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Legal & Ethical issues

In terms of photo shoot, this might be in terms of misrepresentation, copyright, royalties

LEGAL

In terms of legal issues, these tends to be about who owns the rights to something, or whether you are slandering (saying something about someone that is not true), or sometimes it can be a legal issue of making sure your content is not breaking the law (as in there is no suffering to animals depicted)

ETHICAL

Ethics are more of a minefield and there are certain ethical considerations that we have in the west that are important to understand. Ethics is about what society views as right.

Such as – is there a balance between male/female genders

If there are,  are these stereotypical roles (eg powerful  and strong male, weak female often dressed provocatively)

Is there swearing, are there weapons?

Southpark is controversial because a lot of people disapprove of its ethics. However, the producers might argue that it is for a small cult audience who are adult enough to know what is right and what is wrong.

What are the legal and ethical issues of your production and can you justify them?

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LEGAL

Issue	Solved or justified?
Model Release	A legal release document typically signed by the subject of a photograph granting permission to publish the photograph in one form or another. Solved – I will get someone to sign a document if they’re in my poster. With my poster, I will likely include two people, my friends and I, therefore I will get my friend to sign a talent release form.
Copyright	Using someone else’s work/Having permission to use someone else’s creation/design with their consent. Solved – I won’t use any copyright in my poster at all. In my situation, I will not take anything from google, unless necessary, without doing some research first. For example, using a city background, which I can’t obtain myself.
Intellectual properties	Intangible property that is the result of creativity, such as patents, copyrights, etc. Solved - All words, themes, images etc., will all be my own ideas and I won’t steal someone else’s idea and claim that it’s mine.
Liable/Slander	Presenting someone as someone else. Solved – Anyone included in my poster, with my consent, won’t be presented as someone else. Any information given about people in my poster will be true and reviewed by everyone involved.
Fair use	Giving someone the chance to reuse their image or video Solved – I will add (cc) if I feel that I don’t mind someone else using my idea.

ETHICAL

Issue	Solved or justified?
Offence	Causing to upset someone in some way that in most cases isn’t legally acceptable. Solved – Nothing in my poster will cause offence. However, the main character will have their hood up, so it could offend some teenagers who see it as stereotypical.
Political reason	Making sure that the political aspects of the poster aren’t offending people or mocking in any way. Solved – My poster won’t involve any political issues.
Gender balance	Having a balance of male and females in the poster Solved – I will include female names in the star billing and credit block due to the main character being male.
Violence	Relations to violence in the poster Solved – There will be no violence in my poster, it will be rated a 12.
Explicit language	Solved – There will be no explicit language.
Religion	Solved – There will be no references to religion in my poster.

Talent Release Forms