2. KEY FILM ROLES
Director: The Director has the vision of the film and therefore he controls everything that
takes place on making the movie so his vision gets put on the big screen, Examples on
Film directors are: J.J Abram's famous for Directing famous films like star trek and the
upcoming star wars movies, Christopher Nolan, Famous of Directing amazing films like,
Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises and The prestige.
Producer: The Producer is usually the first person involved in making a film. They also
have the responsibility of how the film turns out
Camera man: a camera mans job is well.. To operate the camera. They work with the
director of photography and the director to produce amazing cinematic experiences. Some
examples of camera men are Ken Seng who was a camera man for project x.
Editors: An editor can make or break a film, the editors role is a simple but difficult task, but
their job is to edit the films and put the different scenes together to make an overall film.
Some examples of editors are Jason Aldous who was the assistant online editor for the
hobbit: desolation of smaug.
3. GOVERNING BODY
The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) decide what age a film is
rated in the cinema and when it is released to the public.
The BBFC do not work with the government they are a non-profit
organisation who are independent.
They rate films, games and tv shows
4. WARNER BROTHERS
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Motion Pictures/Entertainment company
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., formerly known as
Warner Bros. Studios, commonly referred to as Warner
Bros., or simply WB—is an American producer of film,
television, and music entertainment. Wikipedia
CEO: Kevin Tsujihara
Founded: April 4, 1923, Hollywood, Los Angeles,
California, United States
Headquarters: Burbank, CA, United States of America
Founders: Sam Warner, Albert Warner, Harry
Warner, Jack Warner
6. KEY ROLES IN TELEVISION
Executive Producer: The executive producer is responsible for the all out come
from the tv show. There can be few executive producers at a time. Some
examples of executive producers are matt graining and alan ball.
Actor: and actors job is simple, to act out the directors view of the film, the act to
bring the script to life and they perform infront of the camera. Some examples of
actors are: benerdict cumberbach: sherlock, andrew lincoln: the walking dead
and Bryan Cranston: Breaking Bad.
Director: The director runs things in a film, the whole movie is his vision and he
is in charge of everything that goes on in the film, he acts as a storyteller putting
the script into actual film, he is the team leader of the whole tv product. Some
examples of directing in television: Ernest R. Dickerson: the walking dead 8
episodes, Michelle Maclaren: Breaking Bad and Colm McCarthy: Sherlock.
7. GOVERNING BODY : TV
The Ofcom (the office of communications) license TV shows and channels from
things like copyright infringement. They also so regulate all of the content that
is broadcasted on all TV in the UK. However TV broadcasters have to stick by
a certain ‘code of conduct’ made by Ofcom that they have to obey by, the code
and all of its contents can be found here:
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/broadcast-codes/broadcast-code/,
This code includes: protecting under 18 year olds, harm and offence, crime,
religion, fairness, privacy, commercial references in television programming .
All Tvchannels and shows must read through all of these rules made by the
Ofcom. If a tvchannel fails to comply the codes, in the case of serous or
persistent breaches of this code it can result in statutory sanctions. Ofcom can
shorten
8. AMC
AMC started in 1984 on October the 1st it is owned by AMC Networks. It stands
for American movie Classics
It showed only ‘American Movie Classics’ Until 2002 when it aired modern
movies as well
It was a TV network that you had to subscribe to known as a ‘Premium’ TV
channel
Amc broadcasts things like: The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, Comic Book
Men, Hells on Wheels and Mad Men
After many television awards and critical acclaim from shows like Mad Men and
Breaking Bad, AMC started creating many more original shows. During this
change, AMC created its well known slogan, "Story Matters Here". The slogan
referred to the many shows that had created at the time, many of which had
been praised great stories told through them. It was also during this time
that The Walking Dead TV show was announced and aired. Currently it holds
the title as most watched scripted cable show in history.
10. KEY ROLES IN RADIO
Radio Producer: These are the people who are responsible for all the audio
content coming out of the radio, they are involved in the whole radio product that
you listen to, some examples of these are : Paddy Brunce ( Vodafones top40)
Matt Fincham
,Ian Chaloner ,Fiona Hanlon ,Laura-May Coope are all producers of the
breakfast show on bbc radio 1
Presenter: The Presenter is who you hear on the radio sometimes the shows
can be named after the presenters. Some examples of presenters are: Ferne
Cotton Radio 1, Greg James Radio 1 and Scot mills Radio 1.
Station controller: A Station Controller is responsible for Leading programme
tems on commercial radio stations, they must have a clear understanding of the
purpose and format of their radio station, some examples of Station controllers
are:andy parfitt
Radio editor: They make the sound effects that the radio uses and also they edit
the microphone, tsome examples of these are Jermary Hayes
11. GOVERNING BODY: RADIO
Ofcom: Ofcom is the governing body for Radio, it
licenses everything on the radio including copyright
liscenses. Every radio Station must have this
licensed by ofcom to run a station, and just like
television you need to abide by certain rules to
keep your licensing
12. HEART FM
Heart Fm was licenced in LONDON Slogan: More music variety. Owned by Global
radios, Heart have there own station in nearly every county of England. Heart began
broadcasting on the 6 September 1994, as 100.7 Heart FM being the UK's
third Independent Regional Radio station, five days after Century Radio and Jazz F
North West. The first song to be played on 100.7 Heart fm was "Something Got Me
Started", by Simply Red. Its original format of "soft adult contemporary" music
included artists such as Lionel Richie, Simply Red and Tina Turner
Its programming format was modified in 1996, a year after Chrysalis launched Heart
106.2 in London. The new format saw the "soft" AC music replaced with a generally
more neutral Hot AC music playlist. Century 106 in the East Midlands became the
third station of the Heart network in 2005 after GCap Media sold Century. Chrysalis'
radio holdings were sold to Global Radio in 2007.
