Tv Production
Making A Murderer
The documentary found on the popular streaming website Netflix was a sensation when released in 2015, The documentary follows a convicted man named Simon Avery on his path to try and prove his innocence that was taken from him for 18 years, The laws that would need to be considered whilst making and distributing a documentary like this would be the Freedom of Information acts 2000, This act would be relevant due to the government of the state of Wisconsin would be forced to release all court documents,evdience and information requested by the documentary team due to the acts regulations, This also forces the documentary to use all factual information and even thought the documentary can be biased they can't over exaggerate and have to document the information as factual as possible.
Due to this documentary being very controversial the legal act which would also have to be considered would be Slander, This legal act would be very relevant due to the controversial nature therefore the narrator could appear to harm the reputation of the Manitowoc County police department due to the documentary being bias on the side of Steven Avery. In preproduction the producers would have to check the script in depth to make sure no statements or phrases could be seen as defamatory.
Due to the television programme being shown on the popular streaming service Netflix it isn't regulated by one of the 7 regulators because of its streaming quality, The TV show did have age ratings though and Netflix do have similar codes of practice to OFCOM, this is to ensure that the contents of the programme are suitable to the suggested viewer however streaming services are harder to regulate due to there being no watershed or viewers lying about their age when asked if they are over 16.
The legal issues that could be applied to this TV programme could be the accessibility to different audiences, on Netflix you can easily change the language and add subtitles in many popular languages this feature ensures that many more people now have accessibility to this product increasing the profit made.
Social Media Campaign
Cadbury's Marvellous Creations Bar
The cadburys social media campaign to reveal their new chocolate bar happened in 2013, The bar was revealed in an online post however as you can see the adverts house style is the cadburys iconic purple, The colour purple,Cadbury's logo and font used would have to be under the Copyrights,Designs and Patents Act 1988, This being due to if another chocolate company started producing chocolate linking it to the same shade of purple wouldn't be able to take legal action.
This advert would be regulated by ASA, this advertising regulator check adverts on all platforms however the advert I have chosen is made to target a mass audience meaning that it wouldn't contain any inappropriate images or text which would involve ASA.
The ethical issues relevant to this advert would be ensuring that in any other Cadbury's adverts the characters that are seen are of different races, ages, disabilities and sexualities to ensure a mass target audience but also to avoid their reputation form being tainted in the publics eye.
Digital Animation
Mulan
The animated film 'Mulan' which was brought out in 1988 by Disney and brought in 304.3 million US dollars, The legal acts that would be needed for an animation film would be Copyrights,Designs and Patents Act 1988, the major conglomerate brand Disney needs to ensure the copyright on their films and their music created to claim all profits for the product they made, due to the film being such an iconic film the copyright ensures that no other companies can gain off selling products with any off the content created by Disney on to the huge audiences that love the Disney film.
The film Mulan would be regulated by BBFC, even though the film is created in America therefore MPAA would review the film originally when distributed in the UK however BBFC would be in charge of giving age ratings appropriate for UK citizens to use, In this case due to it being an animation aimed at a child audience the age rating is U for universal in both locations.
For the Disney's production of Mulan, ethical issues that need to be considered would be no offensive or disturbing content especially if targeted towards young children, the film can't contain any swearing,sexual content or show the effects or use of alcohol and drugs.
The film Mulan would be regulated by BBFC, even though the film is created in America therefore MPAA would review the film originally when distributed in the UK however BBFC would be in charge of giving age ratings appropriate for UK citizens to use, In this case due to it being an animation aimed at a child audience the age rating is U for universal in both locations.
For the Disney's production of Mulan, ethical issues that need to be considered would be no offensive or disturbing content especially if targeted towards young children, the film can't contain any swearing,sexual content or show the effects or use of alcohol and drugs.
Radio Production
Classic FM
The Radio production called Classic FM is aimed at an older audience 40+ due to the niche classical music they play they contrast the major radio productions such as Capital or Hallam however all stations have in common are the competitors they run where they ask audience members to ring in and usually answer questions, In doing so they are involving the Data Protection Act, This act is used to protect personal data this including phone numbers that are gained by the radio production when an audience member rings in, to protect this number from fraud attempts the radio production encrypts the information when received this allowing the data to be kept safe from hacks and leaks.This radio station is regulated by OFCOM, simiar to Making a Murderer the regulator would give the radio station codes of practice to ensure all content created is suitable for listeners.
The radio production must follow ethical procedures such as including presenters of all races and sexualities, to expand the mass audience having people of different accents and opinions for example not just having a caucasians speaking presenter on repeatedly.
Graphic Novel
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
The famous franchise Batman was originally created in graphic novels before the films and Tv series were created, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is a graphic novel that was released in 1986 by Frank Miller, The comic books creators and publishers would be concerned with the legal act, The Intellectual Property Rights, The creators would want this comic to be Ip'd to ensure that they could trade mark the name and characters in the novel as in 30 years the Batman franchise would be around 4 billion US dollars, The company would have to give rightful compensation and stop creating Batman material if someone else copyrighted the name and idea of Batman before they did, this outlining how important the act is.Due to the media product novel genre not having a regulatory body to ensure the appropriateness of the magazine another regulator that would be seen related to the magazine is BBFC as later on in the development of the character and franchise films were created which lead to a mix of age ratings.
The ethical procedures of the graphic magazine could be not to include any graphic or discriminatory content, this would include having a reoccurring evil antagonist of a certain culture, this could be seen as racist if one ethnicity was constantly used in a negative light and the antagonist is seen in cultural dress especially.
Photographic Product
Eric Ryan Anderson
For Eric Ryan Andersons photography portfolio he may need to consider the legal act of Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act of 1988, Due to Eric creating content he would want to get his images copyrighted as if not they may be spread online however no profit would go to Eric for creating these images as he wouldn't be able to take legal action if someone else claimed them as their own, On top of copyright Eric may also need to consider the Data Protection Act as if he is a photojournalist and hasn't asked his models for their permission for him to take his photo he could be taken to court for sharing images of people without their consent.
For Eric Ryan Andersons photography portfolio he may need to consider the legal act of Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act of 1988, Due to Eric creating content he would want to get his images copyrighted as if not they may be spread online however no profit would go to Eric for creating these images as he wouldn't be able to take legal action if someone else claimed them as their own, On top of copyright Eric may also need to consider the Data Protection Act as if he is a photojournalist and hasn't asked his models for their permission for him to take his photo he could be taken to court for sharing images of people without their consent.
For the photographers portfolio the appropriate regulator would be W3C, due to the portfolio being distributed online it would be the W3C's duty to ensure that it was appropriate for viewers who may find the content e.g making sure their wasn't any images of sexual nature.
For ethical procedures the photographer must ensure that none of their models can be seen in a sexual nature if they are underage children this is very important due to the sexualising of children would be very morally wrong and this could taint his reputation and even mean a court case if serious enough.
For ethical procedures the photographer must ensure that none of their models can be seen in a sexual nature if they are underage children this is very important due to the sexualising of children would be very morally wrong and this could taint his reputation and even mean a court case if serious enough.
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