ABSTRACT In this paper, I contribute to the scholarship on documentary film and ethics by reflecting on the emotional experience of producing the film series, The Ripple Effect of PTSD (Melzer 2016). The series focuses on caregivers of veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and was produced as a doctoral creative project. I situate my reflections in the literature on documentary studies and ethics, noting that while participant risk has been afforded welcome and increasing attention, there has been little consideration of how a filmmaker may be negatively impacted by the experience of film production. In contrast, there is a growing scholarship on ‘emotion work’ in qualitative research, particularly research involving vulnerable populations. Drawing on this literature, I detail the emotional labour involved in accessing participants, undertaking interviews and engaging in impact distribution. I argue that ethical documentary filmmaking necessitates emotional labour on behalf of the filmmaker and, as such, we need to broaden the scholarly research agenda on documentary ethics to include consideration of a filmmaker's emotional health and wellbeing.

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纪录片制作中的替代创伤和情感工作

摘要在本文中，我通过反思制作电影系列的情感体验《创伤后应激障碍的涟漪效应》（Melzer 2016），为纪录片电影和伦理学的研究做出了贡献。该系列重点研究患有创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）的退伍军人的护理人员，并作为博士创意项目制作。我将自己对文献研究和伦理学的看法放在文献中，并指出尽管参与者的风险受到欢迎并受到越来越多的关注，但几乎没有考虑到电影制片人如何受到电影制作经验的负面影响。相反，在定性研究中，特别是涉及弱势群体的研究中，关于“情感工作”的奖学金越来越多。根据这些文献，我详细介绍了与参与者接触时涉及的情感劳动，进行采访并进行影响分配。我认为，伦理纪实电影制片需要代表电影制片人的情感劳动，因此，我们需要扩大关于纪实伦理的学术研究议程，以考虑电影制片人的情感健康和福祉。