Throughout this analysis I will be looking at the various legal issues surrounding my corporate film and the steps I can take to create a film that follows and abides by the different acts. The first legal issue I will be analysing is copyright, copyright is a huge concern amongst filmmakers due to copyright preventing the use of a variety of different music, trademarks and images from an artist or label who does not allow people to publicly use or distribute their music without the artist permission. Copyright is mostly used to protect the artist to prevent any misuse and copying of their work without their permission. If I were to use music under the copyright act without permission within my corporate film this will prevent any public display of my work using media such as ‘YouTube’, which is the main source of marketing for many companies through using corporate films including mine. For my corporate film I will be unable to use music that has been copyrighted therefore I will be using my own original work or music without any copyright infringement such as royalty free music allowing my corporate video to be shared through social media creating exposure for the company I am creating the corporate video for.
The second legal issue I will be analysing is the ‘Race Relations Act 1976’. The ‘Race Relations Act 1976’ prevents any racial discrimination against different racial groups. As my corporate film is being created to be shared across an array of social media outlets to promote and market my chosen company, audiences will vary therefore creating a film that does not cause discrimination or offence is of vast importance as causing this could cause deterioration in the company’s reputation and mine but also oppose the ‘Race Relations Act 1976’. Although creating a corporate film that does not discriminate against a particular racial group is important, this does not mean creating a film that includes all races, creating a film that is racially sensitive which does not display any discriminative racial connotations and follows the ‘Race Relations Act 1976’ allows the film to be appropriate to show audiences and the public.
The third and final legal issue I will be analysing is the ‘Disability Discrimination Act 1995’ which was later replaced by the ‘Equality Act 2010’. The ‘Disability Discrimination Act 1995’ prevents any unlawful discrimination and treatment against a person with a mental or physical disability in or out of the workplace whether that be gaining employment, if a disabled child is in education therefore providing extra appropriate and sufficient support without discriminating and accessing public transport allowing equal and fair opportunities for people with disabilities. In relation to my corporate film I will follow the regulations provided by the ‘Disability Discrimination Act 1995’ to produce a corporate film that does not discriminate against disabilities creating a film that will not cause offence and contradict the ‘Disability Discrimination Act 1995’.
The second legal issue I will be analysing is the ‘Race Relations Act 1976’. The ‘Race Relations Act 1976’ prevents any racial discrimination against different racial groups. As my corporate film is being created to be shared across an array of social media outlets to promote and market my chosen company, audiences will vary therefore creating a film that does not cause discrimination or offence is of vast importance as causing this could cause deterioration in the company’s reputation and mine but also oppose the ‘Race Relations Act 1976’. Although creating a corporate film that does not discriminate against a particular racial group is important, this does not mean creating a film that includes all races, creating a film that is racially sensitive which does not display any discriminative racial connotations and follows the ‘Race Relations Act 1976’ allows the film to be appropriate to show audiences and the public.
The third and final legal issue I will be analysing is the ‘Disability Discrimination Act 1995’ which was later replaced by the ‘Equality Act 2010’. The ‘Disability Discrimination Act 1995’ prevents any unlawful discrimination and treatment against a person with a mental or physical disability in or out of the workplace whether that be gaining employment, if a disabled child is in education therefore providing extra appropriate and sufficient support without discriminating and accessing public transport allowing equal and fair opportunities for people with disabilities. In relation to my corporate film I will follow the regulations provided by the ‘Disability Discrimination Act 1995’ to produce a corporate film that does not discriminate against disabilities creating a film that will not cause offence and contradict the ‘Disability Discrimination Act 1995’.