As new technologies increasingly shrink the physical distances between us, allowing us to connect with anyone, anywhere. Is there a gap in the market for technology that brings us together in the real world? Developed by Tim Kindberg and Charlotte Crofts, with ‘pump priming’ funding from REACT, the Nth screen works by turning a group [...]
May 17, 2013
NFB & MIT OpenDocLab collaborate on the next production of Highrise
Exciting news from overseas! The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) documentarian Katerina Cizek will be working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) OpenDocLab , the first-ever collaboration between two pioneering interactive media organisations. The scope of the project is to develop the next production in the NFB’s multi-award-winning HIGHRISE documentary project – a multi-year, multimedia, [...]
May 16, 2013
The ‘linear turn’ in i-docs – a provocation
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 – [...]
May 14, 2013
A few thoughts after WebDox 2013
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 crème de la crème of interactive documentary… The full programme can be found on Webdox’s website but, just to give you an idea, here was the line up: Jonathan Harris (US) [...]
May 8, 2013
InterDocs Barcelona 2013 /First interactive documentary conference in the latin area
The InterDocsBarcelona is a session to understand, disseminate and consider the interactive documentary. Throughout the day there will be presentations, case studies and a debate on the new narrative forms in documentary arising from new technologies. We will have the presence of national and international experts in this field. WHERE: Auditorium La Pedrera– Provença, 261 WHEN: On [...]
May 7, 2013
Filmmakers & web developers to join forces at Popathon Hack Jam
Creative technologist Philo van Kemenade and documentary filmmaker Gilles Pradeau have joined forces in bringing together filmmakers and web developers to collaborate on interactive web-based stories. With the web showing more and more opportunities as a medium for interactive storytelling, collaboration beween software and story becomes a key asset in the production of new media narratives. In [...]
May 2, 2013
interDOC: the first spanish project and platform for the analysis of the interactive documentary
InterDOC is an educational platform based on research, analysis and dissemination of interactive non-fiction, and can be used as a tool for studying and producing interactive documentary, an emerging form of audiovisual narrative. [Documentary + Interaction = Interactive docs (Directory + Resources)] InterDOC is an online collaborative tool with two [...]
May 20, 2013
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