FFC Guiding Principles for Ethical Filmmaking

This material is a list of principles and guidelines for filmmakers and videographers working in the field. One of FFC's goals is to foster an ethical relationship between the documentary filmmaker/videographer and the natural world. It has developed and posted a set of guidelines on its website which provides a framework for its members. The principles and guidelines for field work focus on respect for the welfare of animals, maintaining the ecological integrity of ecosystems being filmed and portraying accurate, natural behaviour.

From the website... "FFC members recognise that the welfare of an animal is more important than the sequence; that they have a responsibility to ensure that nothing they do could reasonably be considered cruel; and that they should not have a detrimental effect on the ecological integrity of the ecosystem they are working in."

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