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Why it is important
How it affects my documentary
Accuracy
(How are you going to gain facts and make it accurate)
definition the condition or quality of being true, correct, or exact; freedom fro
m error or defect; precision or exactness; correctness.
Its important because other wise people could just make up facts.
Also it means the facts and what they talk about is right otherwise
they could report on things wrongly and give fails statistics and
facts. And misinform people.
Example on New Day Saturday - CNN was when reporting on giant
hornets in China, they had a map on the screen. But the map placed
Hong Kong squarely in South-eastern Brazil. So they where not
showing the right information basically lying.
This means for my documentary I have to cross-reference my facts
and make sure any fact is true and up to date. Other wise my report
would be wrong. So I need to check the facts and where I got them
from. And make sure I show opinion and fact obvilsy different.
Dictionary (no date) The definition of accuracy. Available at:
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/accuracy (Accessed: 3 May 2016).
Balance and impartiality
Definition - (also called even handedness or fair-mindedness) is a
principle of justice holding that decisions should be based on
objective criteria, rather than on the basis of bias, prejudice, or
preferring the benefit to one person over another for improper
reasons.
Its important as it goes with not being bias. It means giving both
sides of the argument and showing multiple opinions of the same
subject the audience gets a rounded view on the topic.
As for my documentary Im not report on a certain person or event
so as such there isnt really much for me to show both sides,
however I need be careful of not making it sound like Im not giving
even opinions.
Impartiality (2016) in Wikipedia. Available at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impartiality (Accessed: 4 May 2016).
Objectivity and subjectivity
Representation
Who is being represented and is it fairly or are you leaning towards your
opinion of that person?
Definition - the description or portrayal of someone or something in
a particular way.
This is important because its how you show people of things. It
means you should be fair when talking about people and making
sure you give a full and fair representation.
For my production I need to make sure I dont portray people in a
bad or unfair way.
Oxford (2016) Representation, in Oxford Dictionary. Available at:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/representation
(Accessed: 5 May 2016).
Access and privacy
What access do you have are you invading anyones privacy gaining
the information?