1. Creative Media
Pre-production
Learning outcome 1

2. File naming conventions
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File naming conventions
Understand the importance of properly organising files
Suggest appropriate names for files

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

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

5. Creative Media
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Naming conventions
How could this folder be better organised to improve access to appropriate files?

6. This structure makes it much easier to find the file you want.
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Naming conventions
This structure makes it much easier to find the file you want.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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

10. Copyright and Legal Issues
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Copyright and Legal Issues
Copyright law protects the creator of original work against anyone using their material without their permission.

11. Copyright and Legal Issues
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Copyright and Legal Issues
It gives exclusive rights to anyone who creates different types of media including;
Images/photographs
Films
Music
Novels/scripts

12. Copyright and Legal Issues
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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”

13. 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.

14. Copyright and Legal Issues
Creative Media
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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.

15. Copyright and Legal Issues
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Copyright and Legal Issues
There are many consequences for a business or organisation of using copyrighted material without permission;

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18. The Data Protection Act 1998
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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.

19. The Data Protection Act 1998
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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

20. The Data Protection Act 1998
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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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23. 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.

24. Brand successfully sued the paper and won ‘substantial damages’
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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’

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