4/film industry practices and legislation

basically making sure we don't get sued

4.1 Demonstrate good health and safety practice when working on film productions

Task 1 Describe the key aspects of health and safety when working on film productions. Talk about why health and safety is important and how you applied good health and safety practices when making your own film.

Employers have a legal responsibility to keep their staff safe and in the film industry they do this by making risk assessments.

• It's so that everyone who's working on the film doesn't worry too much about their safety being at jeopardy (because nobody knows what they should and shouldn't do). Potential hazards are outlined and measures put in place to prevent them.

• While producing our film, we made sure that our risk assessment was clear in what could happen if something goes wrong, and who to call in that case.

• We keep reminding ourselves to follow the risk assessment just so we don't get sued (because I don't have a job) and that we can work smoothly with hopefully no major disturbances.

• The film industry could also be kinda dangerous due to the complexity and sometimes disorganisation of film sets which could pose a risk or threat to people who might not be paying that much attention.

Task 2

4.2  Explain why copyright is important in the film industry

You may find the following links useful for this section:

http://copyrightuser.org/filmmaker/

https://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p01_uk_copyright_law

Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country, that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights to its use and distribution, usually for a limited time, with the intention of enabling the creator (e.g. the photographer of a photograph or the author of a book) to receive compensation for their intellectual effort.

Intellectual property (IP) is any form of original creation that can be bought or sold – from music to machinery. The four main types of IP rights are patents, trade marks, designs and copyright but there are many other ways to protect your IP.

1. Why does copyright law exist? Copyright law exists to prevent duplication or manipulation of someone's work without proper consent.

2. Who does it protect? Artists, musicians, authors, designers, engineers, filmmakers, screenwriters, basically anyone who works in the arts.

3. What kind of work is covered by copyright? Art, music, books, designs, machinery, films, basically anything made by people who work in the arts.

4. What might happen to you if you were to use copyrighted material in your film? You could lose the money that was made from creating the film, it could be completely hidden from public view, and you could even get sued if it's a more extreme case.

5. How can you make sure not to infringe copyright law in your film? Double check everything in your film to make sure you don't get caught out, whether or not you used their work purposefully or even unintentionally. It could be a huge problem if you miss something!

6. How has copyright law and other IP regulation affected your film production? Music is a huge part of the film me and my group is working on, so we need to be really careful about what song we choose to be a part of the film. To be safe, we're going for completely royalty-free music, just to make sure we don't get sued or anything for using someone's music that they copyrighted.