The age rating that I would give The White Room based on the factors provided on the BBFC website would be 12. There are multiple factors that the age rating for a (short) film is based on. However there are only a few which feature in our film. There is no discrimination, drugs, threat, nudity or sex in our film however, there are four factors that could apply to our short film.
There is no promotion of imitable behaviour in our film, however, it does feature. Promotion could be seen as the films protagonists carrying out certain behaviour that could be considered illegal. The biggest example of this in modern films is drugs. However, all the illegal activities or imitable behaviour is carried out by the antagonists. There is a long scene about the two antagonists, Wayne and Aaron talking about how they plan to kidnap the main protagonist Christopher. The end scene is Aaron putting the plan in motion and kidnapping Christopher. The scene ends before anything too graphic is shown however. There are no weapons used as Aaron uses his strength to overpower Christopher. Even though there is no promotion of this kind of behaviour the audience is still supposed to see Aaron as a victim. He is displayed as Wayne's goon and has no choice in what he does. He doesn't want to kidnap or hurt any one and Wayne is the one making him do it. Even though they may pity Aaron, they still don't feel influenced by his behaviour as they know that it is wrong due to him still being portrayed as an antagonist.
Bad language is the main reason why the rating of the film may be increased to a 15. Typically a film rated 12, 12A or below doesn't feature any swear words that could be considered "strong". However, the second line in the whole film is Wayne saying "Cos we don't have any fucking money". That is potentially enough to raise the film up to a 15 rating, however, it does state that the odd use is acceptable but repeated uses of foul language will definitely make the film a 15. Other than the odd use of bad language in the first scene, there is no other uses of bad language in The White Room. This could also link to the films imitable behaviour as the only time bad language is used heavily or aggressively in the short film is by the antagonists. There is a minor use by Christopher when he says his degree is going "shit", however, when put in context, it is a lot less aggressive than when Wayne or Aaron swear and he swears a lot less.
The violent scene in the film is not a very long one at all. It is a scene of Christopher walking towards the camera. It then cuts to Aaron hiding behind a wall. As Christopher passes by he begins to follow him and then violently grab him from behind. However, before the scene can get too graphic the film ends. There is a lot of talk about the kidnapping between Aaron and
