P3

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 (e.g. 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?
Branded products	But a disclaimer saying all brands are at the right of their respective owners
Security Codes	Security codes for the doors will need to be changed for filming purposes
Confidential Information	Make sure the camera cannot see anything that is confidential to the company

ETHICAL

Issue	Solved or justified?
Stereotypes	Not the conventional stereotypical movie when a selection of 5 characters die in a certain order

Violence

Violent scenes  which may be unsuitable for some children. Solved by putting recommended age rating on.