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DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING - ETHICS - THE SOUL OF FILMMAKING

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About DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING - ETHICS - THE SOUL OF FILMMAKING

Introduction to Ethics Course

1. The Ground Rules - Dealing With Your Film Participants And Viewers In An Ethical Way

2. Do You Or Don't You Pay - How Does This Affect Your Participants

3. Media Freedom And Vested Interests - Be Careful

4. Subjectivity In Filmmaking - How To Approach Your Film

What You Will Learn?

  • DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING - ETHICS - THE SOUL OF FILMMAKING.
  • Making documentary films, films about real people and real situations, this demands that the filmmakers at all times act in an ethical way. And that ethical way is focused on their dealings with people who are touched by the films that they make..
  • Documentary filmmaking is a multifaceted process – and there are several key elements that filmmakers are exposed to. And how you deal with these elements is at the heart of how successful you will be as a filmmaker..
  • Ethics is one of these elements..
  • When you make a documentary film – or a factual film as some people also refer to the genre - you deal with people, and here is that word again, you deal with real people – and these are in two groups – the first group consists of people who will watch your films and the second includes the people who will participate in your films – people who will become the subjects of your films. These people open themselves up to the scrutiny of others..
  • This short course will touch on those two groups of people and will also highlight the importance of you the filmmaker developing a personal production ethic in your dealings with participants and viewers. The key here is respect and compassion..
  • Enjoy the course and then also enjoy applying these basic ethical principles to your future film productions..