Creative Media Pre-production Learning outcome 1

File naming conventions Creative Media Pre-production File naming conventions Understand the importance of properly organising files Suggest appropriate names for files

Creative Media Pre-production Naming conventions When saving files on a computer, it is important they are given suitable file names.

Creative Media Pre-production Naming conventions This is important to ensure information can be easily found, edited and used later.

Creative Media Pre-production Naming conventions How could this folder be better organised to improve access to appropriate files?

This structure makes it much easier to find the file you want. Creative Media Pre-production Naming conventions This structure makes it much easier to find the file you want.

Creative Media Pre-production Version Control When designing pre-production documents, it is a good idea to periodically save different versions of your work. If the client does not like the changes, you can then go back to the previous version.

Creative Media Pre-production Version Control This would be an appropriate way of naming these files using a versions system. Naming files this way will eliminate confusion with older versions of the file.

Copyright and Legal Issues Creative Media Pre-production Copyright and Legal Issues Understand the legal issues with media production, including copyright and the data protection act. Be aware of how to protect against legal breaches

Copyright and Legal Issues Creative Media Pre-production Copyright and Legal Issues Copyright law protects the creator of original work against anyone using their material without their permission.

Copyright and Legal Issues Creative Media Pre-production Copyright and Legal Issues It gives exclusive rights to anyone who creates different types of media including; Images/photographs Films Music Novels/scripts

Copyright and Legal Issues Creative Media Pre-production Copyright and Legal Issues Copyright does not have to be registered, once you have written or created something you automatically have the rights to that material. This is known as your ‘intellectual property’ This is all written into law in the “Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988”

Copyright and Legal Issues Creative Media Pre-production Copyright and Legal Issues This does not mean you can’t use someone else's material. In some cases, you can. It is common practice for media producers to use existing material to support their own projects. For example, using someone else’s images on a website, footage in a documentary or even completely copying a whole song.

Copyright and Legal Issues Creative Media Pre-production Copyright and Legal Issues However, the owner of the material must be contacted to give their permission beforehand and a fee may have to be paid.

Copyright and Legal Issues Creative Media Pre-production Copyright and Legal Issues There are many consequences for a business or organisation of using copyrighted material without permission;

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The Data Protection Act 1998 Creative Media Pre-production The Data Protection Act 1998 The data protection act is a piece of law which governs the protection of personal data in the UK. The DPA was created in 1998 and has rules on what people can and can’t do with data.

The Data Protection Act 1998 Creative Media Pre-production The Data Protection Act 1998 Personal data stored may include: Name Address Contact Info Medical Details Bank/Financial details Ethnic Background Religion Health Criminal Activity

The Data Protection Act 1998 Creative Media Pre-production The Data Protection Act 1998 When storing peoples data, organisations must ensure; Data is accurate Data is kept safe and secure Data is used fairly and lawfully Data is kept for no longer than necessary Data is used for a limited and specifically purpose Data is not transferred outside UK without protection

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Creative Media Pre-production Defamation Defamation is when someone has said something that would damage a good reputation. Calling someone corrupt, dishonest, lazy, unfaithful or criminal in a media article could cause problems. The Defamation Act of 2013 tries to balance the right to freedom of the press and protection of reputation.

Brand successfully sued the paper and won ‘substantial damages’ Creative Media Pre-production Defamation This is an example of defamation. The Sun ‘newspaper’ wrongly claimed Russell Brand had cheated on his girlfriend in an article. Brand successfully sued the paper and won ‘substantial damages’

Creative Media Pre-production

Creative Media Pre-production