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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?
Taking photos and filming in public or private land and using the material without permission	Solved, because we have used the photography studio with permission from the photography technician, and the photographs were taken in the given time span.
In-sighting religious and racial hatred	Solved, by not using any triggering or offensive material on the poster, such as no religious symbols shown in a bad way or showing racial colours in a bad way (black person loosing and white person winning)
Credit block used	Solved, by writing the text in a similar colour to the background, which means you have the legal product intertwined with the overall film print product. It means the company/studio is happy that their information is present and that the names of the major people in the cast and crew is present. The audience will be happy to see nothing stands out against the images of characters.
Using a logo or company without permission	Solved by editing out the company name or logo on Photoshop and it could be justified by getting the permission to use the logo or company name.

ETHICAL

Issue	Solved or justified?
Not including the age rating on a poster or advertisement for warning, so people below that age are turned away.	Solved by a putting the age rating beside the film title or in a clear place near the credit block, so it stands out more. It would be justified by using images that clearly show what is involved in the film, and not glamourizing the film to make it look cleaner or appropriate for young children when it isn’t.
Gender inequality	Solved by showing both genders in equal ways and not discriminating a gender, such as a male majority and one female character shown. Justified if I have only one female character to show out of three main characters, two of which are male, and it is the only way to show the characters.
Showing an offensive image or being offensive in any way in the poster	Solved by using safe images and no striking positions with hands or facial expressions which could be interpreted as offensive. Never using any offensive language used in the film on the poster.