TY - JOUR AU - Dubois, Frédéric PY - 2018/04/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Interactivity as a key feature redefining documentary reality JF - Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication JA - 10.14746/i VL - 21 IS - 30 SE - DO - 10.14746/i.2017.30.03. UR - https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/i/article/view/12574 SP - 31–44 AB - <p class="Abstract2Artykul"><span lang="EN-GB">Finding a clear-cut boundary delimiting fiction from documentary has always been a controversial, daunting and unthankful undertaking. In the last decade, the blur between the two genres has been reinforced by the rapid advancement of web and AR/VR technologies. Interactive web-documentaries and virtual reality documentaries do not only promote new viewing habits – from swiping smartphone screens to scanning horizons with VR headsets, they shake up the very idea of what a documentary is. In this short scholarly essay, I argue that the feature of interactivity is the driving force redefining the documentary genre. This thesis builds on two case studies: 1) Interactive documentary <span class="CondItalic">Atterwasch</span> and 2) VR documentary <span class="CondItalic">The Unknown Photographer</span>. In the final section of the essay I revisit the definition of documentary reality and expand it with the addition of André Bazin’s notion of <span class="CondItalic">mise en scène</span>.</span></p> ER -