Before you start to work on a project, you will need to know what you are doing. outlined with in the brief is what you need to do, which is given by the client. the brief will outline everything that the client wants you to include for the project and will state the budget limit as well as the deadline for the project. target audience is very important as it ensures who will use the finished product. There are 8 different types of briefs that people work to within the media industry. they are as follows:
Contractual - A contractual term is "Any provision forming part of a contract" Each term gives rise to a contractual obligation, breach of which can give rise to litigation.
Negotiated - To deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal. an example of this would be the Snide Remarks brief.
Formal - Formal is where you do the project in hand and you work to the brief.
Informal - The two parties will meet informally such as on Skype, Facebook, phone call or email and discuss the brief. Advantages of this is there is no contract, so if you put in all the work for your client if they don't like what has been done or if they change their mind there is nothing you can do as there was no legal contract. an example of this would be the TFM Soundworks brief.
Commission - A duty or task committed to a person or group to perform, an authority to undertake or perform certain duties or functions. an example of this would be mc crew.
Tender - This is the brief you would get if one company sends numerous briefs out to different companies. They then here all of the pitches and choose the best one to work with. an example of this would be the big sleepout poster.
Co-operative - formed as an enterprise or organization jointly owned or managed by those who use its facilities or services.
Competition - This is where you get a brief in which what you are making is for competitions around the world. an example of this would be the mofilm brief.
Responding to a brief
Once you have read the brief, you will get a rough idea of what you want to do. after that you may brainstorm your ideas down on sticky notes (or whatever you choose). once complete, divide them into the good ideas and bad ideas, then develop the good ideas even further. in post production, it is also a good idea to create other documents such as mindmaps, moodboards, production schedule, shooting log and storyboards. these documents will help you run the project easier. when the planning and pre-production is complete, your team should now be able to start working on the project itself. while you are doing this, make sure lines of communication between you and your team is clear so that you and your team are on schedule on working to the clients brief. when everything is complete you present the finished project to your client, and the clients is happy with it, you will get paid.
OPPORTUNITIES
The opportunities you may get from working on different types of briefs are:
- Networking - Networking is where you build relationships up with the people within the industry. the industry may be the one industry where you want to develop your skills or it might be one of a variety of skills that you enjoy doing.
- Experience - you will get vital work experience whilst working on a project for real life clients. the experience may be working with cameras that you are not used to or working to an actual brief.
- Job Opportunities - whilst you are working on the project, people may enjoy how you are doing things, so they might offer you a job to work with them.
- Reputation Build-up - if you get offered a job, you will work with them on the different types of briefs and if your work is good enough, your reputation will build-up within the industry.
- Teamwork - when you are working on the project, you will have to work as part of a team. you may be used to working by yourself on projects but you will pick up the experience of wrorking as part of a team.
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