Copyright protects all original works: essays, novels, poems, photographs, music, and many more. It protects the author's right to decide how their work is used, and places restrictions on re-use of any original work, or part of.
You are permitted to quote, or make photocopies or scans of, material for your own research/private study, providing that you make one copy for yourself only, that does not exceed the following:
Broadcasting/using sections of recorded material (video, audio, or both) is permitted for educational purposes - including examination ie. using clips in a film submitted for your dissertation. However, always cite your quotations, as you would with written material.
BUFVC have provided guidelines designed to encourage best practice in citing any kind of audiovisual items.
They cover: film; television programmes; radio programmes; audio recordings; DVD extras; clips; trailers; adverts; idents; non-broadcast, amateur and archive material; podcasts; vodcasts; and games.
Download an interactive PDF version here: Audiovisual Citation Guidelines
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