4.1 Demonstrate good health and safety practice when working on film productions
Why is health and safety important when working on film productions?
to make sure everyone is healthy and safe, meaning they work at their best.
What are some of the key safety issues relating to film production?
electrical hazards, wires as tripping hazards, lights causing retinal damage, members of the public. All locations have their own risks to be managed.
How did you apply good health and safety practice when making your film?
All possible risks were assessed beforehand and treated accordingly.
Add your risk assessment and explain why this is important.
4.2 Explain why copyright is important in the film industry
Why does copyright law exist?
To protect creators from having their ideas reused and their income taken
What kind of work is covered by copyright?
Artistic property, generally intellectual property. An idea that the creator came up with and seeks to ownership and control of. This can be iconography, logos, adverts, posters, films, music, artwork.
What might happen if you were to use copyrighted material in your film?
The film company could be sued and the film may not be allowed to exist
How can you make sure not to infringe copyright law in your film?
Make as much of the material ourselves as possible. The material we get online should be royalty free and referenced appropriately.
Specifically, by re-recording the music, we evade the copyright of the production because we produced it. By parodying the song, we evade the copyright of the writer under the fair use clause.
How has copyright law and other IP regulation affected your film production?
It means that when we made music and sought inspiration from the film lost in translation, we had to make sure the material we created wouldn’t infringe on the original audience and fulfilled a different need than the original. For example, original soundtrack provided calming atmosphere while ours provides humour
Lucy's NCFE 
4:1 – mention that each location can bring its own unique hazards. In your film there was a lot of working around the public which had to be considered.
4:2 – you mention ‘ideological property’ do you mean ‘intellectual property’?
A person doesn’t have to monetise their intellectual property for them to have the rights to it.
Mention in the context of our remakes that we can remake the songs because of the fair use caveat under copyright law. I posted on Basecamp about this but, in short, because it’s parody we can use the music. Usually copyright on music has two aspects – the rights of the writer and the rights of the producer. By remaking the music you avoid the latter problem (you’re not using someone else’s recording) but you’re not avoiding the rights of the writer of the work. Fair Use (due to parody) gets us round that.
LikeLike
feedback:
4:1 – Mention that health and safety needs to be considered not just for general well being but also accidents can cause serious scheduling problems or even the production being shut down and if proper processes weren’t being considered you could be sued.
Mention the potential risks were recorded in a risk assessment sheet.
LikeLike