Markings downloads and guides

Here you will find classification marking downloads and guides for how to use them.

Markings for advertising

Legends for advertising films, film session times, and computer games

Film session times and directories

For directories where the titles are small, for example less than 3 mm high, a Classification Character may appear next to the title at the same height as the title.

For directories where the titles are larger, we have provided 4 options for markings. All of the markings may appear next to the title, and at the same height as the title.

Colour

Option 1 - Classification CharacterZIP, 2.15MB

Option 2 - Colour Classification Symbol SquareZIP, 2.28MB

Option 3 - Colour Classification Symbol RectangleZIP, 2.12MB

Black and white

Option 1 - Classification CharacterZIP, 2.15MB

Option 2 - Classification SymbolZIP, 2.19MB

Option 3 - Mono Classification Symbol SquareZIP, 2.26MB

Option 4 - Mono Classification Symbol RectangleZIP, 2.23MB

Print and online advertising

Pack shots

There are two options for advertisements with packshots:

Option 1

If the packshot is large enough so that the marking on the pack is not less than 4 mm in height then the marking on the pack is sufficient. The classification description applicable to the films or computer games must appear next to the pack shot or in a key or legend.

Option 2

If the markings in the pack shots are obscured, then a marking needs to be superimposed on the lower left corner of the pack shot or under the packshot. The classification description applicable to the films or computer games must appear next to the pack shot or in a key or legend.

a. A 10 pt black upper case character/s on white background [ZIP 2.2MB] or a 10 pt white upper case character/s on black background [ZIP 2.19MB] in the lower left corner of the pack shot or immediately below the pack shot, or

b. A colour classification symbol square [ZIP 2.27MB] or a colour classification symbol rectangle [ZIP 2.12MB] on the lower left corner of the pack shot, or, if a pack shot is not used in the advertisement, next to the title.

A legend, or link to a legend, must appear in advertisements using pack shots.

Other pages with advertisements for films or computer games should refer to the page on which the key or legend appears.

Advertising not using pack shots

There are two options for markings that do not use pack shots and are not moving image advertisements.

Option 1

A classification symbol [ZIP 2.19MB] and the consumer advice related to the title.

Option 2

A colour combination box

Consumer advice

For 1 or 2 lines of consumer advice the text must be 15 pointZIP, 1.9MB

For 3 or 4 lines of consumer advice the text must be 11 pointZIP, 1.91MB

For 5 lines of consumer advice the text must be 10 pointZIP, 361.01KB

For all material classified X 18+ the following words must be included in the combination box after the consumer advice 'Showing this film to under 18s may be a criminal offence'.

For material classified G which has no consumer advice the following can be used:

Classification symbol

Colour classification symbol rectangle [ZIP 2.17MB] or Colour classification combination-style box [ZIP 702KB]

Markings for moving image and screen

There are two options for markings shown on trailers and at the beginning of a film or computer game:

a "tag"
a "ticker"

Tickers

Tickers feature the classification and the consumer advice only. Tickers should play for an adequate time, say, approximately 10 seconds.

The ticker must include:

Colour classification symbol square [ZIP 2.27MB] or Colour classification symbol rectangle [ZIP 2.12MB] or Classification symbol [ZIP 2.19MB] and
consumer advice related to the title

Download the ticker using the classification rectangle [ZIP 2.19MB].

Example tags and tickers

These are low resolution examples only and cannot be downloaded for use as a marking. You will require Photoshop or similar software to view these.

Three second tag M classification exampleZIP, 736.27KB

Five second or longer tag M classification exampleZIP, 2.29MB

Tickers exampleZIP, 141.21KB

Multiple title trailers

For trailers for two or more films or computer games, a ticker must be shown, including the Classification symbol [ZIP 2.19MB] for each title advertised and the relevant consumer advice, if any. The ticker must play for an adequate time for it to be read, say, approximately 10 seconds, in high contrast to the background and at least 70 percent opacity.

For films or computer games with the same classification, the relevant symbol/s need only appear once and the consumer advice for all the titles need to be included. If the titles have consumer advices that are for the same classifiable element (violence, sex, language etcetera) then only the higher one needs to be included in the advertisement.

For example, if the advertisement is for two M titles: M Violence and coarse language and M, Violence and two MA15+ titles: MA15+ Strong drug use and themes and MA15+ Strong themes the statement would be: