Before we start filming our documentary, we were given a tutorial by out documentary lecturer about the Ethics of Representation. It mainly highlighted how to avoid manipulating the truth and what people say about the lives or the story they tell. It's mainly an exercise in how to respect the contributors.
The first aspect of fair representation we tackled is that we must get the permission from everyone we film to be in the documentary, A standard participant must sign a contract that states they agree to us using the footage of them in our film. A small contributor, maybe a vox pop or brief interviewee, simply just needs to give a verbal acceptance tahts recorded as proof that they let us use the footage. If a contributor is not of sound mind then we'd need to get a doctor or guardian to be present at signing to show that they know what they're signing into. And finally all children must have permission of parents.
We then moved onto how we mustn't twist the truth and misrepresent the contributor. This means that we must not edit them in a misleading and bias way and have to reflect their message they we they intended. Once the edit is finished contributors are allowed to watch teh documentary and if they feel they have been misrepresented they they can request the edit be changed to portray them in a truthful light.
Before our filming begins we'll set up a contract sheet for contributors and during the editing process we must make sure that no contributors are represented in a negative light. a main area that we have to focus on is that we don't twist the interviewees opinions on online dating to fit our own views. Also, we have been thinking about not promoting Suzanne in a negative light, as a crazy lonely woman.
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