Topic Area 3: Pre-production planning

Gantt charts or workplans are used in my industries to plan projects showing the different activities within them and what resources (people, hardware and software) are required. This process will identify issues that can occur and how to mitigate them.

Large teams use them so that everyone knows what is happening, the deadlines and what has to be completed to progress. It means more than one person can work on a project at the same time. Managers also can add extra people to a team if the project is not getting completed fast enough. 

Tasks are broken down into activities.

The time frame can be minutes, hours, days, months or years. It is what fits the situation.  

3.2 Documents used to support ideas generation

• Mind map

• Mood board

• To include:
  • Know the purpose of each document
  • Know the components and conventions of each document
  • Know the hardware and software used to create each document
  • Know the users of each document
  • When each document is appropriate for use
  • What makes each document effective
  • How to improve the effectiveness of documents for users in given contexts
• Does not include
  • Creating documents from scratch

Mind Map

❓Explores content ideas for a product

❓Central theme, linked by branches to nodes and sub nodes. 

💻 Keyboard, mouse, graphics tablet can be used to create the product

🧑‍💻 Desktop Publishing software

Mood Board

❓Explores theme, look & feel of a product

💻 Camera, microphone, 

🧑‍💻 Desktop publishing software

3.4 The legal issues that affect media/3.4.1 Legal considerations to protect individuals

• Privacy and permissions 

• Defamation 

• Data protection

• To include:
  • The purpose of, and reasons for, each legal consideration
  • What is required of media producers to comply with each legal consideration
  • The impact on individuals and media producers of media producers using and publishing inaccurate personal information
• Does not include:
  • Specific Acts of legislation

Protecting intellectual property (IP) 

Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, designs, symbols, names, and images used in commerce.

🔑 Software, Music, Films, books, photos are all IP

Legislation is in place to protect intellectual property in order to encourage innovation and creativity by providing legal protection to the creators or owners of intellectual property. This protection allows them to benefit financially from their creations.

🔑 Without Copyright or Creative commons anyone could use anything without permission or payment 

Media producers are required to obtain appropriate permissions or licenses for any copyrighted material they use in their productions. They must also give proper credit to the creators or owners of the intellectual property.

Intellectual property can be protected through various means, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Protection is typically granted when the creator or owner complies with the legal requirements for each type of intellectual property.

🔑 IP could be protected by adding a watermark over an image, video or page to stop it being used without permission. 

Using copyrighted materials without permission can lead to legal consequences, including potential lawsuits for copyright infringement. Media producers may face financial penalties and damage to their reputation if they do not respect intellectual property rights.

3.4 The legal issues that affect media/3.4.3 Regulation, certification, and classification 

• Organisations responsible for regulation

• Classification systems and certifications 

• To include:
  • Know the types of products covered by regulation, certification and classification
  • The purpose of, and reasons for regulation, certification and classification
  • Know the roles of regulatory bodies and areas of responsibility
  • Know examples of the way media products are classified
  • The impacts of regulation, certification and classification on media production

ASA - Advertising Standards Authority

Advertising on any platform. 

Checking that companies don't miss sell the product and it is truthful. 

Think 99.9% of bacteria rather than 100%

Ofcom - The Office of Communication

Checking the content of TV & radio broadcast are not offensive and keeps within the rules of the broadcaster.