1. A WEB
DOCUMENTARY
SURVIVAL KIT:
THE ESSENTIALS IN X MINUTES
INSTRUCTOR: JOANNE TEOH
HOSTED ON: HTTP://ERNIE.SG

2. BROUGHT TO
YOU BY:
AMIRAH
ERNIE
LIP TENG
ZHEN WEI

3. 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

4. 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.
• [screenshot]
• YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOMED!

5. WHAT IS A TRADITIONAL
DOCUMENTARY?

6. 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

7. WHAT IS A WEB
DOCUMENTARY?
• fundamentally changes the way the storyteller relates to
the the perception of the viewer

8. 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

9. EXAMPLES OF WEB
DOCUMENTARIES

10. THE ADVANTAGES OF
WEB DOCUMENTARIES

11. THE CHALLENGES OF
WEB DOCUMENTARIES

12. 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
A WEB DOCUMENTARY SURVIVAL KIT
HOSTED ON: HTTP://ERNIE.SG