The Interactive Documentary in Canada - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0228021081 ISBN 13 : 9780228021087

Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2024

Synopsis

Interactive documentary emerged rapidly from a constellation of changing technologies and practices to much excitement, yet its history is short and its future uncertain. In the mid-2010s Canada was a world leader in the creation of i-docs. Less than a decade later technological obsolescence has rendered many of these celebrated projects inaccessible, while rapid digital innovation continues to change the i-doc form and its modes of experience. The Interactive Documentary in Canada captures this transitional moment in documentary filmmaking and media production. Bringing together a range of historical, theoretical, and critical approaches, this collection examines the past – and the imagined future – of a nonfiction storytelling phenomenon that has Canadian institutions, figures, and works at its centre. Embracing a polyphonic conception of interactive documentary, the volume includes explorations of web-based, app-based, installation, and virtual reality works that push the boundaries of what is understood as documentary cinema. Leading documentary scholars and makers consider the historical and technological contexts of i-doc production, innovation, and exhibition; the political and pedagogical potential of the genre; the ethics of the i‐doc experience; and the format’s future lifespan in the contemporary media landscape. The Interactive Documentary in Canada establishes a place for the i-doc in the history of Canadian film, highlighting the genre’s significant impact on the National Film Board of Canada and on contemporary global documentary media.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Michael Brendan Baker is professor of film studies at Sheridan College. Jessica Mulvogue is lecturer of film studies at the University of St. Andrews.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0228021081
• ISBN 13: 9780228021087
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 372
• Éditeur: Baker Michael Brendan, Mulvogue Jessica
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible