Friday 9 September 2016

Unit 8 - Understanding the Television and Film Industry

On the completion of this unit a learner should:
- know about ownership and funding of TV and film industries (Unit 8 Learning Objective 1).
- know about job roles in TV and film industries (Unit 8 LO2).
- understand contractual, legal and ethical obligations in the TV and film industries (Unit 8 LO3).
- understand developing technologies in TV and film industries (Unit 8 LO4).
- be able to prepare personal career development material (Unit 8 LO5).

Ownership and funding of TV and film industries
  1. Ownership: public service; commercial; private; corporate; independent companies; global companies; vertical and horizontal integration; monopoly etc.
    Funding: license fee; subscription; pay per view; sponsorship; advertising; product placement; private capital; financial aid; development funds etc.
Job roles in TV and film industries 
  1. Job roles: management; creative; editorial; technical; research; financial; organisational; administrative etc.
    Working patterns: shift work; fixed term; office hours; freelance; irregular patterns; hourly rates; piece work etc.
Contractual, legal and ethical obligations in the TV and film industries
  1. Contracts: types of contract; confidentiality; exclusivity etc.
    Employment legislation: health and safety; equal opportunities; Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006; employer’s liability; employee rights; belonging to a trade union; intellectual property: copyright; trademarks; other forms of intellectual property; passing off etc.
    Ethical: codes of practice; policies and procedures; emerging social concerns and expectations; representation, eg individuals, groups, religions, issues etc.
    Legal: Race Relations Act 1976 (and later amendments); Broadcasting Act 1990 (and later amendments); Obscene Publications Act 1959 (and later amendments); British Board of Film Classification (BBFC); Ofcom etc.
Technologies in TV and film industries 
  1. Developing technologies: eg satellite, cable, analogue, digital, film-based, interactive, internet, high etc.
    definition, consumer products, streaming content, on-demand viewing, digital recorders, pay per view etc.
Personal career development material 

Methods of recruitment: eg national press; trade press; internet; word of mouth; personal contacts;
internal promotion; networking; trade fairs etc.
Skills and qualifications: education and training, eg full-time, part-time, Level 2, Level 3, graduate; skills analysis (personal skills, technological skills, training needs, personal development plan); sources of information, eg Sector Skills Councils, trade unions, careers services etc.
Transferable skills: personal attributes, eg knowledge and skills, commitment, efficiency, reliability, punctuality, self-presentation; functional skills (ICT, Mathematics, English) etc.
Presentation for employment: portfolio; showreel; personal website; curriculum vitae (CV); application letters; interviewing skills; presentation skills; self-presentation (linguistic codes, dress codes, interpersonal skills); references etc.
Career development: training on the job; continuing professional development; self-training etc.

Source: https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/BTEC-Nationals/Creative-Media-Production/2010/Specification/Unit_8_Understanding_the_Television_and_Film_Industries.pdf

Exemplar job role: Blogger/Vlogger (source: http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles/4244_bloggervlogger)

Personally, this is a job role in creative media that I find endearing. With an A* in English Lit. and a B in Lang., I feel as if I can already use my GCSE credentials to apply charisma in my writing. As for the type of target audience I would attract, that would depend on what I would be writing about. In my blog, I would mostly focus on political, social and economical commentaries. Discussing the current affairs of the world is not only a passion but a hobby of mine, one that I can easily implement into my writings. Furthermore, my career goal is to become a writer/author of books and novels, and perhaps conduct journalism.

Using this current blogger site, I can apply my previous year's work from AS Media studies to the course, as well as my own career path. Utilizing this creative platform would also prove useful as I already have prior experience to working and maintaining a blog. In addition, my C grade in GCSE Media, as well as a C in my Computer Science, prove beneficial for the role. Similarly my further education into BTEC Media will also improve my progress in the field. Other potential career paths could also open up from this course, should I decide to not follow my current ambition. Creative media provide a large quantities of roles, with many skills crossing over into more than one job.

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