BBFC Age Ratings

12 Age Rating

A film that is classified under the age rating of 12 is seen as being suitable for viewership of people over the age of 12, this being due to many different reasons, be that the amount of blood and gore, the language used, drugs, etc. Anyone under the age of 12 can only see a film rated 12A if they are accompanied by an adult. When an adult is planning to take a child under 12 to a 12A rated film they are advised to think carefully as to whether the film would be suitable for the child to see.

Within a 12 rated film the producers must ensure that they do not break certain rules otherwise their film will be given a higher age rating. Some of these rules include those such as violence, which in a 12 rated film should only be given a moderate screen time and should stay away from dwelling on detail, this meaning that there should be any focus on blood or injuries that'd be sustained from the said violence.

Threat is given the same rules as violence within a 12 rated film, this being that it should be kept to a moderate level, as only some physical an verbal threat will be tolerated before having to push the film to a higher age rating such as a 15.

The language that is permitted within a 12 age rating film is fairly moderate as well however, foul language should be kept to a bare minimum, and should be used within the right reasons, buy the right person etc. If any of these rules were to be broken by a slight the film would automatically be bumped up an age rating.

Other things such as sex, nudity and imitable behaviour are prohibited against being in a 12 rated film due to them being seen as non-suitable for the main viewership, which in this case are children around the ages of 12.

15 Age Rating

By the BBFC rules that one under the age of 15 is prohibited from seeing or renting/buying a 15 age rated film, this being due to the amount of un-suitable images that are used within these films.

Just like a 12 age rating but more, a 15 age rated film is allowed all the possible acts such as, Sex, Nudity, Imitable behaviour, Violence, Drugs, and Discrimination. However, the film is only allowed small portions of each one due to it still being shown to a audience that are not fully considered as adults. For example, under discrimination, the BBFC states that the film in a whole must not endorse any discrimination against anything or anyone however, racism, homophobic or other discriminatory themes and language are still allowed but only at a small level and when used in a certain manner, this being as under the form of comedy or historical correctness and etc.

18 Age Rating

Films classed as being suitable for viewers of the age 18 and over allow all kinds of things to happen, such as foul language being able to be used freely with no restrictions, this applying to the racial and discriminative language as well, as the viewership is considered to be able to handle the content as they are adults.

sexual content is also allowed to be used within an 18 rated however, if the film includes clear images that of containing real sex, strong fetish material, sexually explicit animated images, or other very strong sexual images will be confined to the R18 category.

Creating a Website

We decided to create a website for our production company, allowing us to be found online and potentially attract more audience members. We used Weebly in order to create the website which was fairly simple to use.

Firstly, we were asked how we wanted the layout of the website to look. We chose the top right image, because we wanted an image across the entire background of the website. The layout allowed us to create a title and have it placed in the middle. We were then able to place images and post our ident, as it will be something that is easy to recognise in any production we make.

We were then asked what we wanted the domain name to be. This is what people need to type into the URL in order to find the website. Our domain name is oblivionproductionsuk.weebly.com. This allows us to have an online persona and are able to reach a larger audience.




This is our homepage. It has a picture of a dark street with a singular light as a background. This is a basic as to who we are as a production company so we gave a brief introduction. Also on the homepage is our ident and our film logo because these will be important if we want to improve our brand and will be something the audience can instantly recognise to be ours.



This is the about page on our website. We have the same heading in the top left of the page. The rest of the page is filled with our logo again and then a paragraph about our upcoming production 'Golliwog'. This is to tell the audience of the website what we are creating and what the production will be like. This page has a dark image of an empty farm with the moon in the centre, fitting in nicely with the text and image.


We then have what could be one of the most important pages in terms of branding. This contact page has our different social media platforms so we can get some media publicity and marketing. We then have a link to our youtube channel so the audience of the website can find our work easily. This will heighten the amount of people that see our work. Lastly we gave our email. This could be used to contact us about our next production, feedback on our last production or maybe even enquiring about potential job roles in our future productions. This contact page is very important as it is what audience members and fans of our work can use to spread the word.

This is a link to our website: http://oblivionproductionsuk.weebly.com/

Our Ident - Oblivion Productions

Ident Research and Creation

Institutions

Time Warner have many layers of vertical integration, owning hundreds of other businesses. One of their subsidiaries is Warner Bros. Warner Bros then vertically integrates into many other businesses, one example of a Warner Bros subsidiary is New Line Cinema. This means that New Line cinema is owned by Time Warner, but its parent is Warner Bros.

Vertical integration is where a business in the same distribution and production chain. For example, Time Warner owns Warner Bros and so can distribute films globally that New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment produce (other vertically integrated subsidiaries owned by Time Warner). These films can then be distributed to other subsidiaries that Time Warner own such as Cinemax (a US premium cable film channel) and Warner Horizon Television (an international TV company). Warner Bros owns both their suppliers who make the films, and their distributors who can shows what the suppliers make.

Horizontal integration is a media company's ownership of several other businesses of the same or similar value. This can be seen in the media industry as owning magazines, books, radio, television and newspapers. Time Warner own Mad (a magazine), CNN Newsource (radio) and HBO entertainment (TV). This helps create more money for the business as it will meet a wider target audience because some people would prefer a newspaper, where as others would prefer news via the TV or radio.

New Line Cinema are a subsidiary of Time Warner, with Warner Bros being their parent company. They were founded in 1967 making 521 films as the distributors and the producers, and 440 as the production company since 1967. Those 440 films were distributed by Warner Bros. Time Warner are one of the big six multinational media conglomerates within the industry that create the oligopoly in the market. An oligopoly is where a few businesses own the majority of the market. This means that it is hard for other companies to gain a large share in the market and receive a large scale audience.

Minor and major film institutions vary in many ways. Major institutions such as Universal have large budgets at their disposal, meaning they can cast their characters from a wider selection of auditions (including the best of movie stars), they can have a larger production team making filming and editing easier and quicker, as well as being able to distribute their films to a much wider, international audience. On top of that, major institutions have the funds to buy the best equipment for their films such as cameras and microphones etc, allowing better quality films for the audience, they can use CGI to make the special effects seem more realistic, and furthermore, they make more money from films which can then reinvest it into future films. Minor films studios have not got the same capabilities that major studios have so the films produced by minor institutions tend not to be as successful in comparison.

They have produced lots of famous horror films, including Conjuring (2013), Conjuring 2 (2016), The Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), The Nightmare on Elm Street 2 (1985) The Nightmare on Elm Street 3 (1987), The Nightmare on Elm Street 4 (1988), The Nightmare on Elm Street 5 (1989), Annabelle (2014), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974, 1990, 1996, 2003, 2006), Seven (1995), Friday the 13th (2009), Snakes on a Plane (2006) and Critters (1986, 1988, 1991, 1992) to name just a few of their more successful horror films.

Annabelle, a film produced by New Line Cinema and Distributed by Warner Bros,  had a budget of $6.5 million, which is quite small in comparison to many other films distributed by Warner Bros such as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone which had a budget of $125 million. New Line Cinema, although they have the money available for them to use from Time Warner, use small budgets for their productions. Despite the small budget, Annabelle had a box office of $256.9 million, showing that small budgets can still create big revenues. Budgets can be very important for production companies because the quality of the film can be improved by investing more money into it. However the businesses will have to decide whether the film will generate enough revenue to be worth investing a larger budget or else the film could make a loss.

Annabelle has been nominated for 5 different awards in 2015. The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA nominated Annabelle as the 'Best Horror Film', and so did the Empire Awards, UK, nominating it as the 'Best Horror'. The People's Choice Awards, USA nominated Annabelle as their 'Favourite Thriller Movie'. The film was also nominated for the success of two actresses in their film, Annabelle Wallis was nominated by MTV Movie Awards with the 'Best Scared-as-S**t Performance' and Alfre Woodard being nominated for 'Best Supporting Actress' by Fright Meter Awards. These nominations shows that the film was widely received in both the US and the UK as it was nominated for awards within both countries.

A Change Of Plan

At first when having to decide between doing a trailer and a short film, we decided to go with doing a trailer as we saw it as the best option for us to do the best work however, after working on our narrative we realised that doing a short film instead would best suit as to what we have to offer.

We were originally planning on making a horror trailer, with the many different elements that would be expected from a horror film by the audience such as jump scares etc. We were originally going to base our narrative and characteristics off of the 'Conjuring 2'. Now that we have fully decided upon our narrative,we saw it best to do a short film instead, and have also decided to base our film upon that of 'Chucky'. We believe our cinematography skills outweigh our editing skills, thus us making a short film would benefit us further as a trailer focuses upon editing more so, whereas a short film requires better cinematography with less editing involved.

Character Costumes