7.3

Part A regulations

A regulatory body is like a professional body but it is not a membership organisation and its primary activity is to protect the public. Unlike professional bodies, it is established on the basis of legal mandate. Regulatory bodies exercise a regulatory function, that is: imposing requirements, restrictions and conditions, setting standards in relation to any activity, and securing compliance, or enforcement. Below is a list of regulatory bodys for in the UK:

•   Advertising Standards Authority
• Animal Medicines Training Regulatory Authority
• Architects Registration Board
• Care Quality Commission
• Charity Commission
• Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence
• Engineering Council
• Financial Conduct Authority
• General Chiropractic Council 
• General Council of the Bar of England and Wales 
• General Dental Council
• General Optical Council 
• General Osteopathic Council
• General Pharmaceutical Council 
• Health Professions Council
• Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency 
• Nursing & Midwifery Council
• Pensions Regulator
• Solicitors Regulation Authority 
• UK Actuarial Profession 

The regular body which looks after my sector is OFCOM. Ofcom is the communications regulator in the UK. They regulate the TV, radio and video on demand sectors, fixed line telecoms, mobiles, postal services, plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate.

They also make sure that people in the UK get the best from their communications services and are protected from scams and sharp practices, while ensuring that competition can thrive. Ofcom operates under a number of Acts of Parliament, including in particular the Communications Act 2003. Ofcom must act within the powers and duties set for it by Parliament in legislation. The Communications Act says that Ofcom’s principal duty is to further the interests of citizens and of consumers, where appropriate by promoting competition. Meeting this duty is at the heart of everything we do. Accountable to Parliament, we set and enforce regulatory rules for the sectors for which we have responsibility. We also have powers to enforce competition law in those sectors, alongside the Competition and Markets Authority. Ofcom is funded by fees from industry for regulating broadcasting and communications networks, and grant-in-aid from the Government.

All of this means that the effectiveness of Ofcom is very high as if anyone or anything gets reported to them they will resolve the situation and insure that what ever the problem was has been resolved and taken care of what has happened and why they may have been reported to them. The way in which the resolve situations is by taking down TV adverts or anything which has been aired out on television if they feel as though the complaints which have been obligated as been offensive or failing to serve its purpose. 

The constraints which are faced by my media industry which is television is censorship as television shows which are appropriate for 12 and over and shown before 9:00pm as after this time shows which are appropriate for 15+ are able to be aired out at this time. The reason why this is done because it stops children which shouldn't be able to watch these inappropriate shows are unsuitable for them. It is also done because then it gives an indication to parents when they need to be careful at what they watch and put on if there child is still watching the television. They have chosen this time to be the watershed because the majority of children 12 and under will usually be in bed or heading up there and wont be watching the television anymore. 

A conterversal moment in television which i will be talking about is in an episode of 'The Simpsons' where the family all go to Brazil to try and find and help a brazilian orphan. The episode in question contained a lot of stereotypical south american acts happening and a lot of stereotypical locations such as Bart gets eaten by a rainforest anaconda, homer gets kidnapped for ransom, and some of the locations which the family were in during this episode were rat infested colourful dirty slums. All of this caused the entire country of Brazil to be offended by this and the country lost tourist revenue from it. The government also threatened to sue fox (the creators of 'The Simpsons'). To insure that fox wasn't sued and 'The Simpsons' wasn't taken down from air. Fox made a public apology to the country. 

Part B employment opportunities

The job roles that are available in my sector are: 

Actor: Actors interpret others' words in order to bring a script to life, and to put flesh and blood on characters.

Agent: Agents represent performers and creative team members working across the disciplines of film, television, radio and theatre, and find work for clients.

Art director and assistant: Art Directors realise the Production Designer's creative vision for all the sets and locations that give productions their look and feel. Assistant Art Directors turn initial sketches into worked-up drawings from which sets are built or locations adapted. 

Assistant choreographer: Assistant Choreographers work with Choreographers to help realise their dance or movement design concepts, and train Dancers and Actors.
Audi/dubbing assistant: Audio or Dubbing Assistants manage the preparation and maintenance of all audio suites.
Booking co-ordinator: Bookings Co-ordinators/Schedulers are part of the team that supports the work of Post Production personnel and clients, helping to organise the work flow of the technical and creative people involved.
Boom operator: Boom Operators control the long boom arm, manoeuvring it as close to the action as possible in order to achieve the best quality recording. 
Broadcast engineer: Broadcast Engineers work in a television studio or on location, making sure programmes are broadcast at the right time and without interference.
Camera assistant and operator (single camera and studio): Offers general support to the Camera Operator and this is the specific job role which i want to go into as a career in the future. 
Director: Directors in TV are responsible for the look and sound of a production and its technical standards, enhancing, refining and realising original ideas into finished programmes.
Producer: Executive Producers are responsible for the overall quality control and success of TV productions.
Lighting director: Lighting Directors use the script or brief from the production team to design the specific look required for each shot.
Post production runner: Runners are part of the team that supports the work of senior Post Production personnel and clients. They are often a combination of waiter, cleaner, handyman and messenger. But it is a role that offers the opportunity to learn about every aspect of the industry, and make valuable contacts.
Production manager: Production Managers are responsible for production scheduling and budgeting, and ensuring that productions run smoothly.
Journalist: TV Broadcast Journalists collect, verify and analyse information about news and events, and present that information in an impartial way.
Presenter: TV Presenters work at the front line of television, introducing and hosting programmes, reading the news, interviewing people and reporting on issues and events.
Vision mixer: Vision Mixers edit programmes live (as they are being transmitted or recorded), using a variety of transition methods, such as cuts, mixes, wipes and frame manipulation.
Sound recordist: Sound Recordists record sound on location or in a studio to enable the highest quality 'real' sound to be recorded at the time of filming.

Some of these jobs you can tell over lap because some of them are assistances and the full role. An example of this is a camera assistant and operator which is the assistant role and not the full role. The full role for this specific job role is camera assistant and operator. Another way in which these job roles over lap each other is a director and producer as they are both in charge at how the show is run and works which means that there job roles my lap over each other and they have to work together. Another set of job roles that may lap over each other and mean they have to work very close together is a lighting director and the camera operator as they both have to work together to insure that they get there right lighting and a camera operator and lighting director can both be the same person. More job roles which over lap is camera operator and sound recordist as they both have to insure that the sound and visual effects are working perfectly otherwise it would look weird if there was only sound and no visual feature and same the other way around.

The way in which people can develop and envolve over time is by getting a promotion or getting enough independence to move up in the ranking as well. Usually when you start off in this sector your career will start off being a runner for a show to begin with and then you develop you knolegment in what you specifically want to do. Then an example of me is that I want to become a camera operator so after I start off being a runner I will normally have to go and be a camera operator assistant after that so that I can learn specifically how to use the camera and some techniques which I should and could use when in the future I become my own camera operator.

The reason why you should always update you knowedgement in this sector is because the technology and information is always changing and getting a lot more complex and widely used a lot more. It also means that it could set you aside your other competitors in your sector who may want the same type and specific job as you, it could potentially be the difference from you getting the job over them. Getting work experience and gaining more experience than someone else is a big factor which could mean you getting the job over someone else, as it shows that you are dedicated to this job role and you have also already experience what its like in comparison to someone who may not have work experience in that specific job role. To help you gain experience you could communicate with someone in the industry or if you know someone who is already in that industry then they will be your link into it. You can also have tours around television studios such as the BBC and sky.

Part C Application pack

I believe that  would be a good candidate for this job because I am hard working and always insure that the job is done to a very high standard, and this is shown with my level 3 BETC 60 credit media where I gain a D* for it. I am also media literate as I have been doing media at school and college for 4 years now. Also I have experienced what it is like working in the media world first hand in television as I have done some work experience where I went to the master chef studio which I help and observed the filming of one of the amateur episodes being filmed. I have also gained other experience in the media industry in television where I went to 'The London studios' and observed an episode of 'The Jonathan ross show' being filmed and then later on I was able to go and use some of the equipment on the set of 'The Apprentice you're fired'. The reason why I was able to take all of these opportunities was because I have got contacts in the television and media industry which are very well known and are very experienced themselves.