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1. Legal and Ethical
Legal Guide.
What Who ownsit? Legal Impact Anyimpacton use?
Copyright/Performance rights. I Filmedmyfootage so
I ownit.
Copyrightmyfootage
so othersshouldask
your permissionto
use it inthe future.
Needtoinsure thatI have
permissionfromall of myactors
inmy cast, and parentsfromthe
below 18 people.Sonolegal
actioncan be takenagainstmy
footage.
Studiotitle logosequence I will create myown
studiotitle logo,to
avoidanylegal
problems.Imightuse
a liongate logoor
Sony.
If I use other
company’slogosIt
wouldresultin
copyrightissues.
I will make sure thatif I use any
otherstudioslogoIwill askfor
theirpermission,I’ll sendan
email.
Additional videofootagefound
online
I will getadditional
videofootage from
YouTube or froma
certainwebsite and
downloadit.
I will have tobuythe
footage froma
website oraskfor
permissionfromthe
personwhomade the
footage.
No impacton use if I have
broughtor have got the
permission
Special effects I will getadditional
videofootage from
YouTube or froma
certainwebsite and
downloadit.
I will have tobuythe
footage froma
website oraskfor
permissionfromthe
personwhomade the
special effects.
No impacton use if I have
broughtor have got the
permission
Soundeffects/Musical score I will getadditional
videofootage from
YouTube or froma
certainwebsite and
downloadit.
I will have tobuythe
footage froma
website oraskfor
permissionfromthe
personwhomade the
soundeffects.
No impacton use if I have
broughtor have got the
permission
Intellectual propertyrights Theyare all my own
ideasandplansso no
othercompanycan
claimor steal them.
If I take otherpeople’s
ideasIwill have to
give themclaimor
moneyas itwas there
ideaor theycouldsue
me.
Needtomake sure no other
companyhas the same ideaas I
had.But there isno other
company’ssoit will have no
impacton me.
Slander/Libel/Publicinterest I have writtenmy
scriptwhichincludes
no slanderandlibel.
If I drag a company
throughthe mud or
state false statements
aboutthemit will
cause slanderandlibel
claims.
Justinsure I don’tsayanything
that the companyI am talking
aboutwill findoffensive.But
there will be noimpacton me.
Filmingpermission I have gained
permissiontofilmin
all of mylocations.
If I donot gain
permissiontheycould
sue me for not getting
it.
Needtodouble checkthatI have
got all the permissionthatIneed.

2. Royalties If my filmevergets
moneyforpaidfor
beingairedIwill pay
my actors and staff
royalties
If I donot pay them
theycouldsue me as I
am not payingthem
there fairamount.
If I evergetpaidI will make sure
that I pay myactors royalties
Ethical Considerations.
What What isthe impacton yourfilm Legal Impact
Your certificate wouldyou
rate yourshort film.
Withmy age restrictionswhichwill be a15,
thismeansthat I am allowedgore however
not toomuch and as well asthat I am
allowedtouse offensivelanguage but
againnot too muchof it as that would raise
the rating to an 18.
The people whodecide the age restriction
isthe BBFC,we have to listentothem
because theyhave toage restrictmyfilmif
I wantthemto go from anythingtothe
public.
Contentconsiderations My filmwill containscenesthat could
offendpeoplesuchasdeathand dead
bodies,Iwill filmitinthe waysoit isgood
taste by not focusingonthe gore aspectto
much andmore focuson the dark humour
init.
There isno legal impactto thisparticularly
inthe waythat the gore and deathdoes
not cause a legal probleminapeople just
people beingupsetandoffended.
Your filmisgoingto be shown
online
My filmwill be shownonYouTube andon
Short of the week,andperhapsa film
festival if done well.The rulesforshortof
the weekisthat ithas to be under40
minutes,ithasto require filmstohave all
necessaryrightsandreleasessecuredfor
us to feature them,includingthe musicand
theyonlyselectfilmsfreetothe audiences
so theydonot cost to watch
There may be some legal problemsif Idid
not getall of the rightsto the audioand
film, couldbe suedbythem.Butotherthan
that itdoesnot have any otherlegal
problems.
Violence offensive language
and behaviour.
My filmdoesfeature strongviolence and
includesstronglanguage thismakesthe
age ratinggo up andput otherpeople off
my film
There isno legal impactto thisparticularly
inthe waythat the gore,deathand bad
language doesnotcause a legal problemin
a people justpeoplebeingupsetand
offended.