Certification

In creating my teaser trailer I will have to take certification into account. If the teaser trailer would be shown in a cinema screening of a 12A film the teaser trailer itself would have to comply to the standard of 12A, therefore even if the film itself would be rated 15 which would allow for much more graphic content within the film, the trailer could not feature that. As stated by the BBFC guidelines this would prohibit the use of violence in the trailer that places "emphasis on injuries, or blood" and no use of strong language even though a 15 film would allow gory violence providing it was not sexualised and use of frequent bad language. To this end in order to catch the widest possible audience, I personally would consider that the best possible action would be to try and ensure the trailer is suitable for a 12A audience, in order to ensure it has as wider possible audience that it can reach.