In week 3 I read a blog post about the ethics of creating a documentary. Through thousands of the references that the article made, I learned that there are different approaches of how I want to pursue my subject, and it’s never black and white. The article mentioned the practice similar to what a psychologist would practice, should the subject be informed to receive their consent, but risk the quality of the research, or should you be deceptive (that’s not the right word i think) to get the best result but risk angering the subject?
For my approach I think I will have to tell my subjects because I will be interviewing them. But i am still trying to find ways not to make my video seem very biased, since this involves people that i personally know. Since there isn’t many videos that I can take, I think I will approach the video with photos and b-rolls.