Adam Birkett - 30208130 Media Site
Creative Media Production & Technology - Level 3 Extended Diploma
Legal & Ethical Considerations
-Protect The Vulnerable – you might have children say something or someone say something to make you unhappy and they do not want in the final edit. Making sure it is to an audience that is young to make sure there is any rude or not PG./U rating that you know the age.
-Misrepresentation - Filmmakers are tasked with the job of making something have Drama or action with the reality when there is no danger or anything to fear.
Decision Making - Filmmakers needed to know the importance's of decision making when you are working with a company or someone that will want to decide on what they will say. When making decision they need to know what they say will impact more than the current decision and need to look what will happen from that decison.
-Locations Permissions – Do not break and enter. Do not trespass. Make sure everything you do is legal, and you have permission to do and be where you are. Public spaces might still have rules so you will need to check with the local areas or conucil.
-Paying Subjects/Interviewees. If you pay someone to do something for you like an interview you might undermine what you are saying or talking about. Knowing what the interviewee will say that relates to the content will be hard to know as they might get the questions before hand or on the set.
-Defamation – Someone reputation is hurt because of the content you have created in the documentation. So, when you release the footage check with the people included in the project before had.
-Copyright Issues – You need to include references and copyright information, so you do not get copyright claimed or get in trouble from companies. When quoting something you need to use Quotation marks and if you are paraphrasing you do not need the quotation marks, but you will still need to include a reference to the original source.
-Consent/Release Forms – These is to make sure the content you have the right to keep the footage in and use the interview to make the video, also having everyone in the video give consent will make it be able to publish. If you do not have the consent, it could make our work false and future work people will not want to watch any of your content or not trust your content.
