Evidence of genre conventions and regulatory guidelines

I will explain what regulatory bodies and genre conventions production we have created as a team. I will look at the guidelines of OFCOM to find out information about what is allowed to display on TV. 

Broadcast Act 1996 - 'All programmes unless otherwise stated, should be applied for Licensed Service' This is needed to legalise a production that will be airing on live television. This means that we must apply to the licensing service to be able to air our short film to the audience. 

- television licensable content service "has the meaning given to it in Section 232 of the Communications Act. 

OFCOM guideline rules number 2 that we must follow is the 

• Guidance notes: Section one – protecting the under-eighteens (PDF, 181.6 KB) 

(Relevant legislation includes, in particular, sections 3(4)(h) and 319(2)(a) and (f) of the Communications Act 2003, Article 27 of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, and the BBC Charter and Agreement.)

This means that we must schedule an appropriate time to air our content. As we are also targeting those under 18's.  We must consider school time, weekends, and holidays. We must also take into account the start and finish time of the programme, the nature of the channel or station, and its expectations of a particular time or day. This OFCOM guideline is to protect the under eighteens. 

Genre conventions

Our genre for this short film is drama and our theme is Life and Death