The Rating Board does not determine the content that may be included in motion pictures by filmmakers, nor does it evaluate the quality or social value of motion pictures. By issuing a rating, it seeks to inform parents of the level of certain content in a motion picture (violence, sex, drugs, language, thematic material, adult activities, etc.) that parents may consider inappropriate for viewing by their children. What is the meaning of these ratings?
PG
PG-13
R
NC-17
FILM RATINGS
ResponderEliminarG: general audience. The film contents are suitable for all ages because they aren’t considered offensive for young children.
PG: this acronym means parental guidance recommended because the film contains some material which may not be suitable for children.
PG13: it means parents strongly cautioned, because some material may be inappropriate for children under thirteen. Parents should be especially careful about letting their younger children see the film.
R: it means “restricted” and it signifies that if you are under seventeen you´ll have to see the film with un adult because the film contains some adult material like sex, violence, drugs,..
NC17: it means only adults or no one seventeen and under admitted because the film contains explicit sex scenes, sexual or bad language and scenes of excessive violence and it can be considered obscene or pornographic.
These five ratings are from USA and England but in Spain we only have four ratings, but none of them prohibit the entrance at the cinema:
-general audience
-not suitable for children under seven
-not suitable for children under twelve
-not suitable for children under eighteen
G : THIS LETTER STANDS FOR “GENERAL AUDIENCE”. THE FILM IS SUITABLE FOR EVERYBODY SINCE THE MOTION PICTURES DOES NOT CONTAIN ANYTHING THAT WOULD OFFEND PARENTS TO BE VEWIED BY THEIR CHILDREN.
ResponderEliminarPG: PARENTAL GUIDANCE. THE MOTION PICTURE MAY CONTAIN SOME MATERIAL THAT THE PARENTS MIGHT NOT FIND "SUITABLE" FOR THEIR CHILDREN SUCH AS BAD BEHAVIOUR,BAD ACTIONS….
PG-13: PARENTS ARE URGED TO BE CAREFUL AS SOME MATERIAL MAY BE INADEQUATE FOR PRE-TEENAGERS
R: STANDS FOR "RESTRICTED". IT CONTAINS ADULT-MATERIAL SUCH AS: SEXUALITY,NUDITY, SWEAR WORDS, DRUG USE,VIOLENCE... CHILDREN UNDER 17 REQUIRE ACCOMPANYING ADULT.
NC-17: ONLY ADULTS OR NOT UNDER 17. FILMS CAN BE CONSIDERED "OBSCENE" AND "PORNOGRAPHIC.