The canon or the playlist of the webdocumentary

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https://doi.org/10.5007/1807-9288.2020v16n2p298

Abstract

All art has its own canon. Digital creation is clearly an artistic creation, which includes the webdocumentary. In this sense, it is legitimate to ask whether the webdocumentary has a canon. In order to discuss this issue, I focus on the MIT Open Documentary Lab website, a well-recognized entity in digital creation, where professionals, academics and critics chose webdocumentaries of their preference and presented the reasons for their choices. I begin by noting that the term “canon” is absent, playlist is the term used. In the first part of the text, after a brief discussion about “canon” and playlist, data about the playlists are presented and I create a super playlist, that is, a list of the most voted webdocumentaries. Then, I read the comments in order to understand what qualities are highlighted there. This reading intends to contribute to a knowledge of the webdocumentary as an activity of artistic creation, as well as the qualities of specific works that were highlighted by the critical eye of specialists.

Author Biography

Manuela Penafria, Universidade da Beira Interior, Labcom-Comunicação e Artes

Manuela Penafria (penafria@ubi.pt) é professora Associada, na UBI-Universidade da Beira Interior. Doutorada pela mesma Universidade e investigadora do Labcom-Comunicação e Artes. É membro do Conselho Consultivo da AIM-Associação dos Investigadores da Imagem em Movimento onde também integra como membro coordenador o Grupo de Trabalho "Teoria dos cineastas". Pertence ao conselho editorial de revistas portuguesas e brasileiras. Co-editora da revista DOC On-line (www.doc.ubi.pt).

References

LONG, Christopher. Revising The Film Canon. New Review of Film and Television Studies, v.4, n.1, p.17-35, 2006.

MIT Open Documentary Lab. Disponível em: https://docubase.mit.edu/playlist/. Acesso em: 20 abr. 2020.

days in Egypt, de Jigar Mehta e Yasmin Elayat, 2011. Disponível em: http://beta.18daysinegypt.com/. Acesso em: 20 abr. 2020.

Alma: a tale of violence, de Isabelle Fougère e Miquel Dewever-Plana, 2012. Disponível em: http://alma.arte.tv/en/. Acesso em: 20 abr. 2020.

Bear 71, de Jeremy Mendes e Leanne Allison, 2012. Disponível em: http://bear71.nfb.ca/#/bear71. Acesso em: 20 abr. 2020.

CIA: Operation Ajax, de Daniel Burwen, 2012. Disponível em: https://screendiver.com/directory/operation-ajax-interactive-graphic-novel/. Acesso em: 20 abr. 2020.

Fort McMoney, de David Dufresne, 2013. Disponível em: https://www.onf.ca/interactif-sans-flash/. Acesso em: 20 abr. 2020.

Gaza/Sderot, de Alex Szalat, Joël Ronez, Susanna Lotz, 2008. Disponível em: https://www.onf.ca/interactif-sans-flash/. Acesso em: 20 abr. 2020.

Highrise: out my window, de Katerina Cizek, 2010. Disponível em: http://interactive.nfb.ca/#/outmywindow. Acesso em: 20 abr. 2020.

Highrise: one millionth tower, de Katerina Cizek, 2011. Disponível em: https://docubase.mit.edu/project/highrise-one-millionth-tower/. Acesso em: 20 abr. 2020.

Hollow, de Elaine Mcmillion Sheldon, 2013. Disponível em: https://www.elainemcmillionsheldon.com/interactive. Acesso em: 20 abr. 2020.

Journey to the end of coal, 2008, de Abel Ségrétin e Samuel Bollendorff. Disponível em: http://www.honkytonk.fr/index.php/webdoc/. Acesso em: 20 abr. 2020.

Mapping main street, de Ann Heppermann, James Burns, Jesse Shapins, Kara Oehler, 2008. Disponível em: http://web.archive.org/web/20180805004430/http://www.mappingmainstreet.org/. Acesso em: 20 abr. 2020.

Prison Valley, de David Dufresne, Philippe Brault, 2010. Disponível em: http://prisonvalley.arte.tv/. Acesso em: 20 abr. 2020.

Question bridge: black males, de Bayete Ross Smith, Chris Johnson, Hank Willis Thomas, Kamal Sinclair, 2012. Disponível em: http://questionbridge.com/. Acesso em: 20 abr. 2020.

Sandy storyline, de Michael Premo e Rachel Falcone, 2013. Disponível em: https://www.sandystoryline.com/. Acesso em: 20 abr. 2020.

We feel fine, de Jonathan Harris e Sep Kamvar, 2006. Disponível em: http://www.wefeelfine.org/. Acesso em: 20 abr. 2020.

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Published

2020-12-22

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Vol. 16 No. 2 (2020): Imagens e imaginários na era digital/virtual

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