The Wrong Crowd

In late 2000 the Australian Film CommissionDocumentary Onlineinitiative commenced with a call for documentaryprojects thatwould explore the online environment in innovative,challenging andoriginal ways. The Australian BroadcastingCorporation thenprovided the delivery mechanism via its ABC Onlineportal,www.abc.net.au/wrong crowd. The Wrong Crowd: Insidethe Family,Outside the Law is a public history recounted throughthe prism of abildungsromannarrative. Theoretical issues emergedaround thenature of the documentary form and its inherenttruth-claim as thework traversed the intersections between documentaryevidence,history in the public domain and personal memory.This bookrecounts in three major chapters the theory andpractice ofproducing one of the world first onlinedocumentaries. Beginningwith a discussion of the form of thehistory-documentary and issuesof history and cultural memory, the second chapter isdevoted tobuilding an understanding of the digital revolutioninthe movingimage and its impact on the documentary form, withthe finalchapter being a case-study of the creative workwww.abc.net.au/wrongcrowd

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In late 2000 the Australian Film Commission Documentary Online initiative commenced with a call for documentary projects that would explore the online environment in innovative, challenging and original ways. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation then provided the delivery mechanism via its ABC Online portal, www.abc.net.au/wrong crowd. The Wrong Crowd: Inside the Family, Outside the Law is a public history recounted through the prism of a bildungsromannarrative. Theoretical issues emerged around the nature of the documentary form and its inherent truth-claim as the work traversed the intersections between documentary evidence, history in the public domain and personal memory. This book recounts in three major chapters the theory and practice of producing one of the world first online documentaries. Beginning with a discussion of the form of the history-documentary and issues of history and cultural memory, the second chapter is devoted to building an understanding of the digital revolution in the moving image and its impact on the documentary form, with the final chapter being a case-study of the creative work www.abc.net.au/ wrongcrowd