The Youth Climate Report (Terry, 2016): Part 1

The article begins with a quote:

“Nonfiction relies on the idea of an authentic relation to the world. As a consequence, documentary makers and audiences want the work to be ‘truthful’. This is most simply realised through decisions about what to film, what to keep, what order to edit these into and whose voice appears when, and with what visuals. However, in multilinear online documentary each of these things (and all) can change” (Miles, 2015).

a. What is the purpose of Terry (2016) starting with this quote?

• Terry (2016) wants to point out that the rules of documentary film production are not changing.

• Terry (2016) wants to point out that the rules of documentary film production are changing.

The article begins with a quote:

“Nonfiction relies on the idea of an authentic relation to the world. As a consequence, documentary makers and audiences want the work to be ‘truthful’. This is most simply realised through decisions about what to film, what to keep, what order to edit these into and whose voice appears when, and with what visuals. However, in multilinear online documentary each of these things (and all) can change” (Miles, 2015). b. What is another purpose of Terry (2016) starting with this quote?

• Terry (2016) wants to point out that the digital domain does not allow for changes in documentary production.

• Terry (2016) wants to point out that the digital domain allows for changes in documentary production.

The article begins with a quote:

“Nonfiction relies on the idea of an authentic relation to the world. As a consequence, documentary makers and audiences want the work to be ‘truthful’. This is most simply realised through decisions about what to film, what to keep, what order to edit these into and whose voice appears when, and with what visuals. However, in multilinear online documentary each of these things (and all) can change” (Miles, 2015). c. What is another purpose of Terry (2016) starting with this quote?

• Terry (2016) wants to point out that online multilinear documentaries particularly push changes in documentary film production.

• Terry (2016) wants to point out that online multilinear documentaries do not particularly push changes in documentary film production.

The article begins with a quote:

“Nonfiction relies on the idea of an authentic relation to the world. As a consequence, documentary makers and audiences want the work to be ‘truthful’. This is most simply realised through decisions about what to film, what to keep, what order to edit these into and whose voice appears when, and with what visuals. However, in multilinear online documentary each of these things (and all) can change” (Miles, 2015). Q: What does the referent This in the third sentence refer to?

• Documentary makers

• Audiences

• The work to be truthful

The article begins with a quote:

“Nonfiction relies on the idea of an authentic relation to the world. As a consequence, documentary makers and audiences want the work to be ‘truthful’. This is most simply realised through decisions about what to film, what to keep, what order to edit these into and whose voice appears when, and with what visuals. However, in multilinear online documentary each of these things (and all) can change” (Miles, 2015). Q: What does the referent these things in the last sentence refer to?

• What to film and what to keep

• What order to edit these into

• Whose voice appears when and with what visuals

• All of the above

Terry (2016) states that his “multilinear project – the Youth Climate Report – attempts to present a database documentary that recognizes the implicit and explicit narratives that form the structure of such a project in order to best serve the user which…represents a very specific audience” (p.1). Who is the very specific audience?

• Delegates

• Negotiators

• Policy-writers

• International Governments

• All of the above

“Manovich argues that there are two dimensions at play in a database documentary that take place of a traditional narrative in a linear documentary: the syntagmatic and the paradymatic. The former are the elements or fragments of the projects, i.e., the film units. These represent an explicit narrative. The latter represents the user’s imagined processing of these images. This is the implicit narrative” (pp. 1-2). Q: What does “the former” refer to?

• Syntagmatic Dimension

• Paradymatic Dimension

“Manovich argues that there are two dimensions at play in a database documentary that take place of a traditional narrative in a linear documentary: the syntagmatic and the paradymatic. The former are the elements or fragments of the projects, i.e., the film units. These represent an explicit narrative. The latter represents the user’s imagined processing of these images. This is the implicit narrative” (pp. 1-2). Q: What does “the latter” refer to?

• Syntagmatic Dimension

• Paradymatic Dimension

The narrative of the Youth Climate Report is comprised of stand-alone “mini-documentaries” which collectively form groups that reveal new data based on their various relationships to each other and through spatial analysis of grouping video content by region and on a temporal basis. Do these elements form an explicit or implicit narrative?

• Explicit narrative

• Implicit narrative

Kinder (2003) argues that users of database documentary projects discover “stories and outcomes through a combination of design, choice and chance.” What examples does Terry (2016) give to show that his Youth Climate Report users discover these elements? Match the example to the label.

a. Based on videos that represent research in their home countries

• Design

• Choice

• Chance