children in 18 cert movies

[tali122]

now some 18 certificate cinema movies feature children in prominent parts -so how are these children "protected" from the movie theyre appearing in - but cant see?(and i assume this has to be explained to them)- do they have appointed guardians/social workers with them whilst filming

animals appearing in movies are monitored by some animal humane society -so is there similar for children?

[Oneeyedvic]

First of all you should bear in mind that a film is not really made until the cutting room - ie an actor (adult or child) will not actually have scenes in sequance as the audience sees them but very disjointed.

Also, the whole point of a creepy film is to get the right feeling behind it - ie the darkness, the soundtrack etc. Very difficult to create a 'scary' atmosphere when you can actually see a set and lots of cameras around you.

Don't forget, they would have read a script, so know what happens next and I assume that if a scence calls for something grisly, they have spent a very boring morning in make up.

I would assume that there is a 'social services' type bod about - if nothing else to make sure the child does not fall back on school work.

[andy hughes]

This question was raised after the release of The Exorcist which contained a large number of graphic and blasphemous scenes which included the fourteen-year-old Linda Blair.

The same rules apply then as now - Linda's 'demon' voice was dubbed by Mercedes McCambridge, and a lot of the more overtly graphic scenes were done using a body double.

A Oneyedvic has already explained, the film is oftenmade out of sequence, and the impact only applies when scene as edited, with sound effects and music added.

Linda Blair's mother was present on set every day of shooting, and was quite comfortable with the role her daughter played. Linda has said in interviews that she was not raise in a religious household, so the concept of the Devil was as a 'bogeyman'.

[joko]

a lot of the scary stuff is CGI and added later, so the kids will never see it.

actors wearing any scary makeup or costumes are introduced to the kids as they really are, as real people, and talk and joke with the kids in between scenes so there is no sense of a real scary monster for them, as OEV said, they are filmed out of sequence and in a room full of crew members - who will often make an extra effort to be jolly when there are kids around - as well as their chaperone or parents - so theres no scary mood soundtrack or monsters suddenly jumping out at them unexpectedly, as the monsters jump at the camera not the actors.

there is also a lot of 'cut' and 'action' and redoing scenes again and again, so no continous fear building.

it really couldn't be less scary

[tomd]

It doesn't get it's certificate until after filming either.

[The Cowboy]

Not quite the same, but I used see X certificate films on a regular basis from the age 16 to 18. I was an apprentice projectionist in the late 60's. The cinema owners had to get permission for me to work whilst an X film was being shown.

The Cowboy.