The British Board of Film Classification say that ' a childrens film should have no special effort made to make the film appeal to different audiences.' I don't think this appeals today because of films such as Toy Story as the humor used can be enjoyed by adults aswel as children.
A U certificate film must have a positive moral within the story, to educate children without them knowing it and sending out good messages. It should also have a reassuring counterbalance to any threat or horror that was seen in the film, for example, Monsters Inc. could have been seen as a scary movie, but to make sure children didn't get scared it showed the monsters as fluffy and cute and scared of children themselves. The movie has to be suitable for children to view alone, meaning that they can go watch the film by themselves without having an adult or older person with them to explain what is going on, so it must have quite a simple storyline. There must be no bad language, drugs or discrimination shown in the film and also no emphasis on real or accessible weapons, for example, in Power Rangers the weapons used are not real and cannot be accessed in the real world. Lastly, there should be no sexual content only love, for example the traditional storyline of the prince and princess falling in love, or the princess and the frog.
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