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BBFC certificate of film research

The BBFC is the British board of film classification and is what is responsible for the rating that films are given before being released at the cinema to inform views what the film will contain. Film's have 7 different types of age ratings: U, PG, 12A, 12,  15, 18 and R18. The BBFC's classification decision is all based on their guidelines that reflect current views on film regulation at the time of release. The Compliance Officers who help rate films look at issues such as discrimination, drugs, imitable behaviour, sex, violence and the way how it makes the audience feel when making a decision of what rating a film should be. However in some cases if they find films to be exceed these guidelines it can result in the cutting or even banning of films.

I plan that the film we are going to create is going to be a 15 age rating in terms of the BBFC's guidelines. This is particularly due to the dark tone that underlies over the whole film despite their being parts of comedy sprinkled throughout as the main character suffers with psychological torment in his whole life and this could very easily upset someone when they are watching the film. Also throughout certain parts of the film their is excessive violence shown during Thomas' daydreams in which he kills his boss, Vincent Clarke. This is obviously imitable behaviour as the way he kills him is realistic and graphic and could cause copycat behaviour is people of a young age watch this film. Overall I believe 15 is a fair age rating for the film with the content within it and appropriately shows what may upset viewers of this film. 

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Character Profiles

Name - Thomas Miller 

Age - 24
Hobbies - He is very interested in computers
Bio - Thomas Miller was born in Sheffield and grew up in not a very wealthy family being brought up alone by just a single mother. From a very early age he was very interested in computers and the science behind them. Throughout his life he always enjoyed education being one of the highest achievers in his classes and always trying his hardest. However when he finally finished his A-levels with brilliant grades he realised it wouldn't be possible for him to go to university and pursue his dreams at the time being due to his mother struggling for money and them both needing some extra income. This is when he found that Clarke Industries, one of the biggest security businesses around the world was taking on staff as it expanded in London. Tom thought this was an unmissable opportunity and that he had to take it, packing his bags and moving to London when he officially got the job as just a typical office worker sat behind a desk 9 until 5. He never realised what he had gotten himself into. As soon as he started working there he realised this wasn't for him, constantly taking orders from people, sat doing the same mundane job everyday with no variation and having to encounter and deal with the infamous businessman Vincent Clarke who completely changed his life making it a living hell. Since he first started Thomas has been working at Clarke industries for 4 years and still dreams of quitting or perhaps worse every single day.


Name - Vincent Clarke 
Age - 35
Hobbies - Earning money

Bio - Vincent Clarke was born in London into one of the wealthiest families the city has ever known. His father James Clarke, a very well respected business man who initially built Clarke industries into the multi billion dollar company that it is today, died 6 years ago and the company was handed over to the only child, Vincent. Despite being a brilliant businessman like his father before him Vincent is world renowned for being arrogant, selfish and very egotistical. Throughout his years he has built the company even bigger than father ever could, however unlike him, Vincent loves being the centre of attention constantly doing TV interviews and such spouting his infamous catchphrase "It's prime time!". People who have worked with Vincent all say he is the worst boss ever and that he cares so little for his own employees health and well being and is only interested in how to make more money. For example underpaying very trained members of staff who he knows feel too threatened to leave just to keep more money in his own pocket. To Vincent, Thomas is just another worker and another income source, he doesn't care about him. But the other way round it is a very different story.

Wake - Short Film Analysis

Wake Analysis

 

Wake is a three minute long short film directed by Lin Oeding. It is an action/drama short which follows the aftermath of a brother and sisters past which catches them up when they are at the funeral of their father. Despite this film being a different genre to ours, I still think it is a brilliant short film and has some beautiful examples of cinematography, editing and acting. One of my main reasons for choosing to analyse this film over others is the length of it, as it is only three minutes long it which allows me to perfectly see how you can intrigue and entice an audience in such a small amount of time. Over the span of three minutes the protagonist and her brother are deeply explored through the use of only two short but very effective flashbacks which cut during the action to show the brother and sister's relationship when they are training at some sort of gym. From the very start their is a clear sense that this isn't a typical family due to the brother talking about "the money" and how "they" never found it and also how they are surprised their father lived to 65. It instantaneously intrigues the audience and makes them want to watch on to find out more and uncover their backstory. This is something I would really like to incorporate into our own film by getting the audience excited to watch on from the very beginning of the film.

Possibly my favourite character of the short film is the brother due to the way his character is expanded unlike no other. This is due to at first their are very negative connotations of the character as he is dressed in a prisoner's uniform and being escorted by a police officer and then in the initial flashback he seems to be quite aggressive to his sister telling her she is not quitting. Also it appears that he has very different intentions to his sister who seems just to be mourning for her late father when he actually just wants to discuss the money. However later on in the film after the sister has killed the antagonist and everyone else we see another flashback to her and her brother with him motivating her to carry on and then hugging her in a very loving manner showing his true good intentions. From this I gathered that the brother trained his sister to be able to protect herself and keep her safe as he clearly loves her and wants her to be able to defend herself as he knows the trouble they will both have to face due to the family they are in.

Overall I really enjoyed this short film as it added an amazing layer of depth to it's characters in a unique way and also had a small twist showing how the brother really cares for his sister through the flashback. Despite the genre differences I would still personally like to take inspiration from this film for my own such as the depth to the characters in unexpected ways and a level of intrigue that persists throughout until the very end.

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