BBC Fusion Summit: where documentary meets the web

A couple of months ago, Mandy Rose spoke at the BBC Fusion Summit which asked the question, ‘what is the future of factual programming?’ Mandy’s talk offers an overview of what’s happening where documentary meets networked culture, with reflections on co-creation, crowd-funding, open rights frameworks and distribution. Interested? Well here’s the whole talk below:   To find out more about the BBC …

Clouds: a documentary about code and culture – An update

UPDATE:  Following the release of their pilot version of the project, the Clouds team now want to produce the documentary in an interactive environment: “The CLOUDS experience is generated from a database of richly tagged interviews. For you, the viewer, the story begins with your curiosity. You input a question or search term as the starting point, setting the initial …

Healing Histories: documenting Hurricane Katrina’s legacy

Healing Histories allows you to explore the stories of struggling New Orleans’ residents rebuilding their community post Hurricane Katrina.  Built using HTML5, the documentary is split into five broad categories which feature interviews with residents and those affected by the hurricane. As it uses HTML5, the series works across desktop & device. As well as speaking to current residents, the …