Perfect and Reflect exam questions

1. Identify two costs that you may need to consider when developing a new phone app and explain how these costs impact on the project. (6 marks)
One cost of making a new phone app would be by paying the staff especially the graphic designer. They would usually have been paid on an hourly rate or a monthly rate. Pre production research (market research) are also taken out which have to be paid and funded for the people that take them. This is usually funded by either the individual or the company. However, this would have a positive impact by knowing who the clear target audience is. The costs of props and costumes also have to be paid and funded. These are going to help create the production as whole because they help to make the storyline or just give the production an effect. Copy rights is also a huge factor and has to be paid for to ensure the security and safety of the product.

2. Identify one act of legislation that is applicable to the creation of a new national newspaper and explain what impact it has. (3 marks)
The Human Rights Act 1998 has legal obligations to stick to the 8 principles of the act. The newspaper has too stick to this piece of legislation to make sure that there is no issues with the public about what the news paper includes in it. The impact usually relates to the stories that they are able to be in the publics best interest.

3. You have been offered a job as an apprentice for a company called Align Media. When they offered you the apprenticeship, you were required to sign a a form giving the intellectual property rights of any work you produce to Align Media. 
Explain why you were required to sign this form. (3 marks)
I was required to sign this form because it is in place to ensure that any products i personally design or create will legally be the property of the company Align Media. The contract is in place to make sure that copyrights and design rights are being kept to so that they own the rights to there own products and therefore would not have to worry intellectually.

4. Identify one type of revenue stream that you could consider to make a website profitable and explain why this might be an effective method. (6 marks)
One type of revenue stream would be the money made from selling merchandise. Merchandise is created to be sold on the website or in shops and it usually promotes the product. Merchandise can include cups, t-shirts, posters etc. It provides advertising as the products would most likely be branded with the website/logo name.

5. Identify two ethical issues that you would need to consider before your team develops ideas for a documentary on refugees. Explain how these will impact on the project. (8 marks)
One ethical issues that would be considered would be the exploitation and misrepresentation we have to ensure fair representation of the refugees and the whole system. Also there are likely to be language barriers which means that it would be having children being shown in the documentary whit having some kind of parental consent because some parents may not want to give consent.

6. Identify one regulatory body which could provide guidance with regard to creating a new advert fora children charity. Explain your choice (2 marks)
The ASA stands for the advertising standards authority. There job is to give advice on what would be appropriate to show on TV in regards to adverts.