Production ResearchHarry Powell

LocationLocation scouting is a key role in media creation. location department staff work under the location manager, They are responsible for heading out to various areas that could serve as possible production locations.

Market ResearchIn market research you look at Demographics. These are peoples age, gender, race, culture, income and class. Market research is a key factor in maintaining competitiveness over competitors. Market research provides important information to identify and analyse the market need, market size and competition.

ReccesRecces is visually observing a target/location before the operation. Its when a producer and film crew visit the location and decide if it is good to shoot there. They can decide whether or not there are any problems with the location beforehand.

Legal ConsiderationsCopyright is a big issue the media industry faces. Legal protection is advised so that their original material cant be used in somebody else's name. However copyright can only be applied on the application of the idea, not the idea itself. It is also illegal to discriminate anyone on grades of race, sex, disability when recruiting in the workplace. 

TreatmentsA film treatment is a piece of prose, typically the step between scene cards and the first draft of a screenplay for a motion picture, television program, or radio play. It is generally longer and more detailed than an outline and it may include details of directorial style that an outline omits. Treatments read like a short story, but are told in the present tense and describe events as they happen.