Studies in Documentary Film – edition on i-Docs

I am delighted to announce that the i-Docs special edition of Journal of Studies in Documentary Film is now available. Edited by Sandra Gaudenzi, Jon Dovey and myself, this came out of the 2011 symposium and covers many key issues pertinent to ongoing debates in the field. The journal can be purchased online and articles can be downloaded. It is backdated …

“94 Elements” needs your help! – an interview with Mike Paterson

Mike Paterson, from PFILM, is just back from SXSW, where he presented his later venture: 94 Elements. As far as I know 94 Elements was the only UK i-doc presented within SXSW’s “digital domain” strand, so… hat’s off to Mike and all his team! Now… 94 Elements is a very interesting project indeed: 1.It uses a scientific metaphor (the table …

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Don’t miss out: 3 Awesome talks from SXSW so far

Not everyone can be at SXSW and despite regular updates via twitter, it’s incredibly hard to not feel like you’re missing out, particularly when you know you’re missing things like this: However don’t be too downhearted! The folks at SXSW are incredible at sharing and have been uploading talks to Soundcloud throughout the festival allowing you to keep up with …

NFB collaborate with NY Times on documentary series about high-rise living

The New York Times Opinion Pages today announced a new multiplatform interactive series of Op-Docs in collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) as part of its ongoing HIGHRISE project.  ‘A Short History of the Highrise’ will premiere this summer on NYTimes.com and subsequently on NFB.ca/highrise. The series, an interactive project comprised of four short documentaries, explores the history …

The Journey of Documentary: a web series about the evolution of documentary

This is an online interactive documentary about how to make an online interactive documentary. It is an initiative which has been borne out of my Masters Research undertaking at the Australian Film Television and Radio School titled: Documentary Producing and Interactive Platforms, Opportunities, Evolving Processes and the Changing Craft. My hopes for this site are that it is used as …

“Interacting with Transmedia” – A Live Google Hangout hosted by NAMAC and The Daily Dot

Last Thursday the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) and The Daily Dot held a Google Hangout on the ever relevant topic of Transmedia. Moderated by Convergence Culture author Henry Jenkins, the discussion also featured the voices of Ingrid Kopp, the Director of Digital Initiatives at Tribeca Film Institute and documentary filmmaker Marc Smolowitz amongst others. The concept …

Adventures in storytelling, technology & social change: TFI launches Sandbox

The Tribeca Film Institute have announced their newest venture, the TFI Sandbox. The brand new site focuses on all the TFI digital initiatives including Tribeca Hacks and TFI interactive. Through the sandbox, users can get insights into new projects as well as an amazing resources section. Some projects which have already benefited from funding through  include Elaine Mcmillion’s Hollow, Jigar …

Digital Bristol week: i-Docs lab

A couple of weeks ago, i-Docs presented at the BBC Digital Bristol week, if you missed it don’t worry – we have all the talks here courtesy of the BBC: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDmV37WENIc] Judith Aston, Sandra Gaudenzi, and Mandy Rose – i-Docs Lab 1: Key Concepts for Understanding i-Docs [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXnygjofVGc] Max Whitby – i-Docs Lab 2: Meet the Producers of …

Is The End, etc… a new beginning?

Yesterday France Television launched “The End, etc…“, a new web-native experiment by French film director Laetitia Masson. This is what I would call an interactive hybrid: interviews, fiction and database narrative are all mixed together to find a new way to question what “engagement” might mean in our contemporary society. As Boris Razon (Director of FranceTV’s Nouvelles Ecritures) explains, while France …

Open Doc Lab explore the New Frontier

As most of you are probably aware, Sundance Film Festival recently took place in Utah. One area of the festival which particularly caught our attention was New Frontier, an “experiment in Festival presentation, New Frontier is a social and creative space that showcases media installations, multimedia performances, transmedia experiences, panel discussions, and more.” It sounded great and some of the projects which were showcased …

No i-Docs conference this year, but lots of Labs!

Yes, it is official, no conference this year, no illuminating talks and friendly drinks at the Watershed this March in Bristol… We have decided to take a pause, after two very successful i-Docs, and reconsider what to do next, and how to do it. The good news: we will be back soon. We are looking at ways to make i-Docs …

The i-Docs Lab

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 …

The DCRC seeks a new Director

The University of the West of England, Bristol, is appointing a new Director of the Digital Cultures Research Centre. Based in the Pervasive Media Studio in Bristol’s Creative Harbour, DCRC is a leading UK Research Centre with an international reputation for research and innovation in the fields of Digital Culture and Pervasive Media. Applicants will have an excellent record of …