Front Cover Production Plan

Product: L’elegante

Theme: Suits/Fashion

Locations: College Campus/Home

Photoshoot and Front Cover Production Schedule

Photograph Date Time Materials (Props, Equipment Personnel

Costume and (Cast and
Planning materials) Crew)
Main front The costume that I will Tripod, The
cover put on will be a suit, DlSR photographer
photograph the scenery will be a Camera and the
on the model, white or black model
with white background.
background
Main front
Second
cover option
with black
background,

Reviewing Photographs

Photographs Date for reviewing and selecting images

Post Production

Magazine Page Date Time Materials Equipment

Cover Photographs Computer
Cover lines Photoshop
 Photographs Computer
Cover lines Photoshop
Photographs Computer
Cover lines Photoshop
Photographs Computer
Cover lines Photoshop

Budget:Dslr Camera, Tripod,Photoshop, SD Card

Contingency Plans:Have back up booking slots, for example if model isn’t available
then set up another day.

Relevant legal and ethical issues

LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONSTRAINTS

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

The law gives the creators of literary, dramatic, musical, artistic works, sound recordings,
broadcasts, films and typographical arrangement of published editions, rights to control the
ways in which their material may be used.

The rights cover: broadcast and public performance, copying, adapting, issuing, renting and
lending copies to the public.

This is a CIVIL law not a CRIMINAL law.

This means it is not a criminal offence to break the law, which could result in a fine or jail
sentence.

Instead, the person who owns the copyright has to sue the person they believe has broken
the law. The case is then heard in a civil court and if the person is found guilty of breaking
copyright law then they will have to pay damages to the owner of the copyright. The amount
of damages is set by the court.

Types of work protected

Literary
Song lyrics, manuscripts, manuals, computer programs, commercial documents, leaflets,
newsletters and articles etc.
Dramatic
Plays, dance, etc.
Musical
Recordings and score.
Artistic
Photography, painting, sculptures, architecture, technical drawings/diagrams, maps, logos.
Typographical arrangement of published editions
Magazines, periodicals, etc.
Sound recording
May be recordings of other copyright works, e.g. musical and literary.
Film
Video footage, films, broadcasts and cable programmes.
The Copyright (Computer Programs) Regulations 1992 extended the rules covering literary
works to include computer programs.

Duration of copyright

For literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works: 70 years from the end of the calendar year
in which the last remaining author of the work dies.
If the author is unknown, copyright will last for 70 years from the end of the calendar year in
which the work was created, although if it is made available to the public during that time, by
publication, authorised performance, broadcast, exhibition etc, then the duration will be 70
years from the end of the year that the work was first made available.
Sound Recordings: 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was
created or, if the work is released within that time, 70 years from the end of the calendar
year in which the work was first released.
Films: 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the last principal director, author
or composer dies.
If the work is of unknown authorship: 70 years from the end of the calendar year of creation,
or if made available to the public at that time, 70 years from the end of the year the film was
first made available.
Typographical arrangement of published editions: 25 years from the end of the calendar year
in which the work was first published.
Broadcasts and cable programmes: 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the
broadcast was made.
Application: The copyright act is a law which consists of a creator owning a product which
someone else can’t copy or take. I won’t steal anyone’s content or copy it in any way, for
example: I won’ t takes or use someone else’s photo.

Intellectual property
What intellectual property is
Having the right type of intellectual property protection helps you to stop people stealing or
copying:
the names of your products or brands
your inventions
the design or look of your products
things you write, make or produce

Copyright, patents, designs and trademarks are all types of intellectual property protection.
You get some types of protection automatically, others you have to apply for.

You own intellectual property if you:

created it (and it meets the requirements for copyright, a patent or a design
bought intellectual property rights from the creator or a previous owner
have a brand that could be a trade mark e.g. a well-known product name

If you believe anyone has stolen or copied your property you would sue them in civil court.

Types of protection
The type of protection you can get depends on what you’ve created. You get some types of
protection automatically, others you have to apply for.
Automatic protection

Application: I won’t take anyone’s product name or copy it without asking their permission,
for example: don’t take anything that they own, like an image, a title.

Obscene Publications Act 1959

For the purposes of this Act an article shall be deemed to be obscene if its effect or (where
the article comprises two or more distinct items) the effect of any one of its items is, if taken
as a whole, such as to tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely, having regard to
all relevant circumstances, to read, see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it.

In this Act ‘article’ means any description of articles containing or embodying matter to be
read or looked at or both, any sound record and any film or other record of a picture or
pictures.

This is a criminal law.

Application: Don’t take pictures of anything inappropriate, for example: use an appropriate
suit/costume for the magazine front cover.

Trespass
This is a civil law.
Trespass to land consists of any unjustifiable intrusion by a person upon the land in
possession of another.
Civil trespass is actionable in the courts.
Application: I won’t trespass anyone’s land without permission, as it is against the law to
step on someone’s land

Privacy
The introduction of the Human Rights Act 1998 incorporated into English law the European
Convention on Human Rights.

Article 8.1 of the ECHR provides an explicit right to respect for a private life:
Article 8 protects your right to respect for your private life, your family life, your home and
your correspondence (letters, telephone calls and emails, for example).

Privacy Law is a law which deals with the use of people’s personal information and making
sure they aren't intruded upon. These laws make sure people can't have their information
wrongly used without permission.

The effect this has on radio:

This means that they can't tell the listeners people’s full names or any private details they
don't want revealed. For example, if a viewer calls in but they don't want their name to be
revealed then they can't say it.

The effect this has on television:

This is also basically the same as radio, they can't use people’s full names without their
consent. This also means that if they take footage of someone they need to get that person’s
permission before they air it on television.

Anyone who believes their right has been broken can make a civil claim in the courts against
those they believe have invaded their privacy.

When applying the legal principles the court will balance the claimant's right to privacy
against the right to freedom of expression.
If the claimant is proved to be correct this could result in an injunction banning publication of
information; damages; and return or destruction of the material gained from the intrusion.

Application: Revealing any personal details without consent. For example: The model
which will be the subject won’t be giving their personal details,which I have to not use.

Defamation Act 2013

This Act reformed defamation law on issues of the right to freedom of expression and the
protection of reputation. It also comprised a response to perceptions that the law as it stood
was giving rise to libel tourism and other inappropriate claims.

The Act changed existing criteria for a successful claim, by requiring claimants to show
actual or probable serious harm (which, in the case of for-profit bodies, is restricted to
serious financial loss), before suing for defamation in England or Wales.

It also enhanced existing defences, by introducing a defence for website operators hosting
user-generated content (provided they comply with a procedure to enable the complainant to
resolve disputes directly with the author of the material concerned or otherwise remove it),
and introducing new statutory defences of truth, honest opinion, and "publication on a matter
of public interest“.

LIBEL
A written, published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation.

SLANDER
Making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.

Defamation is a civil law and so you would need to sue someone who you believe has
damaged your reputation.

Ethical Constraints
Rather than legal constraints, ethical issues are based on judgement. They are what society
considers as morally acceptable.
If something is seen as ethically wrong than it is first investigated to see if it is breaking any
laws. However, if it is not in violation of any of these laws then it comes under ethical issues.

This means that no law has been broken, however the public may see it as offensive or
controversial. Many ethical concerns are raised by groups of specific people. These groups
may find the publication offensive, due to how the minority are represented.

Ethical concerns which come into media production are things such as:
Protecting under 18s
Representation of age, gender, race, disability, sexuality and religion
Using off the record information
The power to influence public opinion
Interviewing vulnerable people or children
Anything that could cause offence or harm
Presenting an individual or their views as being representative of an entire group or
people
Running premium rate phone lines
Using hidden microphones
Making a product which offends or insults a viewer/listener/user
Falsifying information

Relevant regulatory bodies

Each media industry has its own regulatory body which has a code of conduct and rules
which all media practitioners follow:
BBFC
ASA
OfCom
IPSO
Application: Ethical concerns are judgements made from people which are seen ethically
wrong, for example: making a product which offends or insults a viewer,if someone sees an
ethically wrong product they would council it with the police to see if it breaks any law. I won’t
violate the ethical concerns listed above.
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