: Fake
£30 £20 cigarette :
- next - next £1.85
-e-bay
shirt :
£15
-next By :Luara
Costumes Props Hair
A black trousers cigarette Neat
White shirt car keys To the side
Black shoes.
FULL BODY.
61. INVESTIGATOR
SMITH. INSPIRATION.
N
Costume:
Black shirt
Black trousers
A hat
Black shoes
Props:
Pictures
Magnifying glass.
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62. Investigator Smith
Shirt:
Next
men.
£25
N
Way of being:
• Smart talking
Trousers: • Intelligent
Bershka Hat: • Calm
£30 Accessories: £7 • Mysterious
Costume: Props: Hair:
-Black shirt -A magnifying glass -Neat
-Black trousers -Pictures
-Black shoes By : Luara
Full body -Long coat.
63. Location
• This location will be set in Kauana’s house its at one of the group
members house, its in Harlesden its very close to the school so it
will be easy to have access at any time to this place.
• You can just walk from school to the house. About 7mins walk.
• There are no health and safety concerns inside the house as it is
situated at a safe house. The only concern is getting from the
school to the house. The concerns are, crossing roads, area
protection.
• It will be accessible on Monday, Wednesday and on weekends. At
any time.
By:Kauana
O
64. Location
In front of
Way to the house.
house.
Roads.
The desk for
investigation
Q
65. Narrativ
e
Non -linear
1st – Her with the detective present
2nd – Flashback of her with the men
past
3rd – it goes back to her and the detective,
at the same time.
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66. Film Theory?
• We are using the theory of Vladimir Propp who
came up with stereotyped characters• Q
Valetina(main girl) : will be the typical villain
The men( one of the men) :will be the typical victim
Mr Smith (investigator) :typical victim/helper.
By : Luara
67. Film Theory? Q
• We are using the theory of Tvzetan Todorov , who
came up with the theory of the narrative structure.
Equilibrium she is killing all the men , and no one has found out.
Disequilibrium the investigator finds out everything she had
done, and becomes a threat to her . She also kills the investigator.
New equilibrium there is no consequences to her acts.
By : Luara
68. Film Theory? Q
• We are using the Claude Levi-Strauss theory
of the narrative conflict
• 1.Femme fatale ( villain ) vs. Victim
• 2.Past vs. future – flashback , and what she
will do to the investigator.
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69. Film distributing company. R
Paramount Pictures UK.
Reasons :
• One of the oldest film distributers
• Distributed the most film noirs
** such as : Sunset Boulevard
• Distributed the most amount of film noirs.
• Serves film worldwide
• Good finance , they have make $300 million in 2011. By : Luara
70. Film Distributing Company
R
• Columbia Pictures.
Reasons
- Partner ship with Paramount pictures
- It is within the 5 distributing companies that has distributed more
then 499 film noirs.
- Distributed world wide
- Has distributed new film noir.
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- Has made a budget of $200 million in 2011.
71. Film distributing company
R
Twentieth century fox
• Reasons :
- Distributes a lot o suspense
- Such as planet of the apes.
- 2011 budget : $250 million
- Has stared Femme Fatales such as Marylyn Monroe.
- Distributes Worldwide.
- Distributes a lot of films with suspense genre. By : Luara
72. Inspirations
. Titles&Credits
The postman Always Lady in the
Sunset Boulevard rings twice. lake. S
•Blocks • Blocks • Stands out
• White • Feminine • Capital letters
•Well separated • Soft and strong • Bold
• Good font size • The curve makes it
• Big size
• Shows seriousness and seem more smooth.
•Black background.
fun at the same time. • White font.
•Shows seriousness. • White font. By : Luara
73. Fonts and Titles
S
POSSIBLE CHOSEN ONE:
FONTS TO USE.
Valentina
Valentina
Credits:
Valentina
Director : Kauana Labaldi
Director: Luara Goulart
VALENTINA Why?
• It looks serious
• It was created in 1927, so it has a lot to do with the
VALENTINA
time that the movie is set
• It is bold, stands out
• It evokes the feeling of the twenties and thirties..
By : Luara
74. Colour of font
S
Colour of font : white
TITLE.
Reasons:
VALENTINA • It will stand out in the black and
CREDITS white background (there will be
FONT. more black than white).
Credits
• Shows the serenity that Valentina is
with the dark background
Director: Kauana Labaldi
representing the things she has
Producer: Luara Pires
done.
Co-Director: Kauana Labaldi
Costume Director: Luara Pires
• Adds to one of our Theories of
conflict : black and white.
By : Luara
75. Inspirational Sounds- Diegetic Sound
S
Sunset Boulevard Playback music. Basic Instinct.
• This track has a slow beginning, with a calm • The sounds on this scene will be used for the
beat. After the 45second the beat speeds up. flashbacks.
• This would be very good for our Opening • The track sounds like a camera taking
Sequence as we need a song that builds up pictures.
the tension as the actions on the scene • It’s a quick sound, just a snap.
happen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gynns6MEbw&oref=http%3A
%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fresults%3Fsearch_query%3Dbasic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75tKmtT6Uz8 %2Binstinct%2Btrailer%26oq%3Dbasic%2Binstinct%2Btrailer%26a
q%3Df%26aqi%3D%26aql%3D%26gs_sm%3De%26gs_upl%3D3422
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76. Inspirational Sounds – Diegetic Sound
T
Sin City Playback music. Lady in Lake Playback music.
• In this opening sequence they really focus on • This soundtrack would be good for when the
the sound of the actress heels as she’s name of the opening sequence comes up.
walking and they emphasize the sound of the Valentina
streets: cars/traffic lights.
• This would be good for when our character is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7hBsoVU68c
walking, on her way to the club.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm4YTs_Mr5M
77. Inspirational Sounds – Non Diegetic
T
Nails tipping on the table- to show
the intensity of the scene.
Walking in heels.
Car sounds on
streets.
78. What is BBFC?
U
• Bbfc is the British company that give age rates
to British movies.
• It stands for British Board of Film Classification.
• It was set up in 1912.
• T.P. O’Connor’s set everything up.
By : Luara
80. BBFC- Britih Board of Film Classification U
BBFC US
Discrimination Discrimination
Discriminatory language or behaviour must not be endorsed We are not discriminating anyone.
by the work as a whole.
Drugs Drugs:
Any misuse of drugs must be infrequent and should not be We are using cigarettes , but its not being glamorised or instructional.
glamorised or give instructional detail.
Horror Horror:
Moderate physical and psychological threat may be We are not having horror in any form.
permitted, provided disturbing sequences are not frequent
or sustained.
Imitable behaviour Imitable behaviour:
Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self- We are not applying any of these into our film.
harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied,
or appear pain or harm free.
Language Language:
The use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’) must be We are not using any strong language.
infrequent.
Nudity Nudity:
Nudity is allowed, but in a sexual context must be brief and No nudity
discreet.
Sex Sex
Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. We are only showing a very discreet scene.
By : Luara