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Logistics

Logistics of Production  Pre - production  is vital to all staff members when producing a media product, this is because It ensures that all members knows exactly what's going on and what their job role is. This helps create a timeline of whats to happen in the making of the product and gives enough time to each member to do their role in the production. Another reason why pre-production and budgeting is very important for media production is because it minimising risk as all delays and such costs the production a lot of money, for example in the filing of a TV show if a main actor is late to set filming comes to a halt and therefore money is being wasted. If an unforeseen circumstance occurs good logistics allows for changing of plan without time and money being wasted, for example in Mission Impossible: Fallout Tom Cruise, the main protagonist, broke his ankle whist doing a stunt. Their quick thinking allowed them to save time a...

Regulations

Regulations Newspapers   The regulatory body for newspapers is the Independent Press Standards Organisation.  IPSO is the independent regulator for the newspaper and magazine industry in the UK. They hold newspapers and magazines to account for their actions, protect individual rights, uphold high standards of journalism and help to maintain freedom of expression for the press. IPSO was the product of the Leveson Inquiry which saw the previous regulatory body breach and fail to hold some newspapers accountable for their actions and ethics of the international phone hacking scandal against celebrities and other victims. Example case A recent ruling from IPSO was 04343-18 Chapman v Daily Mirror. The complaint was made  against the Daily Mirror as it was believed that it had to failed to be accurate. Upon inspection by IPSO it was found to have breached Clause 1, which t he Press must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted informa...

Finance

Finance  Where does funding come from for; Films Funding for films can come through multiple different sources for example there is public film funding. The BFI Film Fund is a large agency in the uk  which  has a number of funding strands, investing over £26m of Lottery funds per year to support film development, production (incl. majority and minority co-productions) and distribution activity in the UK. Another way normally used by smaller independent film producers is crowdfunding this means that they raise small amounts of money from a large number of people through the internet. Blockbuster films can gain funding through product placement from large companies, for example Hei neken in James Bond - Skyfall. Companies can play between 3-10 million a film and exceed 50 million in a film series. They also gain money through w hen people go see a movie in cinema, rent it when it's available for home viewing, buy the DVD  or purchase t...