Ofcom Regulations Sheet[1]

OFCOM Factual Programme Regulations OFCOM Regulation

How it imposes constraints on media production?

How it could affect your product negatively

How it could affect your product positively

What is OFCOM’S role as a media regulator?

OFCOM standing for Office of Communication aims to control any content within TV, Radio in the UK. It regulates all the BBC programmes and other digital TV and radio programmes. It licences commercial broadcasters such as ITV where they have to abide by OFCOM regulations. OFCOM only takes full responsible and makes any further actions after shows have been broadcasted. OFCOM can help defend broadcasters by the terms of its content, scheduling and labelling. If OFCOM codes are being broken they can force a broadcaster to force they judgement on air, they licence can be removed and they can even gain a fine. If the real life situation is

Reconstructions

All reconstruction needs to be truth and as accurate as possible. As you are re-filming something that may have already happened, it needs to look and have nearly exact the same image portrayed to the actually real thing, for example Crime watch does this so that people may be able to recognize the area and its surroundings

Secret Filming

When filming sources without them knowing that you re filming them. You may be trying to find out your own investigation that something that matters and gives interest to the general public. May see it on programmes such as Parmonama.

Payments

You can make usual payments such as travel and food. Any payments that you feel needs to be made for production or contributor’s needs to be ran through with the broadcaster.

Dealing with Contributors

Potentially Offensive Material

Criminality

Before using contributors you need to have permission from the lawyers and the editors. If contributors are used in production they need to be dealt with a fair manner. If planning on having a potentially offensive material such as sex graphics, or swearing the editor needs to make sure that have warmed the viewers of what may appear in the film. The material also has to have a strong relationship with the content of the film. People with and criminal conviction or a record was not being paid for being in the production. Any other situations occurring must be dealt with the programme lawyer.

involves people that was affected by the situation, you would need to inform them and let them know how you are going to film it, so that it does not distress and upset them. This regulation would not work with the gospel topic; it will not relate andfilmed connect with People being secretly the audience. may get very upset and may try to sue the production company for filming them without their permission. For example filming a Christian praying or doing there own private things may find it very disrespectful and even Christians will find it offensive. A lot of costs may go up due to paying contributors a high price. This may lead to not having contributors in your production, which will an overall knock down affect the show. Gospel artists may expect to get paid more than you intended to. Contributors may feel uncomfortable in front of the camera and whole production and may lower the standards of the production. For example a founder of a gospel clothing line may not be a talkative person in front of the camera and may be very quick to answer questions so production is short and not that Lesseffective. may lead to harm and

offence to people especially if there are children around and they pick up on it. This could lead to taking legal action with the broadcaster. So if my production has too much content about Christianity rather gospel music other religions and groups of people can find it offensive. Not getting paid in being in production may cause tension and problems for the criminal. Criminals may even encourage crime on the programme which will give my show a bad image especially when the topic gospel is meant to be good, encouraging and meaninglyful.

Having a reconstruction in my film may not be needed, but it could be handy making a reconstruction of something that relates to my topic. It would make the topic seem more interesting and give a feel of suspense. This would be even more interesting to film as people are aware it creates tension. Having a secret filming of Christians praying or something similar to that may will make the production to be more truthful as the source is unaware of them filming. If being offered payment contributors will be keener to help. Contributors within the church could expect you to give money to the church as well as them, this may not agree with your rights but you pay a lesser amount. Contributors can be able to give more to the show and able to rise standards. For example people who perform like gospel artists are very passionate with what they do, so more of them are being shown, and production would be very successful. If having informed them in beginning of the programme warming them about the material no one can really complain about everything and children watching it. As already informing about it was done. But I would not expect their to be any offensive material of the gospel industry. An criminal is a real and true source, which is talking from real experience, they will give more in depth to what they are talking about, which will be intriguing to the audience to watch for an example an criminal which has reformed and is now part of the church choir..