Task 14: Photoshoot Planning (Front Covers)

Product
The product is a teenage lifestyle magazine called Metronome.
Theme
- Music
- Rock
- Hip-Hop
- Indie
- Pop
Models
Chloe Birchall
Hayden Marshall
Alfie Gildea
Locations
Under bridge by Black Bear Park
Metal fence by Black Bear Park
White brick wall
Field
Photoshoot and Front Cover Production

Photograph Date Time Materials Equipment Personnel

Front Cover 15/05/2019 13:00 Costumes DSLR Camera Chloe
1 Black Leather Birchall
Jacket
Black Shirt Caleb White
Black Jeans
Black Shoes
Front Cover 15/05/2019 13:15 Costumes DSLR Camera Hayden
2 Green Marshall
tracksuit jacket
jeans Caleb White
Front Cover 15/05/2019 17:22 Costumes DSLR Camera Alfie Gildea
3 White t-shirt
Navy blue shirt Caleb White
jeans
Guitar
Front Cover 19/05/2019 14:06 Costumes DSLR Camera Chloe
4 Bright pink t- Birchall
shirt
jeans Caleb White
Reviewing Materials

Materials Date for reviewing and selecting images

Front Cover 1 and 2 16th May
Front Cover 3 and 4 20th May

Post Production

Magazine Page Date Time Materials Equipment

Cover 20th May 9am - 10am Photographs Computer
Cover lines Photoshop
20th May 10am - 11am Photographs Computer
Cover lines Photoshop
20th May 11am - 12pm Photographs Computer
Cover lines Photoshop
20th May 1pm - 2pm Photographs Computer
Cover lines Photoshop

Budget

Equipment Price

DSLR Camera £279

Computer £230

Adobe Photoshop £16.24/mo

Total £525.24

Contingency Plans

Model doesn't show up to the shoot Either reschedule another photoshoot or

find another model

Camera doesn't work or ran out of battery Make sure you have spare batteries and
make sure you have booked out another
camera

Raining Reschedule for another day

Props have not been brought to the shoot Go and get the props or find someone who
has the props you need

Relevant legal and ethical issues

Legal and Ethical Issues

Legal Issues

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 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 end of the calendar year of
creation, or if made available to the public in 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: This applies to my magazine because I must ensure all my content

e.g. written and images, are original and not taken from any other copyrighted
material. If copyrighted material is to be used, the appropriate permissions must be
in place and it should be documented.

Equality Act 2010

This law legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider
society.
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of:
Ø Age
Ø Being or becoming a transsexual person
Ø Being married or in a civil partnership
Ø Being pregnant or on maternity leave
Ø Disability
Ø Race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin
Ø Religion/belief or lack of religion/belief
Ø Sex
Ø Sexual orientation

This is a CRIMINAL law.

Therefore anyone who is considered to be breaking the law could be arrested. It
would result in a criminal trial which if found guilty could result in a fine or jail
sentence.
 APPLICATION: This applies to my magazine because I must ensure that I do not
discriminate against anyone, e.g. Age, race, gender, in my texts and images.

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

Copyright, patents, designs and trade marks 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:

Ø created it (and it meets the requirements for copyright, a patent or a design
Ø bought intellectual property rights from the creator or a previous owner
Ø 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

Protection you have to apply for

Type of protection Examples of intellectual property Time to allow for
application
Trade marks Product names, logos, jingles 4 months
Registered designs Appearance of a product including, shape, packaging,
1 month
patterns, colours, decoration
Patents Inventions and products, eg machines and machine
Around
parts,5 years
tools, medicines

APPLICATION: This applies to my magazine because I must make sure my ideas

and concepts e.g. logos and designs, are original.

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 article 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: This applies to my magazine because I must make sure that I avoid
using any obscene content in my text and images for example:
- Obscene language
- Nudity
- Obscene ideas

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: This applies to my magazine because I cannot access private land

without permission e.g. for a photoshoot. If I do get permission, it will be
documented.

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.

APPLICATION: This applies to my magazine because I cannot publish personal

information e.g. phone number, home address. I also can’t intrude into someone’s
personal life in text and images.

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.

APPLICATION: This applies to my magazine because I must not publish any false
statements which is libel. Everything must be factually correct and not to harm an
individual’s 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, then 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.

Content – Images and text

Content such as text and images must be appropriate for the target audience. This
relates to the obscene law because it talks about bad language and provocative
images. If this law is broken then this could result in the audience being upset and
could result in complaints to regulatory bodies such as IPSO and ASA.

APPLICATION: This applies to my magazine because I must use text and images
that are appropriate for the audience and avoid text and images such as bad
language and provocative images.

Representation
Representation refers to the way in which different social groups, such as different
ages, gender, ethnicities, sexualities, religious etc. are portrayed in a media product
though the images and text. Stereotypes are representations that have been
reduced to a few defining characteristics. Stereotypes are often, but not always,
negative.
- Negative representation is either offending the audience, losing the audience,
resulting in complaints and could even break the equality law.

APPLICATION: This applies to my magazine because I must not represent social

groups negatively in text and images and must avoid negative stereotypes.