BECTU
Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theater Union.
BECTU is The UK's media and entertainment trade unions sectors covered include broadcasting, film, independent production, theatre and the arts, leisure and digital media.
Equity
Equity is a trade union that represents artists from across the arts and entertainment industries.
www.equity.org.uk
Directors Guild of Great Britain
A trade union representing directors across all media. It offers help with contracts, a campaigning voice and organises seminars and screenings.
www.dggb.co.uk
THE IMPORTANCE OF TRADE UNIONS
A trade union is an organization or a group that workers join so that they can have their interests and goals well represented.
In today's world workers have assumed great importance. The employers have started to realize the importance of workers. The employees too have started to form Trade Unions to protect their interests. Bosses around the world have recognized that the best way to resolve issues is by way of dialogue.
The employees have realized that to protect themselves from exploitation, unity is very important. This is one of the reasons why trade unions have become so important today.
Trade unions also sometimes act as representatives of workers in case of legal matters
The rights of the employees are better protected. For example, they cannot be unjustly removed from work.
And to employees Since the individual rights of workers are better protected and well represented, they tend to be motivated. This results in higher levels of efficiency and improved productivity.
Editorial Guidelines are the values and standards of a company. They apply to all content, wherever and however it is received.
BBC: CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AS CONTRIBUTERS
"We must always safeguard the welfare of the children and young people who contribute to our content, wherever in the world we operate. " the BBC values young people and children from the age of 16 and under. all children and young people who contribute and interact with the bbc's content are protect under many codes for their mental and physical health+ safety. "People under eighteen must not be caused unnecessary distress or anxiety by their involvement in programmes or by the broadcast of those programmes."
BBC: Politics, Public Policy and Polls
the bbc has a strict policy when dealing with matters of politics, public policy and pols. their principles are set with the " agreement accompanying the BBC charter". they follow principles such as:
- "We must treat matters of politics and public policy with due accuracy and impartiality in news and other output. "
- We must not express an opinion on current affairs or matters of public policy other than broadcasting or the provision of online services.
- We must not campaign, or allow ourselves to be used to campaign.
BBFC
The british board of film classification was founded by the film industry in 1912. it is in charge of the national classification and censorship of films within the uk. " The BBFC is the UK’s regulator of film and video, providing age ratings such as U, PG and 12A. We are a designated body so have legal powers to rate, and sometimes cut or even reject works."
PG:
PG stands for parental guidance. films of which are rated pg are suitable for people of all ages. however those films shouldn't disturb children from the age of 8 and over. the films are allowed some form of moderated violence if justified by the content of course: fantasy movies. they are also allowed to showcase mid language,sex,and drugs references.
12A:
Films under the category of 12A are deemed unsuitable for young children. in fact cinemas are only allowed to supply tickets to a young person of the age of 12 if they are only accompanied by an adult of 18 years or over. Films under this category can contain mature themes, discrimination, soft drugs, infrequent strong language and moderate violence, sex references and nudity. Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Sexual violence may be implied or briefly indicated.
15
rated 15 movies are Suitable only for persons aged 15 years and over, not to be supplied to anyone below that age. It is illegal to knowingly rent or sell a 15-rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game, or supply cinema tickets for a film with this rating, to anyone under the age of 15.
Films under this category can contain adult themes, hard drugs, regular use of foul language and limited use of very strong language, strong violence and strong sex references, and nudity without graphic detail. Sexual activity may be portrayed but without any strong detail. Sexual violence may be shown if discreet and justified by context.
The hunger games.
the hunger games was originally rated a 15 by the BBFC but after cutting 7 seconds from a graphic violent scene the movie were able to get the rating it wanted . a 12A, after that the film became a blockbuster and was extremely successful at the box office. however the parents who took their kids to watch the movie felt that the movie was controversial as if showed the violent nature of a rated 15 movie than a 12A. they didn't quite like their children being exposed to such violence.
The dark knight
the Batman sequel is the most complained about movie of the last decade in Britain, with 364 complaints.
the dark knight was rated a 12A 69 percent of the general public agreed on the rating the film go but the rest disagreed. they thought the films dark tone, use of knifes and the way in which the joker makes the pencil disappear through a mans eye socket was too graphic for the young kids watching.
personally i tend to agree that both films were controversial with their rating. as a 19 years old teenager i am quite fine watching the violence that is within both movies . however children that are 12 years old are still quite young therefor the film could affect them psychologically.
what is the structure of the film industry
- the film industry structure begins with the development ,production stage of the film it then goes to production, post production then distribution and exhibition.
The development stage is when an idea is being developed at its early stages, when the writers are coming up with scripts, directors coming up withs story boards and more. the production stage is when the idea is actually being made, the film is being filmed after that comes the distribution stages. the distribution stage is when the film is being distributed around all the different cinema companies which then goes to the exhibition stage as the film i being showcased.
development:
- the idea for the film
- a plot synopsis
- a script
- funding for the film: filming, distribution deals
production:
- filming
post production:
- editing
distribution
- selling the film
- film festivals
- art houses
- on demand: netflix, skymovies.
What is the structure of the television industry
The television industry is made of publicity funded channels, commercial channels of which are popular and on demand. people have to pay to TV license each year which is how some TV channels which aren't commercialised such as the BBC pay for their programs. but commercialised TV channels such as itv uses the money from their advertisement to fund their shows.
- publicity funded: it is payed by views and license fee
- commercial channel/tv: sponsorship/ advertisements
- pay subscription- on demand channels: netflix, amazon prime, now Tv, sky, virgin
publicity funded on demand channels : BBC iplayer
commercial on demand channels: itv player
What is the future of the television industry
. a lot of the british television industry are being bought by american media companies. the industry facing a bit threat form the involvement of technology companies such as apple and google. the big is that television is losing is essence by turning into a combat vehicle for these big technology
companies.
BBC
location
- the broadcasting house, london BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, LONDON, W1A 1AA
what does the BBC stand for
- the British broadcasting corporation
who owns the BBC
- its been a public body under royal charter since 1927,the since the British public pay for it , it is owned by the state.
how is the BBC funded
- the BBC is funded by the tv license money that the pubic pays.
list what type of programmes the BBC show
- sherlock
- the graham norton show
- match of the day
- merlin
is the BBC a media conglomerate?
- no because it isn't an independent company it is publicly funded, whoever it does have aspects of a media conglomerate because besides new it also has tv, radio and BBC films.
is the company multinational, national or local?
- yes because besides being a uk company it is also known in america as BBC america.
What is the ethos of the BBC?
- to inform , educate and entertain
What is the BBC for?
- to cater for the public
What is the future of the BBC?
- video on demand
- variety of different channels
- questions about funding options. people aren't too keen on paying the license fee if they do not watch any of the bbd's programs which means the BBC won't have its usual funds. this might cause it to turn into a private company, their funds will have to come from advertising and more.
shadow of liberty
- the BBC ethos is to inform, educate and entertain. the critics aren't happy with the BBC because they feel that it is going down the road of more entertainment than information and education. the BBC representative argued they are considering everyone's needs especially young people because they are more interested in entertainment. the critics feel as the BBC is copying channels like itv by generating the voice which is a similar program to x-factor.
The funding in the future of the BBC
- if the BBC is turning into a private company then it will have to start earning money through advertisements as they will be funding like a commercial channel. this won't sit well with companies like itv because they will be competing against each other.
what is wrong with the BBC
"ITV has proposed "top slicing" the BBC licence fee to create a pot of tens of millions of pounds that rivals could bid for to help fund their news services." i tend to agree with itv because their argument is based strictly on their interest. they feel that if the BBC is busy copying their ideas and shows then they should be entitled to some of the public moment. how ever the BBC doesn't want itv to have an of the money because it belongs to the BBC as it is a public company.
- it is when one company owns a media services and products from different types of media.: walt disney company.
publicly funded
- funded through tax money. i.e the public pay through their taxes. : bbc
Globalisation
- the process of international integration of world news, products ideas and other aspects of culture.: the rise of the enternet.
commercial channels
- funded by the revenue from broadcast advertisement: itv
world service
- the international broadcaster, is currently funded by grant-in-aid through foreign and common wealth office of the british government: BBC world service
cross media
- is the combination of two or more companies of different types usually involving a parent company. : sky
on demand channels
- usually refers to the local area : 4oD
franchise
- ownership of the characters and setting of a film, video game,book etc.: harry potter furines
local
- usually refers to the local area: BBC radio manchester
New technology
TV
new technology:
new technology:
- 4k ultra definition tv, smart tv.
- tablets/phones- streaming devices
- providers: netflix
- glass (google)
- sky go- record anywhere
- voice command not remote
- illegal streaming.
film
- 4d
- imax
- 3d
- high frame
- rate
- 48 frames per second
- digital
what is your favourite tv program?
- arrow
which company makes it
- warner brothers
what is commercial TV
- commercial broadcasting the broadcast of television programs by privately owned corporate media , as opposed to state sponsorship. they are funded by subscriptions,advertising, sponsors, they are private companies which makes profit.
what is public funded TV
- public funded TV is channels who are funded by the state and license fee. they are strictly for the public interest and do not serve purely commercial interest.
what is TV on demand
- all major uk broadcasters make their output available to watch online, via services such as the BBC iplayer, itv player, 4oD on demand 5. all these are free to watch and allow you to catch up with tv programmes you've missed.
how many people are employed in television in uk?
- 76 thousand
give an example of an independent tv company
- itv
who regulates tv in the uk?
FILMwhat is the last film you have seen
- iron mans 3
which company made it
- marvel studios
- Walt Disney
who are the big 6' film companies in the united states.
- Warner brothers
- Walt Disney
- Viacom
- time Warner
- Comcast
- GE
- Sony
- focus
- 50 shades of grey
- second best marigold hotel
- selma
- birdman
- the boy next door
- American sniper
- into the woods
Disneyland
1. What are their famous films and successful box office results?
total gross adjusted gross
total gross adjusted gross
| 1 | The Avengers | May 4, 2012 | Adventure | PG-13 | $623,279,552 | $639,722,847 |
| Toy Story 3 | Jun 18, 2010 | Adventure | G | $415,004,880 | $429,732,555 |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Jul 9, 2003 | Adventure | PG-13 | $305,411,232 | $413,799,291 |
| Iron Man 3 | May 3, 2013 | Action | PG-13 | $408,992,272 | $411,004,530 |
| Frozen | Nov 22, 2013 | Adventure | PG | $400,737,000 | $402,196,330 |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Dec 9, 2005 | Adventure | PG | $291,710,957 | $370,006,702 |
2. Are they a conglomerate? What other companies do they own? Prove with examples
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3. List 6 films that the company has made in the last 5 years
- into the woods
- saving Mr banks
- guardians of the Galaxy
- Thor the dark world
- maleficent
- frozen
4. How much money are they worth?
- 142.92 billion dollars.
5. What new technological developments have they made?
- Disney has made major technological developments over the past few years. their animations started with 2D animation to stop motion , cgi and ground breaking graphic in their latest movies.
1. What are their famous films and successful box office results?
- avatar
- titanic
- x-men days of futures past
- gone girl
- kingsman the secret service
2. Are they owned by a conglomerate? What other companies do this conglomerate own? Prove with examples
- 20th century fox is owned by 21st century fox, they also own companies such as :
- national geographic channel
- fox animation studios
- fox sports
- fox television studios
3. List 6 films that the company has made in the last 5 years
- kingsman the secret service
- x-men first class
- chronicle
- wolverine
- the heat
4. How much money are they and their conglomerate worth?
- 31.867 billion dollars
5. What new technological developments have they made?
Film Company: Warner Bros
1. What are their famous films and successful box office results?
- the dark knight
- harry potter and the sorcerer's stone
- the matrix reloaded
- inception
- man of steel
2. Are they owned by a conglomerate? What other companies do this conglomerate own? Prove with examples
- they are owned by time Warner.
3. List 6 films that the company has made in the last 5 years
- the dark knight rises
- American sniper
- the Lego movie
- gravity
- focus
4. How much money are they and their conglomerate worth?
- time Warner :45 billion dollars , Warner brothers 29.795 billion dollars
5. What new technological developments have they made?
Film Company: Sony Pictures
1. What are their famous films and successful box office results?
- spiderman
- men in black
- skyfall
- gladiator
- hitch
2. Are they a conglomerate? What other companies do this conglomerate own? Prove with examples
- sony pictures music group
- columbia pictures
- trista productions
- Sony pictures classic
3. List 6 films that the company has made in the last 5 years
- grown ups 2
- the weeding ringer
- the amazing spiderman 2
- 22 jump street
- django
- money ball
4. How much money are they and their conglomerate worth?
5. What new technological developments have they made?
Film Company: Paramount Pictures
1. What are their famous films and successful box office results?
- transformers revenge of the fallen
- Shrek the third
- iron man
- mission impossible
- kung fu panda
2. Are they owned by a conglomerate? What other companies do this conglomerate own? Prove with examples
- it is a subsidiary of Viacom. viacom also owns :
- BET
- comedy central
- mtv new media
- nickelodeon
- paramount animation
3. List 6 films that the company has made in the last 5 years
- the wolf of wall street
- anchorman 2
- mission impossible ghost protocol
- g.i.Joe retaliation
- Thor
- jack Ryan : shadow recruit
4. How much money are they and their conglomerate worth?
- 10 billion dollars
podcast script.
as you may have guessed this is indeed a podcast about the very dashing media company that is 20th century. as to my identity, i am an aficionado of all things film and tv and i shall you be your very dashing narrator.
we see the 20th century fox movie intro
a montage of 20th century fox movies over the years is shown.
narrator
20th century fox is one of the six major film studios in hollywood.
we see a picture of all the major film studios.
narrator
20th century fox was founded on may 31
1935 by its founders Darryl.f Zanuck, Joseph M. Sheneck
narrator
they are known for commercially successful movies such as :
avatar
we see a short clip of the film avatar
titanic
we see a short clip of the film avatar
x men first class
we see a short clip of the film x men first class
gone girl
we see a short clip of the film gone girl
and also kingsman the secret service
we see a short clip of the film kingsman the secret service.
narrator
20th century is owned by 21st century
we see a picture of the 21st century logo
it is an American multinational mass media corporation.
21st century also owns the fox television network,
fox animation, national geographic channel, and also fox sport.
we see images of each companies along with some clips.
narrator
20th fox century is a subsidiary of news corp, the media
conglomerate owned by rupert Murdoch. the company
was founded on may 31.
narrator
news corp is a vertically intergrated
media company with properties in film, cable
magazines, news paper, publishing and more...
their total revenue comes up to 33.706 billion dollars
narrator
their most commercially successful
production partners in the past few years has been
marvel studios
blue sky studios
bad hat harry productions
trouble maker studio and many more.
narrator
it's ceo is Bruno Seneque and its chairman board has
directors terence streeter
yulong tian
rod white
along with geoffrey clifford as control and & co-secretary
conglomerate owned by rupert Murdoch. the company
was founded on may 31.
narrator
news corp is a vertically intergrated
media company with properties in film, cable
magazines, news paper, publishing and more...
their total revenue comes up to 33.706 billion dollars
their most commercially successful
production partners in the past few years has been
marvel studios
blue sky studios
bad hat harry productions
trouble maker studio and many more.
narrator
it's ceo is Bruno Seneque and its chairman board has
directors terence streeter
yulong tian
rod white
along with geoffrey clifford as control and & co-secretary
narrator
20th's century fox is part of one of if not the biggest
competition in the entertainment industry. the film studio industry.
their competition is with companies such as
marvel studios
walt disney
paramount
sony pictures
and many more.
with these companies 20th century fox
competes with them at the box office with their movies,
award season and along many other areas.
with these companies 20th century fox
competes with them at the box office with their movies,
award season and along many other areas.
beth
narrator
the total net worth of 20th century fox comes up
to 5 billion.
narrator
debates about the multi media is who is more or less powerful.
a brief analysis would be which power is involved to take
on a role of the media industry. another debate is access.
power is generally based on access to valued social media sources. controlling the mass communication is one of the crucial conditions.
those who have power and influence know that
the media control or influence is critical. because of the conflict with power,
this will attract viewers, listeners and readers,
the greater the conflict, the greater and larger the audience.
audiences are crucial to financial success of media, therefore it is
often that when a media industry has a conflict, it is not uncommon
for them to report it and to also play up a little as this
will gain more audience in my opinion, i think that you do need
some power to get control but i think too much is unnecessary,
having power is a form of getting people to view you films and buy them,
but when conflict happens i think it is just silly how they act up to
it more, possible making it a bigger problem than it already is. understandably,
it does bring in more audience, but it could also be for all the wrong reasons.
narrator
they have always pushed the boundaries of technological advances. in 1953, The Robe was their first Cinemascope production. To make the film Avatar, they used motion capture and 3-D. Vice media and 20th century fox have announced a partnership to finance, produce, market and distribute feature films globally. the film label will focus on stories that are 'outside of the mainstream' and will also focus on new media technologies.
bbc script.
emman.
a video intro of the bbc is shown, then a montage of its famous programs and films is shown.
narrator
- the bbc which stands for broadcasting corporation is a uk based public service broadcaster headquartered at the broadcasting house in london. it is known as a public company because it is a company owned by the state which means it is owned and payed for by the public.
- the bbc is funded by the public through the tv license fee every member of public has to pay each year. the fee comes up to 145.50 pounds per year if you own a colored tv and if you own a black and white tv the fee comes up to 49.00 pounds. however the fee changes on circumstances such as if a person over the age of 75 they needn't pay for the linces, if a person is registrated as a blind person they recieve a 50% discount on the fee and if you are registrated under a carehome you are entitled to a discounted to a tv license fee of 7.50 pounds.
- according to the bbc's 2013/2014 annual report it total income was 5 billion. the 5 billion is broken down in such a way:
- £3,726.1 million in licence fees collected from householders;
- £1,023.2 million from the BBC's Commercial Businesses;
- £244.6 million from government grants, of which £238.5 million is from the foreign and commonwealth office for the bbc world service
- £72.1 million from other income, such as rental collections and royalties from overseas broadcasts of programming.
- several operational areas manage the bbc, these include the director general's office and executive, radio, bbc north , finance and business, digital and strategy, news group and television.
- the BBC is established under a royal charter, it recognises the bbc's editorial independance and sets out its public purpuses. the current charter started in 2007 and is due to end in 2016.
- Under the Charter, the BBC is governed by the bbc trust, it sets the strategic direction of the BBC and represents the interests of licence fee payers. The Trust sets purpose remits, issues service licences and holds the Executive Board to account for its performance in delivering BBC services. The Trust works closely with national audince councils in order to understand the needs and concerns of audiences.
- the BBC Executive Board is responsible for its operational management. Directors from across the BBC contribute to the leadership of the organisation as part of the Executive Team.
- the BBC is regulated by Ofcom , which is the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, it has responsabilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.
narrator
- since it was founded on october 18th 1922 the BBC has gone to be one of the most successful broadcaster in the world. they have tv channels from the bbc to bbc three. some of their most rated shows include sherlock, the voice, east enders, doctor who, match of the day and the graham norton show. they have radio shows such as bbc radio 1, they also have a production company of which they make their films from many more ventured and assets. however the BBC's management has been complained about lately by the public when it was announced that they are closing the bbc three channel down as a broadcasting tv channel in autumn 2015. the BBC stated that in doing so they will be saving up to 50 million a year. 30 million of that money will be going into drama shows on the bbc one, the freed up spectrum will be used to extend cbbc by an hour a night and to provide a bbc one + 1 service. the public weren't too happy about this announcement because they wont be enjoying some of their favourite bbc three shows such as family guy, russel howard's good news, being human and many more. the bbc three acording ot the bbc will be reinvented as a new and innovative online service.
beth
some say that the licence fee is outdated and should be scrapped. others say that it should stay but be distributed beyond the BBC. some even say that it denies consumer choices, is inefficient and has a regressive effect. a host of MP's have backed plans to make licence fee evasion a civic rather than a criminal offence. BBC chairmen, Lord grade has forced plans to decriminalise non-payment of license fee to be put on hold until 2017
narrator
programmes such as strictly come dancing and dancing on ice (ITV) would be rival programmes because they are both dancing competitions and the viewers may want to watch one more than the other. Its the same with The Voice and X factor. Which program will get the most views. BBC competitors would be Sky, Channel 4 and ITV. They all have On demand and catch up. Not only do they have catch up, but some of their poplar shows are on at the same time. so they will also be at rivalry with views.
narrator
- they have introduced bbc IPlayer which allows you to catch up on any shows that you may have missed. in febuary 2011, player was modified to include links to other programs from different broadcasters, including itv, ITV 2, ITV 3, ITV 4, Channel 4, e4, More 4, film 4, channel 5, 5*, 5USA and S4C. in october 2014, it was updated so that the availability of the programs was from 7 days to 30 days. special applications for mobile platforms was then introduced in February 2011. they were for iOS and Android devices, where the launch would have the biggest impact.
- the latest technological development samsung are going to release a suhd tv with 4k. Netflix and amazon have started to stream some shows in higher definition format and new TVs are gaining the ability to stream 4k youtube clips.
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