Film Certification Research: BBFC

Static Reality will feature the use of drugs and violence, so must adhere to the British Board of Film Classification’s regulations for 15 rated films.

Drugs

Drug taking may be shown but the work as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse
(for example, through instructional detail). The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.

The use of drugs in Static Reality is brief and intends to showcase the characters dependence and addiction. It does not promote the use of it and portrays the bad effects of using it, depression, schizophrenia and impairment.

Violence

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic violence is also unlikely to be acceptable.                                                                                   
 There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but the depiction of sexual violence must be discreet and justified by context.

There will be a clip of a fight scene, that won’t show injury. The corpse won’t have any external injury and will just appear dead. This does not breach the regulations of the BBFC.