Course Title: Address legal and administrative requirements

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2007

Course Code: BUSM5857C

Course Title: Address legal and administrative requirements

School: 345T Creative Media

Campus: City Campus

Program: C6056 - Advanced Diploma of Screen

Course Contact : Adam Lovell

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4976

Course Contact Email:adam.lovell@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Teacher:  Roz Berrystone
Tel:  9925 4974
Email:  roz.berrystone@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 50

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Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

Students will learn the skills and knowledge needed to ensure that a business or project complies with the relevant legislative and regulatory requirements.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CUSADM09A Address legal and administrative requirements


Learning Outcomes


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Details of Learning Activities

Classes will include planned lectures, weekly class exercise to review what has been learnt in class.


Teaching Schedule


Week 1   
Orientation

2   
Sources for financing productions –
State & federal funding bodies, FLICs, other.
How industry works

3   
Setting up your own business –
Developing and implementing a strategic plan
Setting up the appropriate business structure
Legal obligations re tax & company law
Reporting to investors

4   
Copyright –
Introduction
Assigning/licensing of rights
Moral rights – writers & directors

5   
Assessment 1:  
5-10 min. oral presentation on an assigned industry organisation & lead a class discussion about that organisation.

6   
Copyright –
Fiction (novel, short story, plays, poetry, writers’ screenplays)
Taking out options

7   
Copyright –
Non-fiction
Public domain
Facts & events

8   
Copyright –
Magazine & newspaper articles
Personal rights
Defamation (libel & slander)

9   
Copyright –
Cartoons/animation
Songs – music & lyrics, etc
Remakes other films/tv

10   
Assessment 2:
Business basics & copyright test

11   
Options
Deal memos
Letters of agreement
Chain of title
Errors & Omissions insurance at start of production

12   
Content quota – commercial, public & cable tv networks
C certification
Provisional certification
Developing the budget

13   
Developing the budget
Managing the budget
Weekly cost reports & reconciliations
Reporting to investors

14   
Assessment 3:
Policy debate between teams of 2-3 people on aspects of quotas, commercial networks, censorship, moral rights

15   
Hiring cast & crew
Setting up production offices
Insurances (producer’s indemnity, props etc)
Contracts
Dealing with award rates for cast & crew

16   
Marketing & distribution
Distribution agreements
TV licences
Paid advertising credits
Error & Omission insurance at delivery stage

17  
 Assessment 4:
Class presentation on legal issues raised in students’ 2nd semester projects & how they propose dealing with them (including submission of written report)

18  
 Assessment 4:
Class presentation on legal issues raised in students’ 2nd semester projects & how they propose dealing with them (including submission of written report)


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

RMIT Library for internet access, texts, research material
AFI Library (building 21) for access to research material


Overview of Assessment

Presentation 20%
Multiple choice quiz 20%
Debate/presentation 20%
Class presentation 40%


Assessment Tasks

Assessment 1 (CUSADM09A):  (20%)
Each student to present a 5-10 minute oral presentation on an assigned industry organisation, and lead a class discussion about that organisation.

Assessment 2 (CUSADM08A):  (20%)
Business basics & copyright multiple choice quiz

Assessment 3 (CUSADM09A):  (20%)
Policy debate between teams of 2 – 3 people on one of the following issues:
Content quotas
4th Commercial Network
Censorship
Directors’ copyright and moral rights

Assessment 4 (CUSADM08A):  (40%)
Class presentation on legal issues raised in students’ 2nd semester projects & how they propose dealing with them (including submission of written report).


Assessment Matrix

Not applicable

Other Information

Handouts to be given in class by teacher

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