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Contracts and Ethics:

In the TV and film industry there are a range of different employment contracts that vary in working times these contacts are:

-Full-time and part time contracts this is when the employee works a fixed amount of hours usually 30 to 40 hours a week and has a contract with the employer for this, this contract comes with benefits like minimum level of paid holiday, sick pay and paid maternity leave 

-Fixed-term contracts this is a when a contact has been mad with an employer with a expiration date weather it is at the end of a project they have been hired for or a specific task after this date they will no longer be working for this company and they know this from the start when they sign this contract. 

-Agency staff is where a company can hire temporary staff through agencies which specialise in finding workers for companies 

-Freelancers,consultants, contractors are not committed to any company and work for themselves 

-Zero hour contracts this is where workers only come in on call and and if not called then do not come in they are simply paid every time they come in

Confidentiality agreements
are commonly used in TV and film to make sure that information about a show or film that is still in the procedure of being produced does not get out to the public before it is shown on screen, all people who are involved in the making of a show or film much sign this contract this makes sure that no information is leaked this relates to employment contracts as in some cases when working in television means in your employment contract a confidentiality agreement is involved which means the company can then trust you wont share their ideas with other people or companies

Exclusivity contract
means someone has made an agreement that during the time they are working for a company, a TV show or film they will not be involved with any other project from any other company this will be out in their contract this is commonly used with  actors and TV personalities as when they are given their show they must only appear on it so it gets more attention


codes of practice
When hired to work for a television company for example BBC there are some codes of practice you must read and you must then follow these rules in this health and safety is involved as well as other rules about how you should behave on the job and you must abide by these rules while on the job, if you work as a freelancer you also have a codes of practice although instead of it coming form a company that you work for it comes from the union you are apart of and by following these rules you are able to say apart of the union and work. although these rules are in detail and tell employees how to behave and what to do and not to do employees also have their own personal rules and codes for example if they are not happy with the work place and the kind of work they have to do and it is going against their personal codes of practice they are able to leave their job

i researched into the BBCs codes of practice and i found the following:
Impartiality
the BBC make sure that all employees know they must only give their personal opinion on the job when nessisary as this could then be altering what viewers opinions are, for example if a presenter is on air and they are in a possition where they must give their opinion for instance if they are giving their opinion on a film they must be fair and have an opinion thats not too much on he negative or possitive side by doing this it is allowing the viewer to make their own opinion because if there is a very negaive opinion from the presenter it could result to less people viewing the film which would then put the broadcaster in a bad light.

Truth and accuracy
The BBC make it clear that they make sure all the information they give through their shows and segments are as accurate as possibe this is so viewers do not get any misleading messages, this is aspecially important when it comes to news shows as the information that comes from the news show as fact and this is is what they must be. gossip is also not allowed on BBC because it is not fact and so the public will not expect the BBC to cover any stories like for instance rumors about celebrities or stories to do with online social media, this makes the BBC a much more serious broadcaster then the others that are available

Thought these codes the BBC makes sure that there viewers are comfortable with what Is shown and have a positive viewing experience these codes mean all that viewers take away from the Shows that they broadcast is factuall and no opinion is forced on to the viewer it is simply a platform I'm which viewers gain knowledy and are entertained. There are guidelines on what can be shown on and at what time, swearing is not allowed to be shown these rules make it friendly for people of all ages 

There are several stages a show goes through before it can be shown to the public as it is important there is nothing in a show that could then cause offense to an audience, for example before a show is given the green flag to be broadcasted they must go through the equality and diversity stage there is an analysis which is done to make sure that all is equal in each BBC programme to make sure of this each poject must go through a Diversity action plan and this will make sure the show is aceptable to be shown to an audience and meets it expectations of the diversity startagy.
As well as this another one of the procedures a project must go through is the general policies and guidelines of a show this is to make sure there is no branding present on any show so no logos are seen on screen and so on, because the BBC does not have advertisment of sponsoring as it is funded by other means their stages can be different to other broadcsters so they do to have to go over advertisment.

looking into social concerns i decided to go onto the BBC websie and their covarage for the Mark Durggan case, this report informas the viewer of all the facts of the case. What happened with the armed police man and how it then resulted into riotting, in the report there are quotes from witnesses and stories to go with them from Duggans point of view and from the authorities, the way in which the article is writen makes it clear that there is no sides being taken there it is very two sided and balanced with no opinion from the writer which is as it is shown in their code the BBCs purpose it to inform and educate their viewers or in this case readers about an event and this then allows them to form thier own opinion this is the same in all of the articles the BBC have produced that i have looked at. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25657949