The type of Media Production

The media production we produced was a short comedy film for a young adult audience, we distribute it through media platform youtube and the film is titled 'Ways to die in a zombie apocaylse'. Other genres we could of produced would be action, adventure, drama, horror, sci-fi or even a western and rather than distribute or film on an online media pltform such as youtube we could of made physical copies at retail outlets, wholesales or door to door. Although these methods would likely be costly and most likely impossible on our time and budget.
Finance and Sources of funding
The sources of funding that exist for film inculde;
Finding a valid investor to provide a budget when pitching the film
getting government funding from a educational insitution
use a crowdfunding sustem such as gofundme or kickstarter
Self finance the project ourselves through personal funds
riskly use a defferal method of paying everyone after production
Our funding was provided by the college we are enrolled at so our method could be described as an investor although it differs greatly from pitching the film as everything was provided.

Requirements to film

We would have to purchase;
Equipment such as cameras, microphones, greenscreens e.t.c
Actors for roles in the film
Props and location rights
Editing software
computer for said software
For our production we had most of the equipment provided for us however we had to obtain makeup, location permissions and props.
List; Sandwich, make-up, torn clothes e.t.c

Personnel

Typically a low budget short will use the producers as actors or editors as they are short on funds and would have those skills while a television program will have hired low reputation actors and an approved script to make sure the content made isn't too long and offencive while being made to last a large amount of episodes/seasons. Hollywood films are different as they will have expencives completely covered to make sure everything is high quality and the actors highed are famous/professionals in addtion to having a professional script.
In our group each person was given mixed roles except for what they were good at, but of course we switched or watched other group members in order to fill in for when one member couldn't come in. For example Maya was an expert at make-up so she covered make-up but was also an actor, this was done in order to give everyone something to do and improve on our weak points. We only used our group members within the production of the movie and our group conisted of Me, Sam, Maya and Rachel.

Time

I beileve we didn't use the time we were given greatly however we finished the production effecently enough with the time we were given, usually when a professional media production does not meet their deadline it creates a lot of complications as on the deadline many people will need to be paid while the deadline needs to be extended. We made the deadline in class luckly and none of our actors had to be paid as well.
Equipment and Facilities
Equipment is usually bought from companies that sell said equipment for example buying recording equipment would be handed by buying from a provider of recording equipment, an example of a large scale filming equipment provider would be Decode. Decode is a site that allows you to hire equipment and even crew for production and their adress is DECODE,
Wimbledon Stadium Business Centre
Unit 39 Riverside Road
London
SW17 0BA
Prices are most suited for higher end productions though ranging from £500-800 just for lighting equipment.
The equipment provided for our production was from the college and was good quality cameras, microphones, SD cards, editing software e.t.c
Locations
We filmed in two locations; On college grounds and nearby in the local park, we picked these for the urban enviroment and setting due to the nature of our theme of zombie apocalyse, we go permission for filming from various members of staff and did not require park filming permission as it was a public place. We used risk assesment to gauge the risks in the areas of filming such as equipment breakage and even actor acidents we avoided these by being careful and planning out each scene beforehand.

Materials

If you required to film in a desert for a production but to cut on cost would stay in one country it would be possible to purchase/rent property then aquire some sand to give the illusion for being in the desert however this could be impactical and costly so what newer productions do is use advance editing such as mocap or greenscreens to simulate different enviroments. Depending on the material required for building sets or locations they can be extremely costly for example bricks may not cost a lot but marbel would cost tons.

Legal issues

When using certain things you have to be aware of copyright as many people will look out fo simularities that could be almost complete copies from other media if a simularity is found it could mean that you are liabel for a copyright claim or lawsuit so it is good practise to check your narrative, characters or even scenery.
Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights for its use and distribution. This is usually only for a limited time. The exclusive rights are not absolute but limited by limitations and exceptions to copyright law, including fair use. A major limitation on copyright is that copyright protects only the original expression of ideas, and not the underlying ideas themselves.
Copyright only effected what we place into the production of 'Ways to die in a zombie apocalyse' as we didn't wish to face legal action, other than that we made sure just to stick to the guidelines provided to create the short film.
Film clearance is the process of acquiring the required permission for all aspects of a film production. The necessary clearances can include sets, actors/extras, music, stock film, art, posters, products/brands, books, broadcasts, computer programs, dramatic works, photographs, etc. Film clearance is necessary to avoid liability, acquire E/O insurance, and avoid any general copyright/trademark issues for example we require clearance to use the title 'Ways to die in a zombie apocalyse' so it does not infrindge on another title of simular name.
Public Liability insurance is a way of financially protecting your film/production from any claims made against you by the public. It is not often that a member of the public will make a claim against your film/production, however a single claim can be severely damaging to your finances and reputation if you fail to purchase Public Liability insurance. so buy purchaing public liability insurance we can protect our film from any claims mde by the public that it is what it isn't.
A completion guarantee is a form of insurance offered by a completion guarantor company provided in return for a percentage fee based on the budget and is often used in independently financed films to guarantee that the producer will complete and deliver the film  to the distributor thereby triggering the payment of minimum distribution guarantees to the producer. So this is a precaucion we can take to make sure if our timeframe is too short we still have funds to continue production.

Regulation

OFCOM are the group that regulates TV, radio, video-on-demand, fixed-line telecoms, mobiles and postal services in addition to airwaves.
OFCOM's Legal duties are to ensure that the UK has a wide range of electronic communication servers (high-speed services like broadband) provide a wide range of high-quality tv and radio programmes appealing to everyone as well as having Tv and Radio services provided by a range of different organisations. OFCOM also ensure that people are protected from harmful or offensive material on tv and radio, while protecting them from being treated unfairly in tv and radio making sure their privacy isn't invaded. viewers of video on demand services are protected from harmful content, provide a universal postal service to the UK 6 days a week, radio airwaves can be used by everyone.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London. The BBC is established under a Royal Charterand operates under its Agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Its work is funded principally by an annual television licence fee which is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts.

The difference between the two is that OFCOM is esscentually what keeps an eye on the BCC's programs and how the BCC functions.
From looking at a report made by the BBC news I can determine that placing media online can have grey areas that could allow for hate speech or even showing of things the OFCOM regulations deem inapproreate however comparing the regulations to our media project I've determined that our content is not offencive and legal that said the internets regulation is very loose as some media can portay groups in a bad light due to some racist or negative opinions and while most cases are dealt with there are some exceptions such as fourms or groups who are based on the internet such as westboro baptist church which freely encourages hatespeech with religious intent.
None of the current practises on the internet would effect our production as our content is safe and has no offencive aspects to it.

Trade Unions

A trade union is an organized association of workers in a trade, group of trades, or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests. these are formed to ensure the rights of the workers are kept and not unethical conduct has taken place while working for a business or project, obviously actors,cameramen and other workers for many media project belong to a union to ensure their workplace rights are kept which makes the unions essential.
Pact is an organisation that works to provide its members with the necessary resources, knowledge, and opportunities to succeed in the UK market and abroad. Joining Pact will give workers access to invaluable legal and business affairs advice, industry contracts, guidance through all stages of production, and put them amongst the majority of UK independent production companies already exploiting the benefits of Pact membership. The Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television helps producers understand the legal side of film making as well as providing producer rights
BECTU is a democratic organisation run by representatives elected amongst its membership. The Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union represents staff, contract and freelance workers who are based primarily in the United Kingdom and work within Media across the country by negotiating pay, conditions and contracts with employers, giving personal advice and representation for individual members, advising and representating on health and safety, Providing benefits and services for BECTU members as well as training support and courses in addition to networking events and career development opportunities.

Trade Associations

A trade association is an group founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry. An industry trade association does public relations activities such as advertising, education, political donations and lobbying and publishing but its focus is collaboration between companies. These groups may offer additional services like producing conferences and networking or charitable events or offering classes or educational materials.