Unit lowdown task 3

Copyright

¢Copyright is the ownership of work someone has done like documents and screenplays. Copyright owners have complete control over anyone copying their work. Fair use doesn’t require agreement from the copyright owners but all other things do require permission. Fair use means that if anyone wants to use or look at the copyright owners work they don’t have to have the say-so from the owner but by law they are only allowed to use it under the limited time and rules.

¢There is also time-bound which means  some programmes are not aloud to be shown after a certain time in the uk due to the watershed. However it is different for any other country and also TV programme.

¢In a film or writing there are sequels people who own the characters in a book or film. If there is a new writer then they have to consider the characters that were created by the old writer.

¢Copyright includes a wide range of things and copyright works are licence on a certain point.

¢A writer must consider copyright when writing as they have to be careful not to copy someone else's work or idea because it would get them into trouble. They would only be able to copy the work it if they had permission from the owner.

Bias

¢Bias can mean lots of things in general it can mean picking one side over the other. Bias can be an unfair view. Like films can be bias as well as books. For example saving private Ryan by Stephen Spielberg. It was bias because they only talked about one country in war during the film where as there is 2 different country’s fighting, but the author is being bias by only picking one side over the other. sometimes bias is tested by balance vs. (mass) audience however if there is a more stronger audience then the balance will be unequal so there needs to be a more balanced audience.

¢Information about saving private Ryan can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan

¢Writers have to consider being bias when writing as they can develop and unfair view however they should try and balance it out to show both sides of the story instead of just one.

¢Another film I have found is a film called “An Inconvenient Truth” is about a former United States vice president Al Gore’s hope was to educate the public about global warming and the effects by a fully detailed slide show. Since the films release an inconvenient truth has been approved by raising awareness of climate change. The films document has been included in schools science lessons all around the world which has made people understand the effects and what it is. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Inconvenient_Truth#Synopsis.

Censorship

¢Censorship is the control of speech or could be other public communication which may be offensive, harmful or sensitive which is controlled by a government or media outlet. It helps people when they are choosing film's to watch because they know whether it’s content is appropriate. Censorship must also be considered when script writers are writing as they need to incorporate the correct content if writing for a child’s film.

¢However when it comes to the target audience of children watching television parents also need to take into account the content and check what they are watching as this is important.

¢Films can include many different subject matter which can easily be picked up by younger children, there are different types of content that can be censored.

Censorship can include content like:

Language

Religious

Nudity/sex

Violence

Drug use

And themes

¢Writers must consider censorship when writing because of the target audience they are writing for. For younger children they wouldn’t include violence, swearing etc but in adult films they would.

Watersheds

¢Watersheds is called safe harbour in the united states. Watersheds is the period of time in the television rota where programmes with adult content can be on air for.

¢Watersheds also have a dividing line it divides the line between family/adult and children programmes that are to be aired on TV, but  content that is aimed at adults can be shown on TV. The watershed times around the world are different but in the uk the watershed time is between 9:00pm and 5:30am where adult programmes can be watched, but after 5:30 children/family programmes can be watched.

Libel

¢Libel refers to many other forms of communication like written words or images . Libel is the message of a statement made that puts across a point to be factual. It portrays real life characters in an accurate light to avoid libel action. Where as slander refers to a vocal statement or report.