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How is being transformed the "traditional" documentary ? "interactive", "transmedia", "webdoc" ...adjectives that make the difference.
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"Looking for software to help you build an interactive video experience? Check out the list of tools below to get started on your new project."
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FoST Virtual Roundtable: Future of Interactive Film
Hang-out participants: Ari Kuschnir Ingrid Kopp TFI Jordan Fish Mike Densmore Mike Nolton Alon Benari
moderated by Charles Melcher - Future of StoryTelling
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Introduction to Database | Narrative | Archive
excerpt: "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."
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A rich and in-depth analysis from 9 points of view. All very interesting ... look at the original contribution of Adrian Miles. Delete the scoop?
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"A VISION; A PLAN; A MANIFESTO"
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Vision, mission, core values and five objectives that make the NFB unique and inimitable. You should invent a NFB in every corner of the planet. Delete the scoop?
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"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."
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Innovation: a theme dear to Opendoclab (see the wonderful Moments of Innovation project). It would be interesting broaden the interactive documentary field study also to the (film) style ...perhaps involving also Bordwell ... but this is maybe another "movie". Delete the scoop?
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Some of our foremost innovators share their tips – and catchphrases – for a changing digital world. Delete the scoop?
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In the ninth part of Filmmaker‘s interview project with prominent figures from the world of transmedia, conducted through the MIT Open Documentary Lab, Lance Via Transmedia Ready Delete the scoop?
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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.
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"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
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"Paul Shoebridge and Michael Simons are the dynamic creative duo known in the back alleys and coffee shops of Vancouver as “The Goggles.” They are the creators behind the NFBs wonderful interactive documentary about a vanished Canadian town, Welcome to Pine Point, and were brought in by the NFB and Hyperlocal co-creator Sean Embury to lend their design expertise to two of the project’s interactive pieces."
"Interactive design borrows a little bit from all kinds of other disciplines: designers integrate music, visuals, text and narration, and create various ways in which users can explore or interact with the work. A project’s interactive elements often underscore or mirror its themes. The adaptation of Will Ferguson’s piece is a perfect example of this."
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An interesting interactive storytelling project. Take a look at this post too: "Hyperlocal features 5 projects by 5 Canadian writers" Delete the scoop?
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"One of the major challenges in interactive media confronting filmmakers—or any media maker—is a fundamental question of how to present a story in a non-traditional format. This was the case for Luisa Dantas and theLandofOpportunity (LoP) team, who recently were “struggling to articulate in creative visual terms what we want to do.”
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"How to present a story in a non-traditional format": new skills for new documentaries? Or a typical issue of the documentary? Delete the scoop?
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"This lesson will introduce the use of Crossmedia to enhance Social change. It will showcase New tools powering participation Fund raising platforms Independent (Indie) distribution models." 
Jeni Mawter's curator insight,
April 4, 9:01 PM
Crossmedia and stories as tools for social change can have far-reaching impact on children and young adults around the world.
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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 ...
extrait: 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.
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An interesting idea to bring interactive movies in theaters ... As early as 1967, the film Kinoautomat brought interactivity to the movies. We hope it will be developed further. Delete the scoop?
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WebDox 2013 has been an amazing conference: held in Leuven, Belgium, and organised by the Media Desk and iDROPS, WebDox has managed to pull together la cr..
excerpt: "Well… to start from you notice something quite obvious: there is a lot of very mature interactive factual content on the web. We are not experimenting anymore for the sake of checking if interactive narrative can work… that phase is way passed." Via i-Docs
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Starting from the reflections arising from the Leuven conference, Sandra Gaudenzi analyzes the meaning of the new modes of interaction that affect the emotions rather than the cognitive choices of the user.
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"Arnau is in the process of interviewing a number of practitioners, scholars, and students of interactive documentary about the state of the field. He will be posting select clips on the OpenDocLab website. First up is Part 1 of an interview with OpenDocLab Principal Investigator William Uricchio.! "In this series we focus on the theoretical part of the study of interactive documentary. We will conduct video interviews with the main experts in the field based on six key questions: (1) the definition, how would they define the interactive documentary; (2) the evolution of the form, whether they believe that the interactive documentary is a natural evolution of the linear documentary; (3) the change in the logics and dynamics, if they believe there is a change in the logics of production, distribution and exhibition; (4) the role of the author, if they believe that the role of the author is threatened; (5) the business model; and (6) their views on the production, research and events organized by countries that are active in this field, placing special emphasis on Canada and France."
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Executive producers from the National Film Board of Canada's interactive division give Murmur's Hal Seigel an in-depth look into the process behind recent projects A Journal of Insomnia and Bear 71. Via i-Docs
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A very interesting interview with two of the greatest personalities in the interactive documentary field. Delete the scoop?
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"Step behind the scenes with the producers of Localore, a public media production by AIR (airmedia.org). See how twelve intrepid makers led year-long multimedia project at 10 radio and TV stations across the country—reaching and involving a broad swath of communities via broadcast, digital and street media. Localore is supported by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Learn more at Localore.net"
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A truly innovative project. Public radio and television stations will no longer be the same after this brilliant collaboration with the local area ...at least in the U.S.A.. Hope this will be an inspiration for many other reality. Delete the scoop?
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Images are powerful, stories even more so. But how do you collect them from hundreds if not thousands of people and present them in a coherent and compelling fashion—especially when you're trying to document an event that was itself so...
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What happens when a major film producer decides to create original entertainment for tablets? Canada’s National Film Board (NFB) is experimenting with a series of new tablet-centric projects which merge gaming, journalism, and cinema.
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At Tribeca Film Festival, ‘Storyscapes’ Brings Transmedia Projects Into Real Life | Mediashift | PBS
"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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excerpt: “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
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I. It is time to bring storytelling and storytellers to the web! II. It is time to turn the web into an interactive audiovisual medium made by everyone. III. It is time, fellow comrades, for a REVOLUTION
The web documentary is the vanguard
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Here it is! Jesse Shapins and James Burns from Zeega at TFI Interactive 2013 Delete the scoop?
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"Sixteen questions about digital nonlinear storytelling"
The DNA symposium bought together documentary makers, academics, nonlinear type people and interested parties for a very productive few days.
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"This Futurism Friday podcast, on the eve of NAB 2013, is about Transmedia Storytelling. And according to our guest, Ingrid Kopp, director of Digital Initiatives at The Tribeca Film Institute – Transmedia isn’t the future, it’s the present."
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Experience lesson learned: some tips.