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LEGAL – Any company with more This had affected me Health and safety is important and
Health and than 5 employees is legally
obliged to possess a
negatively because I had to affect my production positively
Safety
comprehensive health and consider everything around because everyone in my
safety policy. Professional me and all the equipment and documentary was treated fairly
Health and Safety where I was filming. This and was in a safe environment
Consultants can provide
your company with a
meant I couldn’t not film in which made my documentary
bespoke safety policy; the the rain because it was not more appealing
document is around 100 safe for me or for those
pages long and any extra around me.
sections that you may need
in respect of your particular
business practice can be
written for you at an extra
charge.
http://www.healthandsafety.c
o.uk/safpol.htm
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LEGAL – “Copyright gives the creators If I had to consider this and It would have affected my
Copyright of certain kinds of material rights if it was real then it would work positively because the
to control ways their material
have affected my archive footage would of
can be used. These rights start
as soon as the material is documentary because I constructed my work
recorded in writing or in any would not have no archive together and made it make
other way. There is no official footage with out permission sense. It gave my
registration system. The rights and without the archive documentary more realism
cover:” footage it wouldn’t make and allowed me to add more
•copying; sense. Also the archive voiceover's with information
•adapting; footage I used was almost making it more engaging
•distributing; impossible to film because I with the audience.
http://www.is4profit.com/busines could not film a real exam
s-advice/general- taking place
advice/copyright-basic-
facts.html?gclid=CNTpw6qByqE
CFQRslAodNw3Fdg
Copy write meant I had to
consider what videos I will use
that were not mine for the
documentary and if I was
allowed to use it
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LEGAL – Libel occurs when a false This would have affected my It would have affected my
Libel and defamatory production negatively product positively because I
statement about an
because I had to be careful never included anything false
identifiable person is
published to a third about what I say and make and hateful and I never included
party, causing injury sure what I say is not anything printed for the purpose
to the subject's offensive. of insulting to a living person
reputation. which made my documentary
A libelous statement can more watchable without viewers
be the basis of a getting offended.
civil lawsuit brought
by the person or
group allegedly
defamed or, in rare
cases, a criminal
prosecution.
http://www.rcfp.org/handb
ook/c01p01.html
This meant I had to be
careful what I said
as it will be on TV
for everyone to see.
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LEGAL – The guidelines are designed to This would affect my It affect my production
Data help producers comply with their production negatively positively because I never
Protection obligations under the Data
because I had to be careful considered to do anything
Protection Act (DPA), which
states that production about what information I braking the Data Protection
companies are responsible for used. This meant I could Act, in both production and
ensuring they manage and not use there name, pre production. This is
protect personal data properly address or number when because for pre production I
and in accordance with producing the made another contact sheet
legislation.
documentary. I had to keep with no personal information
http://www.independentproducer
handbook.co.uk/ it private at all times for like address. This is
Personal Data is data which
example when doing my because it was going to be
relates to a living individual
contact details I had to posted on the net for anyone
remake another one with with a internet to see so I
Who can be identified from that
less information to put on had to be extra careful on
data, these data’s can include
the blog because I must what I post. Also in
information, e.g. their name,
keep their personal production I didn’t use
address, telephone numbers,
information private. anything against there
personal email addresses, date
personal information in my
of birth, bank and pay details,
documentary.
passport particulars, etc.
This meant I had to be extra
careful what info I put out
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LEGAL AND The Equal Employment It is negatively affected This helped my production
ETHICAL – Opportunity Commission because for example the positively because It meant I had
Race and (EEOC) requires
interview with the Semi Pro to include all Race and Ethnicity
Ethnicity employers to report
various information about basketball player Syed which I did as shown on my Vox-
their employees, in Abbas was very appealing to Pops. Also I never discriminated
particular, their those in the interest of a Race or a Ethnicity group
racial/ethnic categories to basketball and also city which meant it is for all of them
prevent discrimination based because for example and they can watch it without
based on race/ethnicity.
people living in the country being discriminated or even
The definitions used in
the report have been side would not be interested offended.
different at different in that topic as they don’t
times. play basketball.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
ki/Race_and_ethnicity_(E
EO)
this means I have to be
careful that I don’t racial
discriminate a race or
ethnicity.
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LEGAL AND Evidence collection, This affected my product I never had to consider invading
ETHICAL – searching of private negatively because I couldn’t their privacy because all the
Privacy premises, obtaining
film anything which had interviews were not needed to be
samples for genetic and
various biochemical personal information. This private. I also never had to
examinations, and also included people who change my interview questions
questioning suspects are were init without giving me or blur out anything.
all parts of a forensic permission to be in it for
investigation. Although example the archive footage
the need to acquire
will be braking there privacy
evidence is pressing, the
need to preserve and because I never had there
protect the privacy and permission to be in it.
liberty of individuals is
also paramount.
http://www.enotes.com/fo
rensic-science/privacy-
legal-ethical-issues
This mean I have to keep
every personal
information private.
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PROJECT A budget is one of those This would have affected my It would have affected my
SPECIFIC - pivotal tools that is used production negatively product positively because I
Budget across many departments
because I would of needed would have had money to buy a
within a company. For the
developers, it dictates how to consider everything that I better camera for example a HD
much time to spend on am spending money on and camera and even equipments
specific areas of the making sure I do not go like a good microphone which
application. For the project other the limit. This was cuts out wind.
manager, it's a baseline difficult because you had to
used to determine whether
I would of also had more higher
consider that all your classed people that are more
the project is on track. For
sales or the client, it contributors and interview experts in the topic of education
correlates directly to the where going to be charged for example Ed Balls.
success of the effort. It's and more so depending on
no surprise that one of the how high the person role is.
biggest issues in creating a
budget is interpretation.
http://www.builderau.com.
au/strategy/projectmanage
ment/soa/Creating-your-
project-budget-Where-to-
begin-
/0,339028292,320265341,
00.htm
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PROJECT Technology is the It affected my documentary It affected my product positively

SPECIFIC - process by which negatively because I the because the microphone I used
technology humans modify nature to
camera was not HD. Having to do voice over’s in post
meet their needs and
wants. a HD camera would have production were good and the
Technology includes all helped me improve the quality of the sound was also
of the infrastructure quality of the shots and good.
necessary for the design, made them more clear. Also Also the Mac and I Movie were
manufacture, operation, a better camera would have good and easy to use. I could
and repair of meant better sound quality what I needed to do with it for
technological artifacts, when filming Interviews and
from corporate example edit sound levels and
headquarters and Vox-Pops. ect..
engineering schools to
manufacturing plants and
maintenance facilities.
http://www.nae.edu/nae/t
echlithome.nsf/weblinks/
KGRG-55A3ER
Technology related to my
production is about what
equipments I used when
filming and editing the
documentary.
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TV Ofcom is the UK Payment never affect my Dealing with Contributors- At first I

INDUSTRY documentary because I didn’t pay considered that they may not be
SPECIFIC –
regulator for both
for anyone which meant I stayed prepared to do what you want but
Regulatory broadcasting and
in my budget. however everyone I wanted ended up
and self- telecommunications. being it.
regulatory Potentially Offensive Material-
It regulates the Must be careful what you say or Potentially Offensive Material-
(OFCOM/
BBC)
content of television show during your production Audience can watch it knowing they
and also radio because the viewers may get wont hear strong language which allow
broadcast offended this meant I had to children to watch as well.
programmes in the watch what I say. I never had any criminality in my
UK. documentary.
I also never used secret filming which
is when you film someone without
permission and without them knowing.