How far can one go violence-wise when aiming for a PG-13 rating?
Raiders of the Lost ark had a scene where a heart got ripped out and the fight scene between the two kids was pretty intense as well, yet that managed to get a PG-13 rating. This was probably because it was Spielberg, but that was almost twenty years ago, so do you think they'd let that slide by default now?
I'm asking because I'm writing an upbeat thriller starring and aimed at kids, but I don't want it to feel like it's pulling any of its punches and I want the killer to appear as a genuine menace, so I'm planning on adding about 2 semi-graphic scenes.
(First few pages here: p068.ezboard.com/fdonedealfrm32.showMessage?topicID=2056.topic , although there's no graphicness to comment on in there: it's nothing more than a shameless self-plug)
Btw, do you think it'd be okay to MENTION child molestation?
Raiders of the Lost ark had a scene where a heart got ripped out and the fight scene between the two kids was pretty intense as well, yet that managed to get a PG-13 rating. This was probably because it was Spielberg, but that was almost twenty years ago, so do you think they'd let that slide by default now?
I'm asking because I'm writing an upbeat thriller starring and aimed at kids, but I don't want it to feel like it's pulling any of its punches and I want the killer to appear as a genuine menace, so I'm planning on adding about 2 semi-graphic scenes.
(First few pages here: p068.ezboard.com/fdonedealfrm32.showMessage?topicID=2056.topic , although there's no graphicness to comment on in there: it's nothing more than a shameless self-plug)
Btw, do you think it'd be okay to MENTION child molestation?
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