Documentary Evolution

Introduction to Database | Narrative | Archive

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"Database|Narrative|Archive is a collection of seven 'essays' by nine thinkers and makers in the emergent medium of nonlinear digital storytelling.

A profusion of recent scholarly writing and cultural commentary addresses the sprawling, emergent realm of interactive narrative, which is itself part of a profound historical development that has been referred to as “the computerization of culture.” Categories such as “electronic literature,” “interactive database narrative," and ‘transmedia’ scholarship are amongst the many neologisms claiming to describe some of the emergent characteristics of interactive narrative."

"Introduction: the documentary genre and the digital media (I).

In this series we focus on analyzing the two main parts that constitute the interactive documentary field: the documentary genre and interactive media. In these articles we trace the evolutions of both the documentary and digital medium, and examine the significant ways they intersect. Our aim is to link moments of innovation in the documentary genre and storytelling in general with technological experiments, inventions and pioneering concepts in the digital field."

Some of our foremost innovators share their tips – and catchphrases – for a changing digital world.

Liz Nord provides five major takeaways from Tribeca Film Institute's 2013 Interactive Day, providing insights for filmmakers who are exploring the digital space for storytelling.

"This year’s focus was on models of social change, and we were excited to see a conversation emerge across the four panels, starting with panel 1′s focus on the community outreach efforts of major brands and studios, panel 2′s focus on smaller scale transmedia projects and entertainment education, panel 3′s attention to grassroots activist efforts, and panel 4′s consideration of young entrepreneurs and philanthropists"

by Henry Jenkins for his blog

Panel 1 Revolutionary Advertising: Cultivating Cultural Movements

Panel 2 Transmedia For a Change

Panel 3: Through Any Media Necessary: Activism in a DIY Culture

Panel 4 The e-Entrepreneur as the New Philanthropist

Developed by Tim Kindberg and Charlotte Crofts, with ‘pump priming’ funding from REACT, the Nth screen works by turning a group of phones and tablets int...

"I have just returned from delivering a workshop on i-docs at the Freiburger Film Forum, alongside Florian Thalhofer, inventor of the Korsakow system.

It was great to see Florian again and our respective talks sparked a lively discussion between us on the evolution of interactive documentaries. As two of the pioneers in the field – Florian having invented Korsakow over fifteen years ago and me having completed my PhD thesis on interactive multimedia in 2003 – we both had a lot to say on the current state of play with i-docs and on the possibility of  a ‘linear turn’.

I provide here the key points that we discussed, as a provocation for further discussion and debate."

by Judith Aston for i-Docs

La projection de webdocumentaires proposée par Le Blog documentaire, la Bibliothèque Publique d’Information, le Centre Pompidou et Images en Bibliothèques ce lundi 13 mai à Paris est l'occasion de ...

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Nous cherchons à ce que le public vive une expérience artistique collective, dans un même espace.

En ce qui concerne la demande, de nombreuses salles de cinémas s’interrogent sur la manière de renouveler les contenus et de proposer de nouvelles choses, mais sans savoir forcement quoi. Du côté du public, l’ordinateur et le Smartphone changent complètement les comportements, et l’interactivité est de plus en plus demandée. Enfin, du côté artistes, je ne sais pas s’il y a une demande, mais le projet suscite pas mal d’idées et d’envie chez ceux avec qui nous avons pu en discuter.

"This year the Tribeca Film Festival took digital storytelling directly to the people with an entirely new juried interactive exhibition programmed by the Tribeca Film Institute’s director of Digital Initiatives, Ingrid Kopp. Nestled in a gallery-like space on Varick Street, “Storyscapes” featured five cross-platform/transmedia projects that were both free and open to the public via reservations and walk-ins. A fully interactive, hands-on, immersive experience, one of the projects, “Robots in Residence,” even allowed participants to take the actual robots out into the streets of New York with some surprising results."

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“It’s become a verb in our newsroom,” a New York Times graphics producer tells me. “People are now saying, ‘can we snowfall this story?’”

Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek has become a watershed in multimedia journalism. The story by John Branch recently won a Pulitzer prize in feature writing, and as noted by the Pulitzer website it was “a project enhanced by its deft integration of multimedia elements.”

by Jeremy Rue