Legal issues
The advertising standard authority (ASA) - Is the UK's protector responsible for ensuring ads are legal,honest,truthful and decent. The role of the ASA is to respond to complaints they get about advertisement and take action on taking it away.They also check the media for harmful or miss leading ads that people wouldn't find appropriate watching on TV. For example, Sainsburys had done a advert with The Royal British Legionthat was banned due to complaints they had received. They showed an ad based on the 1914 Christmas day truce during the first world war. Most of the complainants objected to the use of an event from the First
World War to advertise a supermarket. While acknowledging that some
found the ad to be in poor taste. It was not judged to be offensive but the ad had received 823 complaints so the ASA had no choice but to take it down.
The British board of film classification (BBFC) - This is the age regulator on film and video. This is when examiners will have a private screening and will talk about what age rating the movie should be. Before the examiners pick an age range they have to consider 6 things. Does it have sex? nudity?, is it violent? is there a lot of swearing? is it scary? and does it have any sexual violence? . These are all what they consider before putting an age range on a movie. Examiners choose from U to PG, 12A, 15 and 18; However, the BBFC isn't just about examiners as not many people know this but the BBFC is usually based on the audience's opinion. They would usually show people videos and ask what they think the age range is. There are examiners but the examiners would ask what people think about the movie to double check so when a movie goes into a cinema the age range is right, as there can be conflicts about an range. For example, the movie Adulthood was rated a 15 due to use of violence with guns, knifes and bats, sex and nudity and also drugs. The BBFC believed that it would be suitable for 15 year olds because anyone younger shouldn't be allowed.
However, there have been times when the BBFC have changed their ratings due to the audience not thinking its appropriate for their children. For example, dawn of the dead was rated at 15 however, the BBFC changed it to 18 as it could scare kids younger.
Office of communication (OFCOM) - This is the communications regulator in the UK. They regulate TV and radio sectors fixed line telecoms and other wireless devices. OFCOM was made to ensure that people get the best communication services while getting protected from scams. For example, if people are watching TV or listening to the radio OFCOM make sure people are protected from harmful of offensive material.
Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) - It is the media's and entertainment trade union. It's the UK's media and entertainment trade union; sectors covered include broadcasting, film, independent production, theatre and the arts, leisure and digital media.It represents staff, contact and freelance workers who are based in the United Kingdom. It is committed to equality for all people at work. The union supports policies that encourage and support cultural diversity and respect. For example, the unions equality and diversity committee is to support unions efforts to support more women to participate in fully in developing policies and initiatives.
Before putting your film out to members of the public you must first make sure you have clearance. This means you have written permission to show everything that will appear on screen. Such as, script , brands logos and music. For example,if a person were to do a movie based on a true film and they did not have clearance from the person then those people would be in a lot trouble as they done something without a persons permission. Another issue is copyright. This is when a film or TV shows uses something that someone else has already used.
When doing my short film I will also have to think about copyright and clearances. For example, getting clearances for the stuff we may wear. If someone from my group were to have a trainers that are from Adidas we would have to get clearance from them so we can use. Also our location we would need clearance otherwise we would be in trouble for not asking permission. We would also need to look up other short films from the internet and from others as somebody may have already have a similar idea and we wouldn't want people to think we have copied their work,
The British board of film classification (BBFC) - This is the age regulator on film and video. This is when examiners will have a private screening and will talk about what age rating the movie should be. Before the examiners pick an age range they have to consider 6 things. Does it have sex? nudity?, is it violent? is there a lot of swearing? is it scary? and does it have any sexual violence? . These are all what they consider before putting an age range on a movie. Examiners choose from U to PG, 12A, 15 and 18; However, the BBFC isn't just about examiners as not many people know this but the BBFC is usually based on the audience's opinion. They would usually show people videos and ask what they think the age range is. There are examiners but the examiners would ask what people think about the movie to double check so when a movie goes into a cinema the age range is right, as there can be conflicts about an range. For example, the movie Adulthood was rated a 15 due to use of violence with guns, knifes and bats, sex and nudity and also drugs. The BBFC believed that it would be suitable for 15 year olds because anyone younger shouldn't be allowed.
However, there have been times when the BBFC have changed their ratings due to the audience not thinking its appropriate for their children. For example, dawn of the dead was rated at 15 however, the BBFC changed it to 18 as it could scare kids younger.
Office of communication (OFCOM) - This is the communications regulator in the UK. They regulate TV and radio sectors fixed line telecoms and other wireless devices. OFCOM was made to ensure that people get the best communication services while getting protected from scams. For example, if people are watching TV or listening to the radio OFCOM make sure people are protected from harmful of offensive material.
Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) - It is the media's and entertainment trade union. It's the UK's media and entertainment trade union; sectors covered include broadcasting, film, independent production, theatre and the arts, leisure and digital media.It represents staff, contact and freelance workers who are based in the United Kingdom. It is committed to equality for all people at work. The union supports policies that encourage and support cultural diversity and respect. For example, the unions equality and diversity committee is to support unions efforts to support more women to participate in fully in developing policies and initiatives.
Before putting your film out to members of the public you must first make sure you have clearance. This means you have written permission to show everything that will appear on screen. Such as, script , brands logos and music. For example,if a person were to do a movie based on a true film and they did not have clearance from the person then those people would be in a lot trouble as they done something without a persons permission. Another issue is copyright. This is when a film or TV shows uses something that someone else has already used.
When doing my short film I will also have to think about copyright and clearances. For example, getting clearances for the stuff we may wear. If someone from my group were to have a trainers that are from Adidas we would have to get clearance from them so we can use. Also our location we would need clearance otherwise we would be in trouble for not asking permission. We would also need to look up other short films from the internet and from others as somebody may have already have a similar idea and we wouldn't want people to think we have copied their work,
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