• INTRODUCTION
• AUTHOUR CREDITS
• 1 WORKING OUT YOUR IDEA
• WORKING OUT YOUR IDEA
• WHAT DO YOU WANT TO COMMUNICATE
• HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE
• HOW WILL VIDEO COMMUNICATE YOUR IDEA
• WORKING AS A GROUP
• CHOOSING MEDIA
• WORKING OUT YOUR IDEA EXERCISES
• 2 PLANNING A VIDEO
• PLANNING A VIDEO
• WHAT TYPE OF VIDEO DO YOU WANT TO MAKE
• HOW ARE FICTIONAL FILMS STRUCTURED
• HOW ARE DOCUMENTARIES STRUCTURED
• STRUCTURING YOUR STORY
• PUTTING YOUR IDEAS ON PAPER
• HOW WILL YOU PLAN
• 3 FILMING AND RECORDING GOOD SOUND
• PLANNING A VIDEO EXERCISES
• FILMING AND RECORDING GOOD SOUND
• HOW TO USE A CAMERA
• HOW TO USE A TRIPOD
• HOW TO USE LIGHTING
• HOW TO RECORD GOOD SOUND
• HOW DO YOU RECORD SOUND EFFECTS
• HOW TO INTERVIEW SOMEONE WELL
• DIFFERENT FILMING TECHNIQUES
• QUICK VIDEO REPORT CARTOON
• SHOOT MOBILE VIDEO REPORT CARTOON
• RECORDING SOUND EXERCISES
• 4 HOW TO EDIT
• HOW TO EDIT
• BASIC THEORY OF EDITING
• WORKING WITH VIDEO CLIPS
• EDITING EXERCISES
• 5 DISTRIBUTION
• MAKING VIDEOS AVAILABLE ONLINE
• DISTRIBUTION EXERCISES
• 6 LEGAL AND SAFETY ISSUES
• LEGAL AND SAFETY ISSUES
• WHAT LEGAL ISSUES SHOULD I CONSIDER
• DO I HAVE TO CONSIDER BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY
• CAN I USE MUSIC AND TV CLIPS
• WHO OWNS MY WORK
• HEALTH AND SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES
• WHAT PRACTICAL STEP SHOULD I TAKE
• LEGAL AND SAFETY EXERCISES
• APPENDIX
• AUDIENCE WORKSHEET
• PROJECT SCHEDULE TEMPLATE
• BUDGET TEMPLATE
• VIDEO ROLE TEMPLATE
• ROLE DEFINITIONS
• SELECTION OF FILM GENRES
• NARRATIVE STRUCTURE PLOT POINTS
• SAMPLE VIDEO TREATMENT
• SCREENPLAY FORMAT
• CAMERA MOVEMENTS
• EXAMPLE OF DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT
• STORYBOARD TEMPLATE
• STORYBOARD TEMPLATE 2
• SHOT LIST
• EQUIPMENT TO CONSIDER
• AUDIENCE FEEDBACK QUESTIONAIRE
• PERSONAL APPEARANCE RELEASE
• LOCATION RELEASE FORM
• SAMPLE CREATIVE COMMONS LICENCE
• RISK ASSESMENT TEMPLATE

6.4 Who Owns My Work?

Getting copyright for your work

There is no official register for copyright. It is an unregistered right, there is no official action to take, no forms to fill in or fees to pay. Copyright comes into effect as soon as something that can be protected is created and "fixed" in some way, for example on paper, tape or on the Internet.

Copyright law is intended to protect your work, and the work of others. Since 1976, creative work (Intellectual Property) is now automatically copyrighted. What this means is that as soon as you put pen to paper or shoot a frame, you automatically have rights that no one can take away from you without your permission.

You could register your work with the UK Patent Office-although your work is protected before you register, registration gives you additional legal advantages. In order for you to protect yourself and your work, you should understand the copyright laws that regulate and control intellectual property.

Controlling the use of your work

We recommend using a "Creative Commons" licence, which will allow others to view and use your work, so long as they are not making money from this (see appendix for sample licence text). This encourages sharing and collaboration but avoids you being exploited. (You may be able to use some music and other material which is available under Creative Commons licences).

Creative Commons is a non-profit organisation that offers a flexible copyright for creative work. Offering your work under a Creative Commons license does not mean giving up your copyright. It means offering some of your rights to any taker, and only on certain conditions. Their web site lets you mix and match such conditions from the list of options below. There are a total of eleven Creative Commons licenses to choose from, here are a few examples:

• Attribution. You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work - and derivative works based upon it - but only if they give you credit.
• Non-commercial. You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work - and derivative works based upon it - but for non-commercial purposes only.
• No derivative works. You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.
• Share alike. You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.

Everything can be done via the Creative Commons web site where they have lots of easy to understand explanations and examples of how to use their licences. The licences are very clear and simple, with a link to the full legal code text where this is necessary.