A WEB DOCUMENTARY SURVIVAL KIT:THE ESSENTIALS IN X MINUTES

INSTRUCTOR: JOANNE TEOH

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GROUNDS COVERED• Traditional documentary versus web documentary

• Linear versus non-linear• One-way versus interactive

• Possibilities

• Empowering self-representations• The audience as active participant

• Challenges

• Funding dilemmas• Collaborating for diverse skillsets• Difficulties with user-generated content and limitations of

bandwidth

HOW TO USE THIS• First, sit back and enjoy the show.

• Next, browse over to other topics for a deeper understanding by clicking on them in the final slide.

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WHAT IS A TRADITIONAL DOCUMENTARY?

WHAT IS A WEB DOCUMENTARY?• an online documentary that employs multimedia tools as a

new way of telling stories on the internet

• non-linear narratives

WHAT IS A WEB DOCUMENTARY?• fundamentally changes the way the storyteller relates to

the the perception of the viewer

WHAT IS A WEB DOCUMENTARY?• the internet is Twitter, that everything has to be short and

your video cannot exceed 5 minutes out of the window

• the web documentary supports narrative journalism by developing journalistic narratives with images at the centre

EXAMPLES OF WEB DOCUMENTARIES

THE ADVANTAGES OF WEB DOCUMENTARIES

THE CHALLENGES OF WEB DOCUMENTARIES

THE WEB DOCUMENTARY AS A GAME-CHANGER

• The Macro picture:

• What is new media + Critical perspectives on the media and new technology + The dialectical relationship between documentary film and new media technologies.

• How is web journalism changing and how has it changed over the years?

• The Micro picture:

• How to produce a web documentary?• What skills are needed?

THE ESSENTIALS IN X MINUTES

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A WEB DOCUMENTARY SURVIVAL KIT