Privacy and Documentary Filmmaking.

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  • Author(s): Wiseman, Frederick
  • Source:
    Social Research. Spring2001, Vol. 68 Issue 1, p41-47. 7p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      PRIVACY; DOCUMENTARY films; PHOTOGRAPHS; MOTION pictures; SOCIAL psychology; PRIDE & vanity; PERSONS; PARTICIPATION; DOCUMENTARY mass media
    • Abstract:
      The article provides the author's discussion of some practical problems and privacy issues involved in obtaining the consent of people to their inclusion in his documentary films. He makes the documentary films based on the photographs and voices of people who give their permission to be included in the film. He discusses the factors involved in obtaining their consent. Some people agree to be included in the film for a variety of reasons. Some of them want others to know about their experience while some people agree to participate out of vanity.