I was wondering what you have to do to get your film reviewed by the MPAA to get a G,PG,PG_13 rating and so on. Where do you send it? What do you send? How much does it cost?
Getting an MPAA rating on your film?
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You can always call/mail them to ask:
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
Motion Picture Association (MPA)
15503 Ventura Blvd.
Encino, California 91436
(818) 995-6600
Or search their website: www.mpaa.org
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
Motion Picture Association (MPA)
15503 Ventura Blvd.
Encino, California 91436
(818) 995-6600
Or search their website: www.mpaa.org
It all depends on the budget. There is a sliding scale amount. For example, 1.5mil to 2.9 mil is $4000 and you should give at least 3 months prior to release date time to get in order.
I'd like to see someone sue these big outlets for discrimination for not carrying indie films for not having a rating. There's so many excellent DVDs out there these big carriers will not carry in stores because they are minus an MPAA rating.Zensteve said:So you can have a shot at straight-to-video with the big places, like Blockbuster & Walmart.
Depends how you look at it, I guess.
You could also say, "There's so many excellent DVDs out there that won't get seen, because their producers won't make the effort to fill in some paperwork."
Walmart & Blockbuster have some basic requirements, and they like to know what they are selling. Neither of them carry NC-17 titles, and as a business they are allowed to decide what they do want to carry. Noone's suing them because they won't stock porn titles... in fact, if they did they'd make a killing seeing as how that market has an endless demand. They have decided what is right for their companies, and are sticking to it.
The MPAA ratings may be semi-useless in a lot of ways, but it's simple enough to use when determining what is "right" to carry... especially when buying many titles in bulk; sight unseen. No surprises.
You could also say, "There's so many excellent DVDs out there that won't get seen, because their producers won't make the effort to fill in some paperwork."
Walmart & Blockbuster have some basic requirements, and they like to know what they are selling. Neither of them carry NC-17 titles, and as a business they are allowed to decide what they do want to carry. Noone's suing them because they won't stock porn titles... in fact, if they did they'd make a killing seeing as how that market has an endless demand. They have decided what is right for their companies, and are sticking to it.
The MPAA ratings may be semi-useless in a lot of ways, but it's simple enough to use when determining what is "right" to carry... especially when buying many titles in bulk; sight unseen. No surprises.
As far as I know, they will rate any film, but the price is the same regardless of your budget.. I believe they charge in the neighborhood of $3500 to rate a film. (That's EACH time you have them rate it.. so if you get a worse rating than you want, re-cut the film and have it rated again.. same price, again.)