Title Ideas Survey

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Film Title Ideas

These are the title ideas that I have come up with I have narrowed it down to the four I think are the best which are:  Last Man Standing, Death Match, Final Countdown and Stranded.  I will get audience feedback through social media.

Shot Types

Film Rating Catorgories

U - Universal

A U film should be suitable for audiences aged four and over, but is is impossible to predict what might upset any particular child.  They should have a positive framework offering reassuring counterbalances to any violence, threat or horror.  If it is particular suited for pre-school children it will be stated.

Drugs, discrimination and imitable behaviour must be clearly disapproved of.  The use  of infrequent very mild language like 'damn' or 'hell' is acceptable, as well as occasional nudity with no sexual context and very mild sexual behaviour like kissing.

PG - Parental Guidance

A PG film should not unsettle a child around eight years or older.  Unaccompanied children of any age may watch this but parents are advised to consider wether the content may up set younger or more sensitive children.

Discrimination is unlikely to be acceptable unless in an educational or historical context with no likely appeal to children.  References to illegal drugs or misuse of drugs must be innocuous or carry a suitable anti-drug message.  No detail of potentially dangerous behaviour or anti-social behaviour that children are likely to copy, if it is presented as safe or fun and no glamorisation of realistic or easily accessible weapons such as knives.  Mild bad language is allowed although aggressive or very frequent use of such may result in a higher rating.  There may be nudity with no sexual context and sexual activity may be implied, but should be discreet and infrequent - mild sex references and innuendo only.  Frightening sequences or situations where characters are in danger should not be prolonged or intense, fantasy settings may be a mitigating factor.  Violence will usually be mild, but there may be moderate violence without detail, if justified by it's context e.g: history, comedy or fantasy.

12A & 12- Video and cinema release suitable for 12 and over

Films classified 12A and video works classified 12 contain material that is not suitable for children under the age of 12.  No one younger than 12 may see a 12A film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult, adult planning to take children under the age of 12 to view a 12A film are advised to consider wether the content is suitable for that child.  No one younger than 12 may buy or rent a 12 rated video work.

Discriminatory language must not be endorsed by the work as a whole, aggressive discriminatory language or behaviour is unlikely to be acceptable unless clearly condemned.  Misuse of drugs must be infrequent and should not be glamorised or give instructional detail.  No promotion of potentially dangerous behaviour likely to be copied by children and no glamorisation of realistic or easily accessible weapons such as knives, no endorsement tot anti-social behaviour.  There may be moderate language, strong language may be permitted, depending on the manner in which it is used, who is using it, its frequency within the work as a whole and any special contextual justification.  There may be nudity, but in a sexual context it must be brief and discreet and sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed.  Moderate sex references are permitted, but frequent crude references are unlikely to be acceptable.  There may be moderate physical and psychological threat and horror sequences, although some scenes may be disturbing the overall tone should not be, and horror sequences should not be frequent or sustained.  There may be moderate violence but it should not dwell on detail, and there should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasionally gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context.  Sexual violence may only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated, and its depiction must be justified by context.

15 - Suitable for 15 and over

No one younger than 15 may see a 15 film in cinema and no one younger than 15 may rent or buy a 15 rated video work.

The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour, although there may be racist, homophobic or other discriminatory themes and language.  Drug taking may be shown but the work as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse, and the misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances is unlikely to be acceptable.  Dangerous behaviour like hanging, suicide and self harming should not dwell on detail which could be copied.  Whether the depiction of easily accessible weapons is acceptable will depend on factors such as realism, context and setting.  There may be strong language, very strong language may be permitted, depending on the manner in which it is used, who is using it, its frequency within the work as a whole and any special contextual justification.  There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context, and there may be nudity in a sexual context but usually without strong detail.  Sexual activity may be portrayed, but usually without strong detail.  There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by the context, works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.  There may be strong threat and horror, but a sustained threat is unlikely to be acceptable.  Violence may be strong but should not dwell on infliction of pain or injury, but the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable.  Strong sadistic violence is also unlikely to be acceptable.  There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but the depiction of sexual violence must be discreet and justified by context. 

18 - Suitable only for adults

No one younger than 18 may see a 18 film in a cinema and no one younger than 18 may rent or buy a 18 rated video work.

Adults should be free to choose their own entertainment. Exceptions are most likely in the following areas:
          - Where the material is in breach of the criminal law, or has been created through the commission of a criminal offence
          - Where material or treatment appears to us to risk harm to individuals or, through their behaviour, to society. For example, the detailed portrayal of violent or dangerous acts, or of illegal drug use, which may cause harm to public health or morals. This may include portrayals of sadistic or sexual violence which make this violence look appealing; reinforce the suggestion that victims enjoy sexual violence; or which invite viewer complicity in sexual violence or other harmful violent activities

          - Where there are more explicit images of sexual activity in the context of a sex work (see below) or where the primary purpose of the images in question is sexual arousal.

In the case of video works, which may be more accessible to younger viewers, intervention may be more frequent than for cinema films.

Sex education at 18
Where sex material genuinely seeks to inform and educate in matters such as human sexuality or safer sex and health, explicit images of sexual activity may be permitted.

Sex works at 18
Sex works are works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation.  Sex works containing only material which may be simulated are generally passed 18.  Sex works containing clear images of real sex, strong fetish material, sexually explicit animated images, or other very strong sexual images will be confined to the R18 category.  Material which is unacceptable in a sex work at R18 is also unacceptable in a sex work at 18.



I think my film will definitely be an 18 as it will contain strong gory violence that will dwell on the infliction of pain and injury with sustained horror scenes.  Also it will contain dangerous acts including suicide and hanging, as well as depict easily accessibly weapons in a realistic way.  It will also include frequent use of very strong language, as wells some discriminatory language and behaviour and possibly nudity in a both a non-sexual and a sexual context.  All of the above stated facts push the rating up past a 15 and makes most definitely not suited for anything below that.

Shot Types

- Panning Shot - of a room
- Establishing Shot - of a building and it's area
- Long Shot - of something
- Medium Shot - of a person
- Close-up Shot - of an object/piece of paper with a line of writing on it

Main Story Ideas