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Imagine The Ethical Dilemmas Faced By Student Filmmakers. Equity, Diversity & Inclusion In Teaching Media, Shara K. Lange

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Imagine the Ethical Dilemmas Faced by Student Filmmakers was originally part of a series of assignments about integrating ethics into an entry-level production course that I wrote about for the Journal of Media Education. Here, it has been adapted as a stand-alone exercise for EDIT Media’s teaching materials database. The guide to ethical decision making referenced in this article comes from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University.

This assignment was designed for entry-level production students who were preparing to embark on the production of their first documentary project.

Activity: How Does It Feel To Be Misrepresented. Equity, Diversity & Inclusion In Teaching Media, Shara K. Lange

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How does it feel to be misrepresented? was originally part of a series of assignments about integrating ethics into production course that I wrote about for the Journal of Media Education. Here it has been adapted as a stand-alone exercise for EDIT Media’s teaching materials database. This assignment was designed for entry-level production students who were preparing to embark on the production of their first documentary project.

One of the first hands-on production assignments for entry level production students is to interview each other. However, in order to integrate ethics conversations into the teaching production, in this exercise, I added …

Documentary Production & Documentary Problems, Shara K. Lange

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Excerpt: Making documentary films forces students to engage in the complexities of the genre.