Edited by Martin Bonnard et Viva Paci
This digital book will set out a problematized history of a form located at the crossroads of documentary cinema and the possibilities of the Web: the web documentary (or webdoc), a term used to describe Internet sites made up of multimedia elements in a non-linear structure which bear the signs of authorship, or an authorial intention. While it may be seen as a hybrid form with fleeting success (mostly in the early 2010s), we will examine the webdoc as a sign of contemporary mutations in documentary audiovisual practices, underscoring the consistently innovative artisanal experimentation which characterizes it.
Table of contents
- Introduction: The Web Documentary – Connections and (Other) Times (Martin Bonnard, Viva Paci)
- At the Crossroads of the Documentary and the Web (Pascal Martin)
- A Prototypical History (Martin Bonnard, Viva Paci)
- A Multimedia Prehistory (Martin Bonnard, Viva Paci)
- A (Plat)Form Between Media (Rémy Besson)
- Notes on the Materiality of the Web Documentary (Adrian Miles)
- The Home Movie Heritage: From the Archive to the Web (Karianne Fiorini)
- Innovation and Representativeness at the NFB (Caroline Zéau)
- A Shoreline to Inspire Participation (Elizabeth Miller)
