The document describes several types of briefs used in contractual agreements between clients and production companies for creative projects. A contractual brief outlines the work to be done, expectations of the client, and payment terms. A negotiated brief allows the client and producer to discuss and potentially modify the project scope and guidelines. A formal brief provides guidelines from the client for the project but does not necessarily constitute a legally binding agreement.

1. Terence Byrne
Contractual Brief
This is a legal document which is created between a client and also a producer. This
legal document then outlines the work in which needs to be done by the company as a
whole. This document basically states the expectations of the client, what they agree on
and what they will be paid etc.
Communication – In a contractual, communication is important as the client and the
producer need to be very clear on what is expected from each other. Also the
communications may vary over the legal document meaning that both the client may
meet face to face or one may email the other if the other is busy.
Time management – A deadline will be set in which both the producer and the client can
talk about the briefs. This will usually take place when other tasks need to be done.
Technical skills – the client hired will usually be free-lance or tempory and so the work
they do will need to be of a very good standard as this is usually not a full time job for
them. This means every little bit of work they do will count more than ever for the
business.
Career progression – This will be monitored closely and any issues with progression
will be looked into and usually a meeting is held between the producer and client in
which problems will be addressed.
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NegotiatedBrief
This is where both the producer and the client will come to a specified conclusion on the
brief of the project; usually in a meeting. Also, through the negotiations the brief can then
be changed in order to suite every party taking part in the production. This could be
anything from changing the appearance of the product to changing the products content
as well as keeping it to the guidelines set in the brief.
Communication – In a negotiated brief, commination is important as if the client does
not agree to this brief and wants some changes, they will have to confirmed with the
producer that the plans made may need to be looked through.
Time management – through this, deadlines will be set for the project in which the
client will need to keep on track of. If the client disagrees on the time they have, they
can address this at the negotiated brief meeting and changes may be made.
Technical skills – Depending on the project technical skills will usually be required. If so
the technical work will be monitored as usual and the project will be worked on via PC
etc.
Career Progression – In this style brief progression in a project will be openly negated
upon. In some cases this gives the project many different aspects from individuals
meaning the negotiation is open and free; based upon the project.
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Formal Brief
This this where a media company is given a brief by the client which outlines the
product which they want to be made. This brief is very open and only gives enough
information to be able to produce the product, any issues or information that the media
company would like to go over can be discussed during the negotiations with the client.
Both the client and the company employed by them will formally agree on the project
and the brief but it cannot always be legally binding.
Communication – In this brief communication is used usually based around problems
with the project. Usually the client will write to the producer about the brief for the
project. If the producer understands the clients statements based on the project, they
may change aspects of the brief so that the client fully understands what needs to be
done. However for this to happen; both the producer and the client will need to both
formally agree on the changes.
Time management – For this brief there will be a set deadline for the project being
worked on. If any clients are struggling to meet the deadline set; a formal letter from the
client to the producer may be sent in which the client can explain the issue of the
deadline. From this meeting, changes can be made if the producer sees this necessary
Technical skills – If the project is technical based and the client or even producer are
having issues such as technical issues; a meeting may be held portraying the issues and
how they can be fixed.
Career progression – A meeting will be held implying how the client is doing with the
project. The news will either be good or bad depending on how the client has been
working. However the results of the interview will be formal meaning on paper e.g. a
letter sent to the client’s house from the producer.
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Informal Brief
An informal brief is not documented and is usually of the verbal kind. It is where the
client and the company which they have employed simply discuss the requirements for
the product they will be making and ultimately agrees upon the project.
Communication – The communication based on this brief is usually verbal and not
documented (formal). In this case if there are issues with the project the client can
simply talk freely to the producers on what they are having trouble with. This gives the
clients more of a chance to explain their situation and changes can be made there and
then.
Time management – The project usually has a deadline to be completed. If the client and
the producers are having trouble meeting the deadline, a verbal based meeting can be
held where each individual will be free to speak in one open conversation. They will
usually speak about getting more time to complete the project or how they can
complete this on time.
Technical skills – If the project includes technical skills, the project will be completed in
that style. Any difficulties due to technical issues will be addressed in an informal style
meeting in which the client can tell the producers what technical issues are affecting the
work.
Career progression – the producers or producers will usually hold a meeting (1 client at
a time). In this interview the producers will talk to them about how the client s
progression is and what improvements need to be made (if there is any)
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CommissionBrief
This brief is where a large media company will employ an other independent media
company to create and produce the product for them, and after the product has been
made the larger company may go on to be use the product for an external client who
will pay the independent media company for making the product and they could even
get a cut of the royalties too. The brief is not negotiated between the company and the
client, however is negotiated between the two media companies.
Communication – With this brief communication is very important as this includes 2
company’s working together, meaning many client and many producers. If
communication isn’t used to a good standard the project will simply fall apart and each
group will end up making huge major mistakes.
Time management – This will be portrayed informally and formally to make the
deadlines extremely clear so no mistakes are made. If mistakes are made in which the
deadline is missed, both groups will be told.
Technical skills – Depending on the project technical skills may be used. If so the best
technical workers will usually be suited with that part of the work. This is because the
project will then be of a good standard (professional)
Career progression – Considering this type of project is huge including many workers,
each individual will be brought into a meeting, and told how they are doing. This way
the meeting is organised and professional.
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Tender Brief
This is where a client will advertise their brief and a production company will bring
together a proposal that they will pitch to the client, there could be multiple pitches to
the client from many different companies, so the client will then get the chance to
choose the proposal that they think best suits their brief and offer the job to that
production company.
Communication – this is one of the main areas in this style pitch considering the client
will be advertising the brief for the producers to bring together a proposal on pitching
the client. Then the next stage will be to communicate back to each different producer
and tell them whether the client has chosen that company or has passed them.
Time management – As usual for production, a deadline will be set in which the client
will have to have their advertisement ready to show each company. If not, the client will
be given a bad reputation by the producers as they were late and so didn’t care about
the production of advertising the brief.
Technical skills – Depending on how the client wants to take this, they may advertise
their brief through pc using many technical aspects or simply take another route e.g. a
handwritten letter to the producers.
Career progression – When the client has chosen a company (producer) to work with,
their work will be looked at to make sure that in this case the producers are doing what
the client wants and vice versa.
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Co-operative Brief
Within this type of brief there are usually two or more companies that are hired by the
client to work to the brief they have written for the specific project they want to be
completed. After both companies have received the brief they can then proceed to work
together to produce the product. If there is a disagreement or conflict in ideas there can
be a negotiated brief in order to resolve these issues.
Communication – This is needed in this situation as if one of the company’s in the team
disagree on something, and it is ignored the company may leave in retaliation causing
huge problems as the project then may never be completed on delayed past the
deadline.
Time management – The team working towards finishing the projects will usually both
have different time tables and this will be monitored occasionally. If there is an issues
with time the producers can then let each other know and the client or clients will be
informed.
Technical skills – usually these will be required depending on the type of project. If so
the very best technical producers and clients will be chosen to complete the project.
Career progression – Both groups will monitor their progression and if there are any
issues, the clients will be let known by the producers.
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CompetitionBrief
This is where a client can put their brief out so it can be accessed by all of the different
production companies that are participating. It can sometimes been seen as a free
competition as each production company will complete the brief and the client can then
judge which company has the best project and as an award they have it published.
Communication – This is important when it comes to addressing a large audience as this
brief includes getting the clients word out there loud and clear so any production
company’s hear their offers.
Time management – Usually the client will have a set time I order to set the work out
into the world for production companies to come forward; if not the clients ideas may
fall and production companies will either not know about them or simply give up with
the client.
Technical Skills – The client may use technical uses to get their work out to production
companies, e.g. adverts on TV, a website based on the client’s ideas etc.
Career Progression – When the client choses a company to go with, the career
progression will be monitored so the ideas of the production team stay strong and clear.
This way the team want fall behind putting them on edge with the work.
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Pewdiepie, a famous Youtuber is now a major client based around YouTube, and based
around gaming. On November 21st 2014, Pewdiepie decided to speak with the Gamejolt
clients and told them he wanted to set a challenge to his fans witch had briefs and rules
etc. He asked people to create games mainly based around Pewdipie. He named the
competition “Indies vs Pewdiepie”
Pewdipie decided to give the people 72hours and set out rules e.g. the games must
represent the jams theme, no racism or homophobic insults etc. There were no
constraints meaning the games could be made on any software from Game Maker to
Unity.
http://jams.gamejolt.io/indiesvspewdiepie
Pewdiepie aimed this task at his fans
mainly gamers including game creators.
Pewdiepie, made it clear that this may
have a budget and take time to do but the
briefs he stated made it clear
When the 72hours were up Pewdiepie
played the game made and sent to him. He
even filmed himself playing the games,
thanking everyone who participated.
Now on the 15/01/2015 there is765games

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Steam green light is an online game store in which developers either big or small can
sell their products and hope they grow famous. The products made and published on
steam greenlight are games either 2D or 3D.
The style of thisbrief isopenmeaninganyone cansignupand create a game to latersell. Whena
game is uploadedthe greenlightteamwill testplaythe game.Ifthe resultsare positive,the game
will be thenputon to greenlightasthe game wouldthen be accepted.
http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight/
There isno time scale fprsteamgreenlightas itis an opentime scale.Memberscanplaygames
frombig companiestosmall growingcompanies.The legal andethnical issuesare simple e.g.any
offensive gameswill notbe putongreenlight.A ethnical teamwill judge the game if itisseenas
racist etc.by the greenlighttesters.

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http://globalgamejam.org/
The client is the company Global game jam and every year host a competition brief for
anyone who wants to, to come develop a video game in the space of a weekend. The
time scale comes to around 48 hours and allows individuals or groups to work on there
brief
There is no specific audience as
the brief is a short period of time
and is judged on the games
quality rather then that it is
aimed at the audience
The legal and ethical constraints
are guideline within the brief
presentation shows all
competitors at the start, however
there are the basic rules, of no
racist or offensive or personal
attacks.
The only constraint that
competitors receive is the time
scale as this constrains the scale
of the project.

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