Module Descriptors
BUSINESS AND LAW OF THE FILM AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY
FILM50153
Key Facts
School of Computing and Digital Technologies
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Fiona Graham
Email: F.C.Graham@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Indicative Content
The students will develop business skills and law for the film and TV industries. Learning will focus on the necessary business skills needed when looking for employment, as well as the legal knowledge required for filming.
In the course they will gain knowledge of:
1. Business/Finance including self assessment and Schedule D accountancy, plus rates of pay for production crews and technologists.
2. Budgeting ideas for filming.
3. Law: An overview of defamation; copyright, privacy, and Health and Safety to be used in pre-production/when filming/in post production.
In the course they will gain knowledge of:
1. Business/Finance including self assessment and Schedule D accountancy, plus rates of pay for production crews and technologists.
2. Budgeting ideas for filming.
3. Law: An overview of defamation; copyright, privacy, and Health and Safety to be used in pre-production/when filming/in post production.
Module Additional Assessment Details
Exam
Individual Assessment 100% Learning Outcomes 1, 2 and 3.
Individual Assessment 100% Learning Outcomes 1, 2 and 3.
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Disqualifying combination - CE00141-1, The Music Business.
Module Resources
Staffordshire University electronic library
Module Texts
The Insider's Guide to Film Finance: Philip Alberstat, Focal Press, 2004 ISBN 0-240-51661-3
Marketing to Moviegoers - Robert Marich, Focal Press, 2005, ISBN 0-240-80687-5
Essential Law For Journalists ? Walter Greenwood, Tom Welsh, 2005, ISBN 0-406-00590-7
Marketing to Moviegoers - Robert Marich, Focal Press, 2005, ISBN 0-240-80687-5
Essential Law For Journalists ? Walter Greenwood, Tom Welsh, 2005, ISBN 0-406-00590-7
Module Learning Strategies
12 lectures and 12 practical sessions. 1 x 1hr lecture. 1 x 1hr practical (1:n)2 (1:35)1
The practical will support the lecturing session. The practical sessions will support the underlying knowledge and skills required to complete the module and with be facilitated with booklets, handouts, case studies, Internet resources and guest lecturers. Group discussions will also take place in these sessions.
The practical will support the lecturing session. The practical sessions will support the underlying knowledge and skills required to complete the module and with be facilitated with booklets, handouts, case studies, Internet resources and guest lecturers. Group discussions will also take place in these sessions.