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 Participant Information – interviewees for research

 Research title: Emerging forms, sculpting forces: the developing field of the short animated documentary.

You are invited to take part in a research project. Before deciding if you would like to participate, you should read the following document to understand the nature of the research and your rights and risks as a participant. Please take time to read this information carefully, and request further information if you have any questions or would like to talk about it. Take as long as you need to decide if you would like to participate in the project.

 

The research

The purpose of the research is to create new knowledge about the professional landscape of animated documentary production, which may lead to new approaches both to filmmaking and to collaboration. This study will investigate the forces shaping the field of the animated documentary. It will look at the surrounding industry and at the behaviors and cultures of the communities of practitioners who contribute to the field. The animated documentary filmmaking process will be interrogated in comparison to the live action documentary filmmaking process and the perceived place in the market of each of these forms will be considered. The research begins in 2015 and has an expected duration of five years. It will include interviews, reading and observation of production and exhibition spaces, as well as practical filmmaking work and the production of a thesis. You have been invited to participate in this study as an interviewee, as you have experience or expertise relevant to the research. I expect to interview 20-40 participants who have relevant experience and expertise as part of this research. This research is conducted as part of a research degree at Arts University Bournemouth, validated by University of the Arts London (UAL). It adheres to UAL’s Code of Practice for ResearchEthics. 

 

Your contribution  

You have the right to decline to participate in this study altogether. If you decide you would like to participate, you may be required to sign a consent form. You have the right to sign this form and later withdraw your participation without giving a reason and without your legal rights being affected. You have the right to request that your input remains anonymous. As a participant you will be asked to participate in one or more of the following ways: 

  • In interview to camera

  • In audio recorded interview;

  • In writing via email interview;

  • Filling in an online questionnaire. 

 If you are willing to contribute in one of the above ways but not others, you have the right to state this condition. 

We will probably only require one interview, though it is possible we may request further interviews which you are free to agree to or decline. Interviews will take place at an agreed location convenient to you. Following your interview you will be sent a transcript of the interview. At this point you may approve, amend or withdraw the information. You may request that some or all information gathered as part of your contribution is withdrawn and not included in the public outputs of the work, or that it is destroyed. Only information that you have approved will be considered for inclusion in the film or any other outputs of the research. 

 If the research is published, you will be notified of the form it will be published in. After publication it will not be possible to withdraw your contribution from the published version. However you will have had the opportunity to check and approve, amend or withdraw your contribution to the research before this point. Publication may refer to:

  • Publication of the thesis or chapters from the thesis in journal articles;

  • Online publication of interviews or work-in-progress research;

  • Release of film outputs online, in broadcast or through film festival or other public or industry screenings;

  • Research findings and data made available via the Arts University Bournemouth research repository. 

Your data

Your participation in the study will be kept confidential until you approve material for publication. Your personal details will be stored securely on a password-protected computer and not shared with any third parties. If you wish for your personal information to be destroyed after the research study is complete, this will be done on request. You have the right to check the accuracy of any data held about you and to correct any errors. 

 Considerations 

There are certain potential risks and benefits of taking part in this research. Some of these are outlined here. There may be unforeseen risks and benefits that are not listed here.  

Potential risks

  • Depending on the content of the interview, there is the potential for loss of privacy or damage to your reputation if your interview material is made public. For this reason we make documentation of interviews available to you before publication and offer you the opportunity to amend, withdraw or approve the content before anything is made public. 

  • The research will involve a time commitment, both in the interview process and in the review and approval/amendment/withdrawal of your contribution. 

  • If your interview is filmed: There are health and safety risks present in any filming environment. Risk assessments will be completed prior to each phase of the project to reduce these risks, and shoot days will be insured. You will be informed of any specific risks.

Potential benefits

  • Taking part in the research allows you to contribute to a study that aims to create new knowledge in the field of animated science documentary, offering insights which may be of benefit to creative and scientific industries and research. 

  • Publication of your input may be of benefit to your professional profile, identifying you as a key player in the field whose thoughts are of value to research in the field. 

  • You will be given a first view of research material before publication, ahead of its release to the academic or media world. You will also be informed of places in which the research will be published or presented.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding this research please contact Carla MacKinnon on 1508293@my.aub.ac.uk.

If you are unhappy about any element of how your participation has been handled, contact: Research Manager, Research Office, Arts University Bournemouth, Wallisdown, Poole, Dorset, BH12 5HH, UK / researchoffice@aub.ac.uk/ +44 1202 363334

You will be given the opportunity to make a formal complaint.

 Paperwork

If you agree to participate in a non-anonymous capacity you should keep a copy of this information for your records, along with your signed, dated consent form.