unit 8- ethics in relation to film and tv industries (4)

what are ethics?

ethics are the moral principles that define how a person or group acts. In the TV and Film Industry there are many different laws that have been made up. if a TV or film company does not behave ethically, there could be financial and legal problems so it is important not to break it. There are regulations set in place to help prevent people and viewers taking offence to sensitive material these topics cover many things.It is important that media agencies are careful to not show things that will offend the audience.

BBC code of practice

The Code of practice ensures relations between the BBC and independent producers are fair and transparent. It sets out the timetable for the negotiations of the commissioning agreement, the rights, programme prices, tariffs and payments. The Code of practice was agreed with Ofcom.

an example of where bbc have up held there code of practice is in the first episode of the documentary Life Inside Britain's Legal Red Light District, Sex, Drugs & Murder. the documentary is about the lives of sex workers in an area of Leeds where, if you're buying or selling sex, you won’t get arrested. this shows that the bbc are able show a sensitive topic that educates the audience and shows some peoples reality but in a way that is respectful to the participants in the show. the women are able to say there story without having anyone interpreting them.

Emerging social concerns

an emerging social concern is knife crime which has become a big issue in todays society. knife crime is something that has destroyed individuals lives as well as families.

a police and crime report from bbc says that Knife crime in london has risen to a four-year high following a relatively steady has increased since June 2014. In June 2012 there were 1,719 recorded stabbings of people aged under 25 in the capital compared with 1,749 in August 2016, the report found.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-37412508

Most knife crime in London is no longer gang-related, as young people increasingly carry knives for protection, status and safeguarding “criminal interests”, the Metropolitan police commissioner has said. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/oct/13/most-london-knife-no-longer-gang-related-police-say

an example of this would be 17 year old Vasilaki Kakko who was found with stab injuries in Yoke Close off North Road, Holloway at about 20:50 GMT on Monday evening in 2015 and was declared dead half an hour later, the Met said. A post-mortem examination found he died from a stab wound to the neck.

another example is 17 year-old found with multiple stab wounds in Battersea. Residents on Ingrave Street told the Evening Standard that they raised the alarm after being woken by the boy’s screams. “There were about six attackers one said. “They jumped out of the car and started chasing him immediately. He was on his bike but they caught up with him and stabbed him. this is just two examples out of the thousand knife crime cases. this is sad and seeing especially how young these young men were and most probably there attackers were around the same ages.