Within the TV and film industry there are a range of different employment contracts that are given to employers. Some of the contract types include:
- Full-time and part time contracts- within the contract it gives them information about the regulations within there job such as, statutory minimum level of paid holidays, a payslip showing any deductions, any statutory sick payments (SSP), maternity, paternity and adoption pay and leave, make sure the employee doesn't work longer then there maximum hours, employees have to be paid at least minimum wage, have liability insurance which protects the purchaser from the risk of liabilities imposed by others, take on any flexible working requests etc.
- Fixed term contracts- within a fixed term contract it requires information such as, last for a certain length of time, the contract ends when a specific task is completed, it also ends with a specific event taking place, Fixed term employees have to receive the same treatment as any full time permanent staff as well as get there SSP (statutory sick pay) if needed for 28 weeks.
- Agency staff- This is when you ca hire staff through different agencies, this also consists of different regulations such as you have to pay the agency as well as the employees national insurance contributions and statutory sick pay, agencies responsibilities to make sure workers get the right, make sure the employee has the right to access any facilities etc.
- Freelancers, consultants and contractors- freelance, consultants and contractors all are self employed or are part of other companies, might not be entitled to the same rights as workers such as minimum wage etc.
- Zero hour contracts- zero hour contracts are for piece work or on call work for example interpreters. They are usually on call to work when you need them, work does not have to be given to them also they don't have to work when they are asked.
Confidentiality Agreements
Confidentiality agreements is mostly used in the TV and film industries to make sure the information about a show or a film does not get out to the public before the official release date given, as it can be ruined for the public. In order to make sure nothing would get out all members that are involved in the making of the production have to sign a contract to make sure that no information what so ever is leaked to the public, this also relates with any of the employment contracts as in working with TV can mean your employment contract that you have is a confidentiality agreement with the contract which then means the company can trust you with any information and that they know you won't share any of the ideas with other people or companies.
Exclusivity contract
An exclusivity contract means when someone has made an official agreement with the time they are working for the company, as a production is in process anyone involved in TV and film that is being shot within the same time other projects come up, anyone within the company would not be able to go to a different project as they would have a contract between the recent project.
Codes of practice
When you get a job at any type of television company, a few of the main things that are pointed out to you are the codes of practice. An example of this a company like the BBC have some codes of practice which has to be followed by everyone working within the business, these rules given must be followed at all times as it also does consist issues such as health and safety within the working environment, as well as a range of different rules that consist within the job. This would also relate if you are a freelancer, you would also have to follow any of the codes of practice that is given, however the codes of practice are not given from the company your working with but the union you are apart of, when you follow the rules that are given it makes you apart of the union and the work. In addition to this you can also have your own codes of practice whilst your an employee such as if you are not happy with where you work, you are always able to leave the job.
Here is a site where is shows you the codes of practices for the BBC.
http://murphyhannah.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/bbc-codes-conventions/
On the website the BBC highlight there main codes of practices, and talk about how they handle a few of the rules given to them. Some of these practices consist of causing harm and effect, truth and accuracy, fairness etc. Topics like this have to be taken in to consideration at a job like this as you have to think of everyone's safety within the company even yourself. This is why it is really important for the codes of practice to be followed.
Causing harm and offence
For causing harm and offence, the BBC discuss as well as approve content during there production meetings, on the BBC's guidelines in regards to causing any time harm and offence. Whilst having a meeting, at all times the consideration should be taken on board of who there viewers and audience are. The thoughts taken in are things such as when and how the show would be accessed to the people in addition to this if any of the content is ethical. As it is an entertainment channel there are certain values within the channel this can consist of using appropriate language, treat the audience equally, no form of insulting or discriminating age etc. In addition to this anyone that is shown on the show they must protect there physical safety or their identity, especially anything stated with children.
Confidentiality agreements is mostly used in the TV and film industries to make sure the information about a show or a film does not get out to the public before the official release date given, as it can be ruined for the public. In order to make sure nothing would get out all members that are involved in the making of the production have to sign a contract to make sure that no information what so ever is leaked to the public, this also relates with any of the employment contracts as in working with TV can mean your employment contract that you have is a confidentiality agreement with the contract which then means the company can trust you with any information and that they know you won't share any of the ideas with other people or companies.
Exclusivity contract
An exclusivity contract means when someone has made an official agreement with the time they are working for the company, as a production is in process anyone involved in TV and film that is being shot within the same time other projects come up, anyone within the company would not be able to go to a different project as they would have a contract between the recent project.
Codes of practice
When you get a job at any type of television company, a few of the main things that are pointed out to you are the codes of practice. An example of this a company like the BBC have some codes of practice which has to be followed by everyone working within the business, these rules given must be followed at all times as it also does consist issues such as health and safety within the working environment, as well as a range of different rules that consist within the job. This would also relate if you are a freelancer, you would also have to follow any of the codes of practice that is given, however the codes of practice are not given from the company your working with but the union you are apart of, when you follow the rules that are given it makes you apart of the union and the work. In addition to this you can also have your own codes of practice whilst your an employee such as if you are not happy with where you work, you are always able to leave the job.
Here is a site where is shows you the codes of practices for the BBC.
http://murphyhannah.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/bbc-codes-conventions/
On the website the BBC highlight there main codes of practices, and talk about how they handle a few of the rules given to them. Some of these practices consist of causing harm and effect, truth and accuracy, fairness etc. Topics like this have to be taken in to consideration at a job like this as you have to think of everyone's safety within the company even yourself. This is why it is really important for the codes of practice to be followed.
Causing harm and offence
For causing harm and offence, the BBC discuss as well as approve content during there production meetings, on the BBC's guidelines in regards to causing any time harm and offence. Whilst having a meeting, at all times the consideration should be taken on board of who there viewers and audience are. The thoughts taken in are things such as when and how the show would be accessed to the people in addition to this if any of the content is ethical. As it is an entertainment channel there are certain values within the channel this can consist of using appropriate language, treat the audience equally, no form of insulting or discriminating age etc. In addition to this anyone that is shown on the show they must protect there physical safety or their identity, especially anything stated with children.
Truth and accuracy
With this code, the main point it is trying to make is to make sure any relevant facts and information that is gathered for the company should be truthful and accurate, it would also need to be provided with solid evidence of the findings. This is mostly aimed at anything related with the news, as the audience will be expecting the truth to be given to them, also by making sure the information is reliable it would maintain a high standard of professionalism for the company as it would show that they do not produce any false statements as some things can be very misleading to the audience, unethical etc. People dont expect the BBC to gossip or post any false information.
My own opinion on codes of practice that the BBC use are very fair to their viewers, the reason for this is there number one priority is making sure they are keeping the audience they are aiming at happy and pleased, they take in there considerations when decision making which is benefitial as they are taking on board what there audience wants from them also they make sure all of there viewers are very comfortable whilst watching the TV channel. In addition to this to make sure there audience can think they are trust worthy, they are gathering accurate information which is making BBC a reliable source. Within all the codes of practice the BBC use it helps them create a guideline and a structure on how the shows should be put together in order to keep their viewers happy.
Within the BBC they have a range of policies and procedures before any of there shows are aired on TV. Before it is aired, there are different stages that the show has to go through, this consists of a green flag being shown before the show, this is so they all go through the equality and diversity stage. Another procedure the BBC have to take on before they air any general policies and guidelines for the show, they have to go over things such as advertising, as the BBC does not permit advertisements and sponsorships they do not have access to advertising between shows.
The social concern I decided to look at in more detail is the Mark Duggen incident that occurred not to long ago. I found the information on the BBC website which talks about in more detail on how the shooting occured etc. The BBC wrote a report ob how it all happened as well as the views from others on the armed police in addition to this the reason for why the riots had occurred. In the report there is various information on different opinions from the public about the events that have happened. The news report is a very open report as it is balanced because they are not taking sides or even giving any of there opinions. The report was created in order to just give the public the information they need to know about the incident.
Here is a news report on how british muslims are represented in the media, this report talks about how they are represented as well as the occurring events they have experienced for example the report mentions threats that they have received etc. There are a range of quotes that is shown on the report from different people around the country. The BBC approach this by only showing the quotes and the opinions where as they keep there opinion to themselves which makes the report they balanced.
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