Audience Classification Research

I want to suggest rape in my opening sequence when the girl is being attacked, however I wanted my audience to be aged between 15 - 25 and didn't know if suggestions of rape was aloud to be seen in a 15 classification so I did some research. A 15 classification is aloud brief scenes of sexual violence therefore my target audience can remain aged between 15 - 25.

15 Classification

• strong violence
• frequent strong language (eg 'f***').
• portrayals of sexual activity
• strong verbal references to sex
• sexual nudity
• brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
• discriminatory language or behaviour
• drug taking

18 Classification

• very strong violence
• frequent strong language (eg 'f***') and/or very strong language (eg ‘c***’)
• strong portrayals of sexual activity
• scenes of sexual violence
• strong horror
• strong blood and gore
• real sex (in some circumstances)
• discriminatory language and behaviour