Copyrights

Copyright is something used for people to claim their work as theirs. So if other people use their work they would need to ask them for permission first, or else if they don’t the owner of the work can sue them.  As example music, it is popular on Youtube where people use music from the chart to create their own video, without asking the company that owns that music permission to use the music. Normally Youtube would get rid of the video and let the owner of the video know or if the company who owns that music saw it, then they would contact Youtube to make sure that the video is off. Though further action would be taken if the person who created that video creates more video with other famous music then their Youtube account would get suspended.

Though not all copyrights are like that, such as a letter. The person who received the letter owns it however the way the letter is written and what is written belongs to the writer. Meaning the person who wrote it has the copyright to what is written only.   

In Europe and few other places, they make the copyright right extended for life and even 70 years after that person death, which is known as data publication. I personally think they done this to prevent people trying to claim the person work as theirs and making sure others don’t take advantage of the piece of work.  Such as Steve Job died someone recreated the apple logo, three people claim it as their piece of work, so the copyright for it right now is unknown.  However I personally think that Apple has the right to have a say in it as the style and the way it is, is Apple design.  The only difference is instead of a bite it is Steve Job head, even though it is a different design, it still has the Apple design element within it.

Nevertheless copyright affects a writer a lot as copyright helps them protect their work, yet it can harm them. Such as if they decided to quote other people work within their work without asking for permission, the writer can be sue for it and it can be known as words of criticism. Moreover if it is a short quote the writer sometime can get away with it but it is generally best to ask first, safety first. Though within one work a writer can quote 300 words each time, however they should not going over the limit which is 800 words. While in a poem its 40 lines or less, as long as it under a quarter of the work.

For more information:

http://www.youtube.com/t/copyright_suspension

http://www.writewords.org.uk/articles/tips6.asp

http://www.slashgear.com/apple-logo-with-steve-jobs-face-in-it-called-into-question-14188122/

Royalty Payments

A royalty payment is where a pay is constants thanks to a piece of work. For example a writer writes a book, the company would need to pay the writer continuously, due to copyrights. The company normally pays the writer at the end of the month to make life easier for them, since every time the pay is different. Due to the amount of copy the book is being sold within that month. Also the pay is lower than upfront fee as it is a constant pay. 

There are things called royalty fees, where they are paid as a contribution for the whole entire organization to keep the system running and run smoothly. Meaning that fee pays for the office workers and other people within that section of the company. Along the writer get part of it as well, as it funds them to produce more work for the company. Therefore it creates a win-win situation for the both of them. Such as if the book is popular around the country, the company would translate that book and publish it around the world, earning more money. For example the famous Harry Potter books, the book is been sold around the world. J K Rowling from being a penniless mother turned into a wealthy person, along making the company earning millions! From that it shows you how much the royalty payment affects the writer, as it is their main income.

However the royalty payment can be anything such as music or costume design.  From my own knowledge about theatre, the person who designed the costume for the musical Priscilla, every time when they change the crew members the costume would stay the same. Due to it being designed for the show, a permanent design, from that the designer would get a constant pay for it and it is also copyright. Also if the show goes on tour or is being shown elsewhere the costume would also need to be the same and the designer would once again get paid.

For more information about the royalty payment please click on these links:

http://franchises.about.com/od/franchisebasics/a/fran-royalties.htm

http://lexicon.ft.com/Term?term=royalty-payment

For information on J K Rowling:

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2008/03/jk_rowling.html

Agent Representation

An agent representation job is to represent their company. For example a writer, if the company wanted to sign them up to publish their book, the company would send someone to represent them. Explaining to them about the details and hopefully get their agreement or a contract with them, due to copyrights. To do this job the agent representative has to have proof that they are representing a company or else the writer may think they are a false agent. However the agent may also deal with other writers along with them, trying to gain as much profit as possible. As not all agent representatives are close with the writers, some agents are only into making money and not into being close with the writer to create a friendship. Though there are some who are close to the editor and writer. As they would like to help the writer and editor as much as possible, to make things run smoothly along maintaining a good relationship with them. 

How the agent is can affect the writer a lot. Since if there is a problem the writer will contact the agent or if there is news the agent would contact the writer. The writer can get work through the agent, such as a book signing events. Which will make the writer more well-known and have other jobs line up for them to do, it also creates a win-win situation for both of them.  As the writer gets more job and the agent and company gets more profit. 

Though if the book writer is rude or has a bad attitude towards the agent, the agent may dislike them and not care for them much. From that they writer will has less work. As some people may not work in a professional way, such as they should keep their home life at home. For an example if two friends work together and they had an argument outside work, it generally should not affect work as that problem is outside of work and work should be another matter.

Nevertheless an agent can also work the other way round where the agent represents the writer. As an agent representation job is to represent. Also an agent representation job can be representing a company that sells house for example, it generally can be anything.  

To find out more about this role please look in these website:

http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/before-accepting-agent-representation/

http://www.segerrealty.com/real-estate/agent-representation.html

PHOTO-Mitch Hewer

Went to college today and got told that Mitch Hewer would be coming into college to open the theatre.

Oddly it became a question and answer show, but apparently after he did this talk he join the 

drama students. Teaching them to dance...i think...

But Anyhoo.. just a photo of him in my college today :)

Notes-Goldren Rules Of Good Script Writing

Trying to get your script to the best as possible, you generally might like to follow these rules/advice...

1-Compare your work with others.

              -That way you would know what you missed out.

              -Gain ideas/inspiration.

              -Improve your own work, as everyone work tend to have a quite a big difference.

              -Allow others to give you negative and positive feedbacks.

2-Dynamic Opening scenes

             -It gabs the audience attention.

             -It can be very dramatic.

             -It can create a question for the audience.

                                 -which creates an Enigma! 

             -It establish the main characters.

3-Engaging characters

              -It will make the audience wonder and carry on watching.

              -Make the story better.

4-TV is a visual medium 

              - It means show rather than tell the story

Subtext-Meaning underneath the words

                            - Such as the characters does not exactly say what's on their mind.

Meaning Beneath Words

-It gets the audience mind working. 

Notes-Microphone

Different type of mic's for different use and gain better sound quality.
HOWEVER the images of each type of microphone  does not mean that it look just like that! There is loads of different design of each type of microphone! Keep that in mind!!
Also the images are from Google!


Directional

Directional Microphone is best used for doing voice overs or for presenters.
Also Directional microphone is used in
news reports as the microphone picks up sound from
straight ahead of it. It is best for those type of recording as it would not pick up other unnecessary sound around it and just focus on what is ahead.

Omni-Directional


Omni-Directional microphone is used mainly for chat shows or discussion shows. As the microphone picks up sound all around it, it is perfect for those type of shows. That way you can hear everyone loud and clear, along it saves them using wireless clip on microphone.








 Cardioid 

Cardioid microphone are used in drama's, to pick up the dialogue. It is perfect for that use as they mainly pick up sound above and below it, it would be like focusing on the actors dialogue only. The outcome of the recording will be good quality as it picks up the dialogue nicely from both up and down, it be clear.










NOTE-
When using a microphone's in filming you should always get the microphone as close as to the person as possible! That way you would pick up the sound clearly as good ad possible! But without getting it in the camera man way and in the shot, or else the filming would look unprofessional!
Happy Filming guys! >_<

Notes-Sounds

Sounds is not as easy as you think it is, it is hard to deal with during filming. For example using a Car engine sound.

Engine sound-the sound changes all the time, so it is hard to get it the same all the time.

 To solve this problem they record only the engine sound once and keep on reusing it. It would be known as a WILDTRACK sound, as it add on at the end (during editing).

If filming a pub scene, there will be no sound played, as they would only need to hear the dialogue. So people the back would only be miming. But when it comes to editing the track they would add on the sounds(example below).  

Sound Wave

From the left it shows the sound is loud alot is going on there, as the sound wave is dark and long while on the right the sound wave is little and not as close together. It shows things are calm there and not as loud. When it comes to editing and dealing with it, the lines showing the waves make it easier to work with.

Sound Bridges

The first boxes represent a conversation. When editing a conversation it is best to overlap each section of it, so it would seem normal instead of sounding like block cuts.

During an conversation there tend to be music playing in the background (the bottom line in the diagram), to make the conversation more smoothing to listen to. 

The sites that you may want to go on to download sound would probably be-

Sounddogs.com

freesound.org

Wildtrack and Incidental music-both are pretty much the same thing as they are

both known as add on music/sound track