Film sequence

 Taken - Old home video footage style of filter has been used to film. The footage has been made to look jumpy and blurry and also like a hand held camera has been used to film.
There are quick cuts between the shots.

Castaway - Cuts from close up to ong shots. Close-ups of protagonists face are used to establish the reaction that he had to his surroundings.

The Forgotten - cuts to different camera shots smoothly. The camera has been made to explore the setting in a birds eye point of view way.

Flight plan - Flashing images in the title sequence. The text is faded and jumps as it appears on the screen.

Gone Girl - light flickers on and off. Shots cut from one to the other smoothly.

Devils Knot - Text shows up on a black screen while sound plays in the background. This fades in and out between shots of footage. A filter has been used to make the setting fit with the 90s era.

complaint

I would like to submit a complaint in regards to the episode of Eastenders that was on BBC 1 last night at 8pm.

I understand that the rape scene that I am complaining about was taken seriously and treated sensitively, and it was portrayed in a vague way rather than being explicit. However, it was not a comfortable conversation to have with my daughter, aged eleven, to discuss why the lady was crying when the man was kissing her. This episode should not have been aired before 9pm and I think that the episode and the BBC need to be investigated closely to clarify if broadcasting this episode before the watershed was appropriate or not.

Yours sincerely

Madeleine Blair

Digital production

Digital production from madeleineblair

Legal and Ethical issues

As part of my research for the production of my online series, I need to be aware of rules and regulations set by Ofcom, as my teen drama will be aired as a pre-watershed show. Ofcom describe themselves as the 'Independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industry', this means that Ofcom's purpose is to protect cizitens from innapropriate or upsetting content or from scams, they function under the 'Communications Act 2003'. For the purpose of my product, I am ensuring that I pay close attention to the page on their website titled 'Protecting The Under Eighteens.'

In the rules and regulations that Ofcom have set to protect people under the age of eighteen, the page states three standard regulations that producers are to follow when producing pre-watershed content. These state that ; 'Material that might seriously impair the physical, mental or moral development of people under eighteen must not be broadcast', 'broadcasters must take all reasonable steps to protect people under eighteen' and 'Children must also be protected by appropriate scheduling from material that is unsuitable for them.' Rules and regulations set by Ofcom also state that the use of drugs, alcohol or sexual content is supposed to be avoided at all costs and if it is a feature in a pre-watershed television programme, it has to be for some form of educational reason

The brief that I am following states that my target demographics are 15-35 year old and therefore I have taken these regulations into consideration when discussing the content and natrrative of the opening two minutes of my drama to make sure that the content will be appealing to an adult and a person aged 15. The usual broadcast time for a programme which is meant to appeal to my demographics is anywhere between 5pm and 9pm, as after 9pm is post-watershed.

As the narrative for the teen drama that I am filming is about two young people being kidnapped, I need to follow the rules and regulations set by Ofcom in regards to violence so that I can be sure that the content of my product is not offensive or distressing to my younger target demographic. On the ofcom website, there are many regulations regarding violence in a pre-watershed show, such as: 'Violence, its after-effects and descriptions of violence, whether verbal or physical, must be appropriately limited in programmes broadcast before the watershed or when children are particularly likely to be listening and must also be justified by the context'

After researching the purpose of Ofcom and the rules and regulations regarding pre-watershed television shows, I am now aware of what type of content is and is not appropriate for my target demographics and also why I must be careful what content I put into my product.

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