Certification Guidelines-BBFC

There are several aspects of my film that must be considered when deciding its classification.
-The consumption of alcohol
-The consumption of drugs
-The murder itself.

Therefore, out film would either be considered a 15 or an 18 in its classification.The guidelines are as follows:
Drugs
No work taken as a whole must promote the misuse of drugs and any detailed portrayal of drug misuse likely to promote or glamorise the activity must be cut.
Horror
The use of frightening elements which might scare or unsettle an audience is part of a long tradition in film making.Many children enjoy the excitement of scary sequences, but, where films are targeted at a younger audience, classification decisions will be taken into account such factors as the frequency, length and detail of scary scenes as well as horror effects, including music and sound, and whether there is a swift and reassuring outcome.
Violence
Works which feature the following are likely to receive more restrictive classification:portrayal of violence as a normal solution to problems, heroes who inflict pain or injury , callousness towards victims, the encouragement of aggressive attitudes, and content which depicts characters taking pleasure in pain or humiliation. Sexualised violence or works which glorify violence will receive a more restrictive classification.

I think, therefore, that our film would be a 15 classification.

As we do not dwell on the violence and it is not sexualised I think that it is not necessary for the film to be classified as 18. Also, we don't want to cut out a potentially vital target audience for our film. It is aimed at around 15 upwards in content and therefore giving it as high a classification as 18 would cut out a major part of our audience.