Legal
Live For The Weekend would most likely be age rated a 15 by the BBFC.
Although the film does not involve any violence, discrimination, sex, threat or violence it does include some drug use and strong language.
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The BBFC states that "Drug taking may be shown but the work as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse". There are drugs used in Live For The Weekend but they are taken in a way of caution (with the characters expressing concern initially), then once the drugs take effect it is shown some enjoyment. This enjoyment does not last extensively and is soon cut off by negative effects the following way. Although drugs are shown I do not believe they are promoted extensively in our production.
Some use of strong language such as "f*ck" is used in the film. Use of this language is not frequent, however, and is only used with a specific purpose - such as when Nikki first finds out about the drugs. Strong language is used here to exaggerate her dismay.
Overall, I believe "Live For The Weekend" would be rated a 15 by the BBFC. This is because it does not include any significant violence, discrimination, sex, threat or violence and only mild drug use and rare occasions of strong language.
To avoid breaching copyright law we made sure all content included in the film was produced ourselves so we own the copyright. The only aspect in which we did not create was the music, we I have discussed in detail here.
We also had to consider our filming locations as there are restrictions on what can be filmed on public and private land. After conducting research via "The Film and Video Institute", we established that we did not require permission to film on public land as our work was non-commercial. Other filming locations were private homes owned by our actors, which we gained permission from upon arrival.
When filming the production, actors were asked to sign a talent consent form which can be seen here.
Also, a health and safety risk assessment was carried out, this can be seen here.
Ethical
In terms of representation, our film represents teenagers in quite a stereotypical negative light. They are portrayed to be doing drugs, partying and not caring about school. This is what some 'older' people seem to think is stereotypical in modern times, unfortunately, this film does support this stereotypes by representing the characters in this way.
Increasingly, female representation is increasing in the Film and TV world with more female actors taking a leading role, our film supports this trend with our protagonist being "Chloe".
