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Age Certificate

15+ Age Rating

 

 

Theme
There doesn’t have to be any specific theme with it being a 15 rating.

 

Language

There may be frequent use of swearing but not every few seconds.

 

Nudity

Nudity is allowed in a non sexual way or educational, but no sexual way must be shown

 

Sex
Sexual references may be made but without the use of strong detail, sexual activity may be shown but in low detail.

 

Violence

Violence can be shown but without the intent to show major harm or injury, sexual violence must be discrete and brief.

 

Imitable techniques

Dangerous stunts, jumps and suicide can be shown but not into such detail that is imitable, easily accessible weapons should not be highlighted greatly.

 

Horror

Major threat and menace must be limited and strong gory parts will most likely be denied.

 

Drugs
Drug use can be shown, but the misuse of drugs must not be influenced in anyway.

 

A 15+ age certificate would be perfect for our sequence as it enables us to show all parts that we need, including suggestion of weapons and brutal force if needed, it also includes the use of drugs if we wish to use that or even sexual references if involved in the script. With the use of swearing this will enable us to emphasise anger and pain without actually showing it. As the target audience will be mainly teenagers a certificate of 15+ will be an exact match for our film.

Analysis of the Matrix

The Matrix 

The film begins with the Warner Bros logo, it then goes on to show the title of the film The Matrix, after this it immediately moves on into the film where it starts showing a computer screen with some text on saying the date and time, the narration over this section is a phone call between two people, this is used well as an enigma as it hooks you and makes you want to find out who the two people are and why is it set in this computer form of numbers. After the phone call it then moves onto zooming closely into some digital numbers and as it zooms it adds a spacey sound effect instantly a bright light begins to get bigger and bigger until it then zooms out again to show a policeman with his torch, this makes the viewer wonder what is going on as it went from a phone call to a policeman, another enigma which makes the viewer want to watch on further. As the shot goes further on an eerie tune begins to play up until the moment when the police kick down the door and see the women sat in the chair, as she slowly raises her arms the music gets louder and louder until it suddenly stops and the scene cuts to a tracking shot of the camera moving from the top of the building to the bottom, as the camera reaches the bottom the camera then cuts to a car pulling up with two men in black suits getting out, this adds mystery to the scene as there is no information given on who any of the characters are and they look a bit overdressed for the background. The camera then skips back to the women in the room who is now surrounded by police and it would seem she is going to be arrested, the camera quickly zooms back to the men in suits this builds tension as the camera keeps skipping between characters, as soon as one of the men says “your men are already dead” the camera then skips back to the women who then wows everyone by breaking the laws of gravity and floats in mid air whilst kicking one of the police officers, immediately the genre is set and the audience begins to realise that this is fiction film. The women then goes onto fighting the other officers and being chased by one of the men in suits, the tension builds as they run across the rooftops with police officers trailing behind then as the tension reaches the critical point the women leaps across a whole street landing on the building across the other side, this wows the audience again and defies the laws of gravity, the man in the suit then does the same thing as the women and adds more mystery and is an excellent enigma. Once on the building she quickly scrambles behind a wall this gives you the image that she does not want to be caught by this man, she stares blankly at a window on a near building she waits her chance and the action music begins as she runs and dives through a tiny window, as she is heading for the window in mid-air the audience will be thinking that it will be impossible for her to get through it. She smashes through the window and rolls down a set of stairs as she hits the bottom she draws her weapons and aims them up the stairs ready for the man in the suit to come through, the tension builds and you begin to think he is going to come through the window, she then gets up and runs out of the building, the audience become confused in this scene as she runs towards a phone box, the camera cuts towards a truck which somehow is being controlled by the man in the suit, the truck storms towards the phone box, this is great for tension as it puts the audience on the edge of their seat and wonder whether she is going to be killed. The truck smashes through the phone box which in theory would kill the women instantly, the man in the suit then gets out of the truck and check on the phone box, as if by magic the women has disappeared whether she is alive or dead we do not know, this is a great enigma as this is the ending of the beginning scene and this makes the viewer want to watch on to find out who the women is why the police where after her, who the man was why was he wearing a suit, how they done all the magic jumps and floating, and the main thing whether she survived the truck crash or not.

Analysis of Layer Cake

LAYER CAKE

The movie starts with the logo of Columbia appearing, and then white text appears in front of a black background. This is so the credits stand out. The opening credits are in the following order:

• Columbia Pictures presents
• In association with MARV films
• A Mathew Vaughn Production

These credits stop then a medium close up of the rear of a grey van. The camera then starts to zoom out and an explosion blows off the rear doors of the van. Smoke makes the shot hard to see for the viewer and the camera continues to zoom out. As the camera zooms out you see two men in black jackets running towards the van. Soft background music and a narration begin which are non-diagetic sounds. The background music makes the scenes more interesting and the narration helps the viewers understand the narrative of the story and what type of person Daniel Craig’s character is.  The camera then tracks across the screen showing a man holding up a sawed-off shotgun. This makes the viewer wonder who the man is pointing the gun at, so the camera then tracks further and focuses on a woman hiding behind a vintage car, showing a close up of the woman’s face. The camera then tracks along the woman’s hair, which then makes the hair of a longhaired man smoking in a room. This is a smooth transition from the scenery of the car to the room.  The smooth transitions make the viewers understand that the scenes aren’t really linked o the narrative and let them know that the following scenes are part of a montage.

The next scene is set in the 60’s showing a man smoking with woman around him, the camera tracks a woman and then another smooth transition occurs to a prison. You know that this scene is set in the sixties because the narration lets the viewer know and also the scenery behind the man and the woman are classic of a 60’s bedroom, with flowers and cannabis plants p[painted on the walls. The camera then follows a prison officer showing all the prisoners eating and talking.

Another transition from the prison to a white room filled with FCUK products that are altered to look like regular drugs such as cocaine, LCD etc. The camera tracks along these shelves of drugs and then you see Daniel Craig looking the drugs. The drugs then one by one turn into normal chemist products such as toothpaste, cream etc.  And the white room eventually turns into an average convenience store. This is a clever transition from the white room to the convenience store. Daniel Craig’s character then walks out of the convenience store and the camera focuses on him on a medium long shot, walking down the street. The scenery behind him is classic of a British town or city because you can see pelican crossings in the background.

The camera shows Daniel Craig’s character walking into a flat but then the camera moves up and goes through the window to show a man with a mask over his mouth as a doctor would wear, then you see Daniel Craig character walk through the door that leads into the room with the man. They both start handling kilos of cocaine. The camera then backs out of the room through the window and then you hear diagetic sound coming from a police car. The camera shows a high angle shot of the police car and another transition moves the police car from England to Amsterdam. The viewers know that this new scene is set in Amsterdam because a subtitle shows this.