Summary of Guardian article

• Films cost more to make even though there's less money for low budget films as hollywood take the majority of the money and vey little goes to the independent film productions.
• The amount of money in the middle and low budget films is getting lower and is at the lowest amount of money for over a decade.
• High budget television shows is at the same level as small films and has increased the amount of money that is put into production of each episode.
• Normal television channels are almost doubling the amount of money spent leaving little to no difference between films and high end tv
• Netflix has made more original films than sky 

Legal Issues

Intellectual Property Rights

IP law protects your ideas from other people trying to exploit them.

if you create a media project other people have to get your permission to use it 
Trade Mark

Design Rights

Copyright 

Patents

Trade Mark

Trade marks are used to protect their brands

Register a trade mark in the uk, Europe and Asia

Can apply it to a logo or name.

can be a valuable asset to the business as only need renewing every 10 years.

Copyright

Copy right comes for websites, photos, maps and documents.

Important to record when and how you got the copyright.

Can last up to 70 years after your lifetime. 

Design rights

About the way your product looks like.

Aren't expensive and cover you abroad.

the minute you produce it you can still be covered.

Patents

If you invent a new product you should get a patent.

Last for up to 20 years.

Can be very complicated and expensive.

May open good investment for your business.

Legal Issues/law	Explanation of the law	Application to media	Examples
Intellectual property	The rights people have to their own creation.	It allows you to stop other people from using your project you created.	Star Wars storm trooper copyright issue
Libel	you could face a lawsuit if the media product is produced containing information about someone which is untrue or damaging to their reputation. this can be in written form; imagery use or radio broadcast.	If someone damages your reputation or public appearance using the media without having concrete evidence, you can sue them.	Katie Hopkins with the Washington post.
Data Protection Act	If you collect data about individuals during the creation of a media product the DPA must be adhered to or you could face a law suit.	A business using your data when they need it and not sharing your data to other companies.	Facebook was sharing their user’s personal information to other companies.
Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988	If you have created a piece of music, recording or images then you have control of when other people can use it.	It allows you to control what people can use of your property.	Anne Muir

Star Wars Copyright Issue

If Lucas film could convince the courts the 3D works were sculptures, they would be protected by copyright for the life of the author plus 70 years.

If not, the copyright protection would be reduced to 15 years from the date they were marketed, meaning it would have expired and Mr Ainsworth would be free to sell them.

Libel- you could face a lawsuit if the media product is produced containing information about someone which is untrue or damaging to their reputation. this can be in written form, imagery use or radio broadcast.

Data Protection Act

If you collect data about individuals during the creation of a media product the the DPA must be adhered to or you could face a law suit.

The uk law

The DPA has 8 principles

Every company in the uk has to adhere to it.

1- Need permission

2- Customers consent

3-Accurate and up to date

4- Only for as long as it is needed for.

5- the data needs to be available to the customer.

6-Must be processed securely in the UK.

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

if you have created a piece of music, recording or images then you have control of when other people can use it.

Slander- carries same legal implications as libel and involves making a false statement in the spoken word.

Human Rights Act 2014

The values that keep society fair, just and equal.

They protect everyone.

European Convention on Human Rights.(post ww2)

Puts rights and freedoms at the heart of society

Make hun Rights apart of Uk law

BBC tv license

 What is the name of the Act that requires the BBC to issue TV licences and collect a licence fee?

           Applications for and the exercise of search warrants are authorised under section 366 of the Communications Act 2003. The Communications Act 2003 imposes a duty on the BBC to issue TV Licences and collect the licence fee.    

 Who approves the amount each year?

           The Government is responsible for setting the level of the licence fee.        

 How much is the current fee?

           The Government has confirmed that from 1 April 2019 the cost of the annual television licence fee will increase from £150.50 to £154.50.

    

How much in licence fee revenue is lost because of evasion?

           Licence-fee evasion fell from 7.04 per cent to 6.57 per cent. There are now an estimated 1.8 million evaders, costing £270 million in lost revenue. 

How many people are imprisoned for licence fee evasion?

           In England and Wales there are 180,000 prosecutions

Time constraints and Personnel

- What does the term time constraint mean?

 How to allocate your time and resources 
- What is a time constraint?

 How to allocate your time and resources 
- What is personnel?

People employed in an organisation or engaged in an organised undertaking such as military service.

Time constraints

Final deadlines

Interim deadlines (project often built backwards from this)

Availability of people

Availability of equipment

Days/hours that people can work

 Relying on volunteers

Holiday/seasonal issues

Personnel

Skills

Number of people

Experience of your personnel

Audit of knowledge

Some may need to be provided with training (e.g. sound technician)  

 What does the role of production designer entail?

Production Designers are responsible for creating and managing the visual aspects of a film, television or theatre production. They work closely with the Director and Producer to create the design style for aspects such as sets, graphics, props, lighting and costumes.

During a production, what other members does the production designer co-ordinate with?

Production designers are responsible for the visual concept of a film, television or theatre production. They identify a design style for sets, locations, graphics, props, lighting, camera angles and costumes, while working closely with the director and producer.

What issues can occur for a production designer?

       If the visual aspects of the show goes wrong then it is up to the production designer to get it fixed. 

       What skills, education, experience and training are beneficial for a production designer to have? 

• Working knowledge of the visual arts and production processes and theories.
• Sketching ability, and ability to communicate ideas through drawings and models.
• Ability to solve problems and be resourceful and adaptable.
• Ability to plan, schedule and monitor progress across of a large project.

Crowd funding

Intro to budgeting

It is a creative tool.

A plan to help you pull off your movie.

Need to know the script. ( how many actors and the locations)

How much things cost.

Have to be flexible with the budget. 

Need to do post production so sound.

Compromise and balance.

Ask random people to give you money so you can complete your task.

1- What is the film called?

     Unsound

2- What was the kickstarter project for?

     Raise funds for his movie.

3- How long did they spend developing the concept?

     3 weeks.

4- How many days do most successful campaigns run for?

     30 days

5- What figure did they decide on?

     $15,000

6- How did they promote the project?

     Put it all over social media.

7- What is the pyramid marketing structure?

     99% pyramid. 90% lurkers. 9% Interact. 1% heavily invested

Enemy of man

1- How much were they asking for?

     $250,000

2- How much did they get?

     $255,000

3- How Many backers were there?

     2712

4- Who is the director and why is this important?

Vincent Regan

5- How else is the project being funded?

Friends personal money  

6- What was the funding for?

To complete filming for the movie

7- Why do you think this was successful in gaining funding?

Had many famous actors that the public wanted to see act in the film. 

8- What has happened since it was funded?

They finished filming but didn't have enough funding to distribute the film.

Ethics

Game of thrones case study

Episode Name
The red wedding.

Age rating
15.

Why it was awarded that age
Strong language, sexual violence, sex, strong bloody violence, murder, no flesh shown so stayed at a 15.


Episode name
The mountain of viper.

Age rating
15.

Why was it awarded that
Strong language, Strong bloody violence, murder, gore, sexual violence.


Episode name
The battle of the snows

Age rating
18

Why was it awarded that
Strong violence, bloody, murder, bodily organs on show, lots of blood, real representative of war at the time, Strong language.





The Hobbit

What are the issues surrounding these films?

The main ethical problem with the hobbit is that 27 animals were killed in the process of filming the hobbit that lead to an uprising when members of the public found out. This was because the animals weren't kept properly in good conditions. therefore the people for the ethical treatment of animals renamed the film "unexpected cruelty".

sponsership

Sponsorship

Why do companies pay for sponsors?

So, they can promote their business and expand customer awareness.

Rizzle kicks

-       Who are they sponsoring?

Mini

Beats

-       Was it high or low budget?

Very low budget video

Extras were their friends

Video was filmed at their school

High budget music video

-       Why was it a high budget video?

The accuracy and the timing

-       Who are they sponsoring?

              Chevrolet

-       Was it high or low budget?

Very high budget but the money was given to them.