Chapter 6Ethical Challenges for the Cinematographer
Abstract
This chapter looks at the ethics of making media from the perspective of the photographer or the person behind the camera. When real-life issues arise, there will often be competing considerations that the cameraperson will have to weigh and balance. The camera is the portal between the real world and the media universe—the exact location where fleeting events are frozen in time and engraved into the permanent record.
A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.
Salman Rushdie (1999, p. 13)
Operating a film or video camera requires numerous choices and split-second decisions. Unlike ethical issues that come up during planning or editing, those ...
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