1. Understanding the film and TV INdustries
Ownership and FUnding (P1, M1, D1)
define the following models of ownership
public service
commercial
independant company
global conglomorate
horizontal / vertical integration
monopoly
A service which is provided by government to people living within its jurisdiction.
the practise of airing radio and television advertisements for profit.
Independent media refers to any form of media, such as radio and televisions.
A conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses that
fall under one corporate group.
Horizontal integration is where an organisation develops by buying up competitors in the same section of
the market.
vertical integration when a company thinks up and uses a strategy in order to take over to companies.
The exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.

2. explore two case studies which demonstrate two contrasting
ownerShip models
case study 1:
case study 2:
BBC - how do they make money?
The British broadcasting corporation (bbc) is a public broadcaster in the UK and one of the largest
broadcasting Organization in the world. Every house in UK that has a television must pay for a TV licence.
As the bbc gets its money from TV licences. The bbc also sells its programmes to other broadcasting
companies in the world.
BBC is popular by the internet, people and bbc iplayer.
BBC has kids channel which could entertain the kids with cartoon. BBC provided suitable channel for the
kids to watch. The revenue will be huge as the amount of children watch it is huge.
The target audience for bbc will be adults and the target audience for the cbbc is children. BBC is aimed at
adults because it contains news and other various of problems that adults will be interested in.
Channel 4 advertising and how they make money
channel 4 is a publicly- owned, commercially -funded public service broadcaster. They do not receive any
public funding and have a remit to be innovative, experimental and distinctive.
Channel 4 was launched on 2nd November with a unique business model. They are funded predominantly
by advertising and sponsorship but unlike other broadcasters such as ITV, channel 4 is not shareholder
owned.

3. discuss how funding is generated through the following revenues
licence fee
sponsorship
subscription
pay per view
advertising
product placement
development funds
A sponsor is something when you support an event ,activity ,person, or organization financially or through
the provision of products or services.
A subscription is a regular payment, if you stop paying monthly then you wont get the service.
A television service in which viewers are required to pay a fee in order to watch a specific programme.
the activity or profession of producing advertisements for commercial products or services.
a practise in which manufacturers of goods or providers of a services gain exposure for their products by
paying for them to be featured in films and television programmes.
Development funds are used in an indirect sales channel where funds are made available by manufacturer
or brand to help affiliates.
a television licence is an official record of payment required in many countries for the reception of
television broadcasts.

4. define the following working patterns
over the following pages identify 5 different jobs within the
creative media sector and create A PROFLE OF EACH JOB.
shift work
freelance
fixed term
JOB ROLES AND CONTRACTS (P2, M2, D3)
Fixed term is when you work for a fixed amount of time. E.g 6 months and then you stop working with
that particular contract unless you’re hires permanently.
Examples of fixed term employees are:
Additional staff taken on for six months during a peak period.
a specialist employee taken on for the duration of a project.
shift work is when you work for asset period of time e.g. 9-5. A shift can be during the day or night.
A Freelancer is someone who is self employed in the art self employment. The main point of self
employed is you don’t work for any company.

5. job: film director
A film director has to be creative to avoid plagiarism. A director is the main person in a production. ’’they
are the metaphorical glue that hold the project together without them there would be no film’’. A film
director should know locations which suits the story of the plot. The director also decides the costumes that
the actors / actress wear. The directors have to decide on everything as in the location, time and day. The
director must stay all day during the movie otherwise everything will go wrong. The directors role is the
main part of the film.

6. job: camera man
A camera operator should know the angles and its based on the camera man if the movie is successful or
not because the way it is shot the better it looks. The camera man must listen to the director because its his
film. The director must tell the camera man what to do and direct him as he wants the film to be like. The
director will always stand next to the camera man telling him what to do. A camera man must be always on
time to each shoots. The camera must be able to move quickly and get ready to shoot next scene. He must
be able to set up everything very quickly.

7. job: costume designer
A costume designer is someone who makes the costume for the film as the director tells them. They should
know which design will look good on the actors and they should be able to create a outstanding costume
which will stand out. They should be able set a decent deadline to be collected or delivered. This deadline
must be dead on otherwise the film will be delayed and the film will not be finished on the estimated date.
A costume designer also must use their own material.

8. job: script writer
A script writer is someone who writes the story, they must be creative and cant be copied from another
film or the film will be banned. Once is used cant be used again because its patented. The script writer
must know how he could twist the story and what could make the film going and more viewers. The script
writer must use his own knowledge and put down his ideas to get this film to be successful. The can be
sometime be based on the script writer.

9. job:

10. WHAT RIGHTS ARE WORKERS ENTITLED TO? trade unions, HEALTH AND SAFETY, EQUAL OPS
RIGHTS, ETHICS AND LEGAL (P3, M3, D3)
- Your contract of employment cannot take away rights you have by law.
- All full-time employees are entitled to 28 days paid holiday per year.
The right to a written statement of terms of employment within two months of starting work. The right to
an itemised pay slip. This applies from the day employee starts work. The right to be paid at least the
national minimum wage. This applies from the day the employee starts work. The right not to have illegal
deduction made from pay. This applies from the day the employee starts work. The right of a fixed-term
employee to the same contractual rights as a comparable permanent employee. The right to claim
redundancy pay if made redundant . If most cases you will have to have worked for two years to be able to
claim redundancy pay.
Workers not entitled to certain statutory rights
Anyone who is not an employee, for example , and agency or freelancer worker. However, most workers
are entitled to certain rights such as the national minimum wage, Limits on working time and other health
and safety rights, the right not to be discriminated against and paid holiday.
The right to time off for study or training for 16-17 year olds. The right to carry on working until you are at
least 65. The right under health and safety law to work a maximum 48-hour working week.

11. IDENTIFY ANY EXAMPLES OF WHERE YOU CONSIDER THE CREATIVE MEDIA
INDUSTRIES TO HAVE BROKEN ETHICAL CODES
Filming without consent -
Filming people without their permission is against the law as when you screen the movie they should be
blurred.
Showing inappropriate images in a movie which is rated 15 -
This is not right as young teenagers could learn bad things, This is against the law as they should not put
any inappropriate image on these type of movies.

12. WHAT ARE THE MAIN RESPOSIBILITIES AND ROLES OF THE FOLLOWING
THE BROADCASTING act
THE BBFC
ofcom
This is the act 1990 which allows broadcasting to be controlled by a certain agency which allows channel 4
to be created and it will further allow more channels to be created.
All films rated by the BBFC receive a certificate. The BBFC can also advise cuts for a less-restrictive
rating.
This is the office communication that has a responsibility to communicate between the broadcasting
stations and offices.

13. WHAT HAVE BEEN THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE TV INDUSTRY IN RECENT
YEARS?
INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS (P4, M4, D4)
television was not invented by a single inventor. Instead many people working together and alone over the
years, contributed to the evolution of television. As with most inventions,television’s development
depended upon previous inventions, and more than one individuals contributed to the development of
television, as we know it today.

14. WHAT HAVE BEEN THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FILM INDUSTRY IN RECENT
YEARS?
Firstly technology wise there is many changes as few years back there wasn’t any 4K cameras but now
they are here so there is a a lot of difference since before and now. There is many high quality cameras out
now so movies are in high definition.
Secondly, few years back there was projectors which was not that good but now there are clean as there
will not be any disturbance.
Finally, the sound cinemas had before wasn’t clear enough plus all the sounds that were in the film were
not dubbed properly as they didn’t have any good facilities.