i-Docs is proud to announce the i-Docs Lab! As more people were approaching us to disseminate our knowledge about the growing i-docs world, we decided to create a modular Lab format to be offered to both companies and conferences/festivals. The i-Docs Lab is modular workshop where we invite people to expand their understanding of what an i-doc is and use …
If you are reading this post, the chances are that you know what a web-doc is… and yet… are you sure you do know? If you had to give a definition, if you had to be specific about what it is and what it is not… what would you say? Welcome to the club… we are all in the same …
It has been difficult to keep track of the authoring tool that have emerged lately: seven new tools (Klynt, Popcorn Maker, 3WDOC, Conductr, Storyplanet, Galahad and Zeega) in the last two years… enough for all of us to question how are they different and how can we choose between them when starting a new i-doc. This is why, at last year’s i-Docs conference, we decided …
As transmedia is becoming a “must know of” for any digital producer, Dr Siobhan O’Flynn and Anthea Foyer have decided to make our life easier and to put all we need to know about it into one single place. The Transmedia Multiplatform Convergence (TMC) Resource Kit aims at being a one stop information tool for all those that …
After 2 years of hard work, Upian (Gaza/Sderot, Prison Valley) has just released Alma. This is not a story like others, nor an i-docs like others. Although it is a cross-media production (it is an iPad application, a website, a documentary, a book and an exhibition) it is one unique story made available on different platforms. No game, no story-world, no transmedia …
Power to the Pixel was held in London for the 6th year in a row, showing the world of media production that transmedia is more than a trend: it is a logic of production and an marketing strategy that fits the needs of our global media world. As always, the Power to the Pixel proposition was spread during four days: …
idrops has managed to gather an amazing cast of digital experts to deliver Europe’s first DIY Day! This is a one day workshop for storytellers to learn how to finance, develop, distribute and sustain themselves as collaborative entrepreneurs. As it is a free event (you just need to register) I really suggest you have a look to their programme and sign …
OFFSHORE has just launched their online preview! Try it for yourself… it is worth it… OFFSHORE is a web documentary created by Brenda Longfellow, Glenn Richards and Helios Design Labs that explores the dark waters of the global offshore oil industry in the wake of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion. The storytelling takes place within the virtual world of a 3D, imagined oil rig that …
I have been contacted by Jesse de Vos, a former master student in Film and Television Theory at the University of Utrecht, because he had been following my blog and wanted to have some feed-back on his Master thesis. Once I read the text I was so impressed by it that I thought it had to be available for others… …
The following is an interesting interview with Tommy Pallotta (Collapsus) – who is apparently currently working on a documentary were animation is widely used (not clear if there is any interaction too). Pallotta has an interesting view on technology – a view that I entirely share and that I always try to remember: “For me” he says ” technology is …
POST UPDATE: So this event’s been and gone now, but you can read a great review of it: A highlight of the festival was Blast Theory’s contribution, I’d Hide You, a live-action game based in the streets of Manchester’s Northern Quarter. As Blast Theory’s runners, each dressed in a distinctive uniform and equipped with a video camera, ducked and dived …
For those who, like me, have a passion for Jonathan Harris‘ work… here is a good news (if you are Europe based): he will be presenting on Saturday 19th of May at the OFFF Barcelona 2012 festival, in Spain. He will have one hour to present so… I hope he will speak about his latest work Cowbird and Modern …
A COMPLETELY PERSONAL AND QUITE POSSIBLY PIXELATED SUMMARY OF KEY TAKE-AWAY POINTS FROM THE 2012 I-DOCS SYMPOSIUM, by Kerric Harvey 1. Match the tool with the job and start with “the job.” In other words, let technology enable, assist, or augment creativity, not define it. By the same token, avoid gratuitous interactivity—the act of making something “interactive” because you …
Thanks Brian for sharing with our community your first impressions and reflections on i-Docs 2012! Here is what what you sent us: INSTANT ILL-CONSIDERED REFLECTIONS Technicism’s essentially flaw is an apparent need to be revolutionary when, in fact, technology is evolutionary. The illusion of revolution is created basically by exhibiting profound historical amnesia augmented by hyperbolic claims of effect. Technicism …
I have just received an e-mail from Florian Thalhofer saying that he will unfortunately not be able to come to i-Docs this year (last year he was one of our keynotes speakers – view the full presentation here) because he is working like mad on a new Korsakow-project “the Greek and the Money” (working title). The originality of this project …
