A childrens film is aimed at children, for childrens viewing. This is not to be confused with a family film. The difference betweeen a childrens and a family film are that a family film is aimed for all ages and children is often defined as under 12's.
PG Certificate: PG stands for parental guidance. When making a PG film you have to consider a few factors; Drugs, imitable behaviour, laguage, nudity, horror, sex, theme and violence. This is because young children may see this and copy it. There must be little or no reference to drugs, if there is it shoud be inocuous, or a warning should follow. Behaviour must be suitable as they may imitate bad behaviour. Bad language obviously cannot be used and nudity musnt be shown in a sexual manner. Horror can only be mild because other wise it would scare the chilren and scar them. Sex references can only be used if they are mild and infrequent and they must also be discreet. the violence is a little bit more in depth than the U certificate because they show more violence however they have to make sure that it has a moral to it. Themes are more serious however they have to have areasuring ending, for example a moral.
Parent may decide whether they think the film is suitable for the age of their children. PG films are mainly aimed at aged 8/9 or older, although it depends on how mature they are.
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