Agenda

Blogging tips

Editing interviews

Examples of interactive documentaries

1. The next day

2. Bear 71

Kate discusses the difficulty of

recruiting interviewees, and what

possible solutions might be

Sonia has found a relevant

infographic – a great way to

present documentary research

(if you’re not doing video)

• Also relevant to editorial text

Voice overs have three main purposes - to introduce or frame

your content, to connect pieces of content together (a segue)

and to editorialise on interview and other material.

We've probably all felt that we needed a voice over one time

or other when in fact we didn't.

• Introduction - fine, but try to keep it as brief as possible

• Segues - voiceover segues can be avoided by use of different

music to indicate a new direction, or subtitles. A voiceover is

also perfectly fine, so long as (1) you're not just stating the

obvious, and (2) the segue is well-written and brief.

Voiceover principles for

participatory docos

• Editorialising - to be avoided in a participatory doco.

If you are a community member, you have a right to add in

your own opinion, but try not to have it come across as 'the truth'. If

you are not a community member, try to limit your voice overs to

segues (if necessary) or perhaps some introductory framing comments.

Otherwise you disempower your community.

Voiceover principles for

participatory docos

• There are lots of ways to add interactivity.

• But not all of it is particularly significant.

• In these four docos, which of them do you think has significant

interactivity, and why?

Interactive docos

Rob discusses recent legal and

political events of interest to

Australian internet users.

http://thenextday.nfb.ca

The next day

http://bear71.nfb.ca/ - /bear71

Bear 71

http://insidedisaster.com/experience/

Inside the Haiti

Earthquake

http://walking-the-edit.net/

Walking the Edit