http://agnesvarnum.com/2008/04/28/much-ado-about-nothing-or-not/ watching, ranting and connecting with documentary film Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:43:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://agnesvarnum.com/2008/04/28/much-ado-about-nothing-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-9131 Directors Notes | Should Money Talk? Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:14:04 +0000 http://agnesvarnum.com/?p=464#comment-9131 [...] interviewed for his Standard Operating Procedure doc did receive a consultancy fee. Anyway read the Much Ado About Nothing, or Not? article for [...] [...] interviewed for his Standard Operating Procedure doc did receive a consultancy fee. Anyway read the Much Ado About Nothing, or Not? article for [...]

]]> http://agnesvarnum.com/2008/04/28/much-ado-about-nothing-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-9130 Cam Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:04:20 +0000 http://agnesvarnum.com/?p=464#comment-9130 Right on! I thought the exact same thing when I read the times article. I think its also kind of absurd to be drawing this line around subjects and saying they have to give up their time, or suffer what can often be incredibly inconvenient circumstances, without being compensated for it. It is important to be aware that compensation can affect the behavior of people you film, but a hard and fast rule that journalists supposedly abide by is a bit absurd. What is compensation anyway? When a writer buys a source a drink, is that compensation? Right on! I thought the exact same thing when I read the times article. I think its also kind of absurd to be drawing this line around subjects and saying they have to give up their time, or suffer what can often be incredibly inconvenient circumstances, without being compensated for it. It is important to be aware that compensation can affect the behavior of people you film, but a hard and fast rule that journalists supposedly abide by is a bit absurd. What is compensation anyway? When a writer buys a source a drink, is that compensation?

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