2. Location Recce
Location
Time
Date
Why
The photo-shoot was taken in my own home in my kitchen.
This seemed like a place to do it as I had a lot of space to do
lots of different shot types. I did it in the kitchen around the
time between 4pm and 5pm this way the light shines into the
kitchen giving a natural light. This way I wouldn't’t have a
shadow and the picture would not have to be brightened.
Picture Needed
Shot type
Equipment
Lighting
Costume
Person
Why
• The shot types that I want for my front cover is a close up
this way I thought that it would be better because this way
the reader will really be able to see what the artist is like
just by looking at him up close.
• This equipment that I am going to use will be a camera and
a tripod this way I will be able to take a good quality picture
with out it being distorted.
• The lighting will be natural this way I know that it will not
stop working midway through the shoot.
• The artist will be wearing his own close as I know that their
style suites the genre that I want to go for in my magazine.
• The person that I have chosen is a friend of mine I hav done
this because I can get hold of his easily to take the phots
and also he has a ruff look about his
3. Permission Needed
Contact needed to be made
I will need to make sure that the person that I am taking my
photos of will be ok with other people seeing these pictures of
him. So I will get him to sign a contract saying that he is ok
with it.
Potential Hazards
Location
Why
When taking my photos I will needed to be aware of the
surroundings that I a doing it in so I can prevent and plan for
anything that might go wrong. For example my artist will be
playing am instrument in some of the photos that I am going
to be taking of him. So I will need to make sure that these will
not cause him harm if something goes wrong. The way that I
will prevent him from coming to harm will be by making sure
that when I am taking photos of him with his guitar I will make
sure that he is sitting down or he has a guitar strap on this way
he cant drop it on his feet and hurt him self. Also I will be using
a camera so wen I am using it I will be wearing a strap that is
attacked to the camera this way I cant drop it and hurt myself
or anyone around. Another thing that could go wrong might be
that items in my kitchen could get in the way and or could
cause someone harm so I will make sure before that I have
cleared a space this way I will not need to go any where near
the main kitchen where things could go wrong.
Location Recce
4. Risk assessment
I had to make sure to do a risk
assessment as I needed to make sure
that nothing went wrong and hat I had
all the backups that I needed and to
make sure that if anything else went
wrong I would be ready for it.
For example if the camera was to run
out of charge I would either have a
back up camera or battery or I had my
phone charged with the camera ready.
Also I had to make sure that know one
would walk in as I was doing my
presentation as it would put me off and
slow down the flow and I will be more
likely to lose my train of thought.
5. Safe working practice
• Safe working practices is a method that allows stuff that are working under
expected conditions to follow by these rules. These rules that will be put in place
in order to keep the workers safe in the environment that they are in. If they do
nor follow by these rules that might come to harm then there might be a falling
out between the company. But if they have done something that they had said
they wouldn’t do after signing a safe working practice it is simply their fault. The
other important reason for there being a safe working practice is so that every
working will be treated in the same way where no one will not be treated to the
proper standard, but if someone was to get hurt it will not be because of any rule
that was not included in the safe working practice document but because the
worker was not following by the practice.
• So for my magazine I will make sure that any new workers will read and safe
working practice document this way they will know what it covers. I will also
make sure that they will go though a training course this is so they will know how
to use all of the equipment and programs that they will have to use and in order
to keep them safe.
7. Editors Code and practice
Children - Children must not be approached or photographed at school without permission of the authorities of the school. If under 16, children must not be interviewed/photographed on issues
involving their own or another child’s welfare unless their parent/guardian agrees.
Children in sex cases – under no circumstances should the press identify children under 16 who are victims or witnesses in cases involving sex offences. In any press report involving a sexual
offence against a child, the child must not be identified, the adult is able to be identified. The word "incest" cannot be used where a child victim might be identified.
Hospitals – a journalist must identify themselves while also getting permission from an executive before entering any non-public areas of hospitals (or similar institutions to pursue enquiries).
Reporting crime - Unless genuinely relevant to the story, relatives/friends of people being convicted/accused of crime should not be identified without their consent. Unless a child's name is
published, the editor should avoid identifying anyone under the age of 16 unless there is consent from the parent/guardian.
Clandestine devices and subterfuge – the press must not publish or obtain information from secret cameras, listening devices or intercepting phone calls, emails texts etc. without consent.
Victims of sexual assault – there must be no information or material published that could lead to the identification of a victim.
Discrimination – details of someone's race, colour, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental illness or disability must not be mentioned unless genuinely relevant to the
story. The press must avoid prejudicial or pejorative reference to someone’s, race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or to any physical or mental illness or disability.
Financial journalism - Journalists must not use for their own profit financial information they receive in advance of its general publication, and they should not pass information onto others. They
must not write about shares or securities in whose performance they know that they or their close families have a significant financial interest without disclosing the interest to the editor or
financial editor. They must not buy or sell any shares or securities which they have written recently or intend to write later on.
Confidential sources - Journalists have a moral obligation to protect confidential sources of information.
Witness payments in criminal trials – there should be no payment/offer to a witness or anyone considered to be a witness. If there is a payment/offer made to someone who later then gives
evidence, it must be disclosed to the prosecution and defence. The witness must also be advised of this.
Payment to criminals – there should be no payment/offers for stories, pictures or information, which look to exploit a crime or to glorify crime generally. Payment must not be made directly to
the criminal, via agents to convicted/confessed criminals or to the criminals associates, this includes family, friends and colleagues.
The public interest – The public interest includes, but is not confined to: Detecting or exposing crime, or the threat of crime, or serious impropriety.
• Protecting public health or safety.
• Protecting the public from being misled by an action or statement of an individual or organisation.
• Disclosing a person or organisation’s failure or likely failure to comply with any obligation to which they are subject.
• Disclosing a miscarriage of justice.
• Raising or contributing to a matter of public debate, including serious cases of impropriety, unethical conduct or incompetence concerning the public.
• Disclosing concealment, or likely concealment, of any of the above.
8. Royalties
• Royalties is when a magazine has included content which is
copyrighted and if someone else includes this information
then they have pay the original magazine.
• The NLA are a newspaper licensing company which sell
copying licenses to newspapers and now magazine content.
Therefore, NLA ensures that each publisher get their
royalties. Q magazine and other magazine owned by Bauer
Media are subscribe to the NLA. This means that any
magazine that is owned by Bauer Media can use information
that they has been put in magazine that Bauer also owns, as
long as the magazine and Bauer confirm that it is allowed.
• However if a magazine wants information from another
magazine that is not owned by the same company but is
signed up with NLA they can take the information but they
will have to contact the magazine before hand.
• For my magazine I will make sure to sign it up with NLA so this
way I can be protected against other company's trying to take
my content.
9. Regulatory Issues
IP/Watermark
Content that usually has copyright can be referred to as Intellectual Property (IP) and this is protected by
the law. IP can be divided into two categories; Industrial Property and Copyright. As well as IP on printed
work, you can get a digital watermark which protects any copyrighted content from any magazine online
and in any digital format. It is important to have this because it means people will have to pay you to use
your information and ideas. The best way to protect your IP is to acquire a patent. However, this can
take several years to get and costs over £5000.
Magazines such as Q will not have water marks because it will make the magazine look bad so instead
they will write the copy wright information on the inside of the front cover.
Source: https://www.ipso.co.uk/about-ipso/
I will not use watermarking in my magazine because it will not make the
magazine look good however in some of my images I will put a small bit of
information saying that the images are under a law that they can not be
copied if they are being used to make money.
10. Regulatory issues
Advertising Standards Authority:
• Advertisers can choose to self and co-regulate on a
voluntarily and paid for bases
• Their purpose and strategy is to ensure every UK advert is a
responsible one.
• Complaints can be made direct to ASA who publish their
findings to ensure a rigorous process is in place.
Source: https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/advertising-codes.html
Committees of Advertising practice
offer advice and guidance as well as a
formal complaints procedure for people
to carry out.
An example of this is
KFC advert received
755 complaints in 2017
making it the most
complained about
advert that year.
To conclude I will try to make sure in my magazine that I will offend the least amount of
people and if there are any complaints I will make that I am covered against them. This
way my magazine can not have a bad reputation and people will like the magazine
because of this.
12. Conclusion
• In LO2 I have looked at lot of how I can keep my magazine safe from
any issues. I first looked at my location recce this was important as it
helped me too look at the wider focus of what could have gone wrong
such as problems in the class room and permissions that I needed.
But it also helped me to plan this way I knew when I would be taking
my pictures and what types of picture I was going for. After this I went
onto the safe working practice, this was good as it allowed me too see
what could go wrong when taking my pictures and creating my
magazine and working with others.
