CMST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Telefilm Canada, Trades Union Certification Officer, Canadian Content

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: CMST 1A03
• Professor: Christine Quail

Document Summary

Public service announcements of less than 5 mins. Already received canadian audio-visual certification office (cavco) if. Certification process for tax credits (4 p"s) (for tv) Producer: is canadian, controls and is the central decision-maker of the production from beginning to end and any person fulfilling a producer- related function is canadian; Points: min of 6 pts (/10) based on the key creative functions; w at least 1 of the director or screenwriter positions and at least 1 of the 2 lead performenrs being canadian. Repackaged or adapted foreign productions/segments, which use: excerpts from an original foreign production; or the mention of the orig foreign production in the credits. Productions using mostly existing foreign footage, even if assembled or edited in canada w canadian narration (except documentaries) Telefilm canada and cmf: provide support to brosdcasters to produce programs. 2 streams: experimental stream: apps, etc. for digital media platforms, convergent stream: includes digital content of multi-platform content.