The history of documentary has been one of adaptation and change, as docu-mentarists have harnessed the affordances of emerging technology. In the last decade interactive documentaries (i-docs) have become established as a new field of practice within non-fiction storytelling. Their various incarnations are now a focus at leading film festivals (IDFA DocLab, Tribeca Storyscapes, Sheffield DocFest), major international awards have been won, and they are increasingly the subject of academic study. This anthology looks at the creative practices, purposes and ethics that lie behind these emergent forms. Expert contributions, case studies and interviews with major figures in the field address the production processes that lie behind interactive documentary, as well as the political, cultural and geographic contexts in which they are emerging and the media ecology that supports them. Taking a broad view of interactive documentary as any work which engages with 'the real' by employing digital interactive technology, this volume addresses a range of platforms and environments, from web-docs and virtual reality to mobile media and live performance.
It thus explores the challenges that face interactive documentary practitioners and scholars, and proposes new ways of producing and engaging with interactive factual content.
Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Foreword, by Brian Winston Introduction, by Judith Aston, Sandra Gaudenzi, Mandy Rose Part 1. Co-Creation Preface, by Mandy Rose 1. I-docs and the documentary tradition: exploring questions of engagement, by Kate Nash 2. Co-creation as talkback: using the collaborative and interactive docu-forms to (re)imagine the 'rape-city', by Anandana Kapur 3. Documentary as co-creative practice: From Challenge for Change to Highrise - Kat Cizek in conversation with Mandy Rose, edited by Anna Wiehl 4. Not media about, but media with: co-creation for activism, by Mandy Rose 5. Living collaborations in Los Sures, Brooklyn: 1984 and today, by Christopher Allen 6. Software as co-creator in interactive documentary, by Craig Hight Part 2. Methods Preface, by Sandra Gaudenzi 7. Evaluating users' experiences: a case study approach to improving i-doc UX Design, by Samuel Gantier and Michel Labour 8. User experience versus author experience: lessons learned from the UX Series, by Sandra Gaudenzi 9. Pushing the craft forward: the POV Hackathon as a collaborative approach to making an interactive documentary, by Jess Linington 10. The Learn Do Share design methodology: Lance Weiler in conversation, by Sandra Gaudenzi 11. Testing and evaluating design prototypes: the case study of Avatar Secrets, by Ramona Pringle 12. Look who's watching: what storytellers can learn from privacy and personalisation, by Ben Moskowitz Part 3. Horizons Preface, by Judith Aston 13. Things to come: the possible futures of documentary ... from a historical perspective, by William Uricchio 14. Towards behavioural realism: experiments in immersive journalism, by Nonny de la Pena 15. Interactive documentary and live performance: from embodied to emplaced interaction, by Judith Aston 16. The travelling i-doc: reflections on the meaning of interactive documentary-based image-making practices in contemporary India, by Paolo Favero 17. Interactive documentary aqui y ahora - here & now: themes and directions in South America, by Arnau Gifreu-Castells 18. Who wants to become banal?: the i-doc from experiment to industry, by Jon Dovey Index
