Ethics of intimacy in film reportage – boundaries or horizons of vision

Abstract

Ethics of intimacy in film reportage – boundaries or horizons of vision. The expansion of the image code as a determinant of the material of messages in a mediated reality entails significant changes on many levels of digital society life. The speed of the image and strong persuasion of image messages, which results from the impression of the unquestionable authenticity, the bond with the truth interpreted by man as a reflection of facts or actual reality, becomes a tool in the sphere of business, media, politics and private life. They become a tool that persuades people to ”buy”, ”watch”, ”receive”, ”choose”, ”attract”. The aim of this article is to try to show some ethical aspects of the intimacy presented in the film reportage. The analyzes are an attempt to answer the question whether ethics constitutes limits or horizons of vision in presenting intimacy in a film
reportage.