Challenges of Documentary in the Age of New Media

Pojava digitalnih tehnologija u filmu promijenila je postojeće modele produkcije, distribucije i recepcije. Neki teoretičari gledaju na digitalnu tehnologiju kao prijetnju indeksnom fotografskom realizmu te vjeruju da se ta ista karakteristika zanemaruje ili čak potpuno gubi kod digitalne slike. Dokumentaristi brzo prihvaćaju nove medije i tehnološke promjene, kako kroz povijest tako i danas, jer im otvaraju veće mogućnosti u procesu stvaranja filma, ali omogućuju i veći angažman korisnika odnosno gledatelja. Novomedijski dokumentarni film nastaje isprepletanjem različitih medija i novih tehnologija, ali to nužno ne pretpostavlja da je dokumentarac u krizi, dok je korištenje digitalnih tehnologija manje radikalno i prijeteće za prirodu filma, nego što se to u početku činilo.The arrival of the digital technology in the documentary has changed the existing modes of production, distribution and reception. Some film scholars see the digital as a threat to indexically-­based photographic realism and believe that this feature is neglected or lost in the digital image. New media and technological changes have always been quickly embraced by documentary filmmakers from the early days till today since they provide more possibilities in filmmaking and also invite the users (viewers) to be more active. New media documentary comes out as a result of the interplay of different media and new technologies, but that does not necessarily lead to the crisis of representation, and the use of digital technologies is less radical and threatening to the nature of cinema than it was first voiced in scholarship