Input Sydney – May 7 – 11 at Hoyts Cinemas, The Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park.
What does it take to make a successful web documentary and how can online
technologies contribute to the art of storytelling? As Internet connectivity and speeds
improve, audiences are spending more time online and patterns and behaviours of
narrative consumption are evolving.
Documentaries are evolving as well with more and more documentaries being
commissioned exclusively for the online platform – tapping the traditional power of
narrative video but augmenting this with audio, photos, textual content, data
visualisation, user generated content and other interactivity.
In this session (Thursday May 10 from 2pm to 5pm)we hear from some of the world’s
leaders in this space about successful projects and what might happen next.
Projects to be presented and discussed are:
Afghanistan (France – Broadcaster: ARTE)
Letting Afghanis have their say and intersecting points of view: these are the two
underlying principles of the web-documentary Afghanistan, devoted to Afghanistan
a decade after the outbreak of the war following the attack on the world Trade Centre
towers in New York.
www.arte.tv/afghanistan
In Situ (France – Broadcaster: ARTE)
In Situ is a poetic essay and interactive documentary about the urban space in
Europe seen through very diverse artistic experiences and inventions. Antoine
Viviani (Author, filmmaker, producer) will be at INPUT to present In Situ.
www.arte.tv/insitu
The arab world in revolution(s) (France – Broadcaster: ARTE)
With the Arab world is undergoing unpredictable, revolutionary change. ARTE
followed the issue from different perspectives, not only on television, but also online,
staying close to the people and events, especially when they were no longer topical or
eventful enough for other media to cover.
ww.arte.tv/arabworld
The Block (Australia – Broadcaster: SBS)
A sneak preview of this major SBS production, to be launched in July 2012, which is
described as a time capsule about the indigenous-owned neighbourhood in Redfern,
NSW, told by residents past and present. (URL not available)
Bear 71 (Canada – Broadcaster: National Film Board of Canada)
Bear 71 is about a grizzly bear in Banff National Park, who was collared at the age of
three and was watched her whole life via trail cameras in the park. Following Bear 71,
the web documentary explores the connections between the human and animal
world, and the far-ranging effects that human settlements, roads and railways have
on wildlife. The documentary features a map of Banff National Park that allows
users to follow Bear 71’s movements by scrolling over the cameras, and look at other
users by activating the computer’s webcam. Bear 71 went live on the NFB website on
January 19, 2012. It was also the subject of an installation at the 2012 Sundance Film
Festival’s New Frontier program beginning January 20, followed by the Utah
Museum of Contemporary Art. One of two producers, Jeremy Von Mendes, will be at
INPUT.
(http://bear71.nfb.ca)
“This session brings together high calibre digital pioneers – program makers and
broadcasters at the forefront of on-line documentary from around the world to
present these ground-breaking web documentaries,” says session moderator
Marshall Heald, Director of Online & Emerging Platforms at SBS.
“These projects provide an exciting peak into the future evolution of digital content
in a post NBN world and how content makers can exploit technology to tell engaging
stories in new and interesting ways whether through explorations of form, function,
interactivity or method of audience engagement”
Participants in this session are:
Marshall Heald, SBS
Sabine Lange, ARTE
Jeremy Von Mendes, NFB
Antonie Viviani, Filmmaker
INPUT SYDNEY will feature a multi-platform/on-line session each afternoon of the
conference.
Marshall Heald will also moderate Comedy Rules the World – How to make a Hit
Comedy Series on the Internet (Tuesday May 8). Unconditional Love and Touch
Screens, on Wednesday May 9, will interrogate the world cross media for children.
The session on Friday May 11 is 10 Ways to involve your Audience and use Social
Media.
INPUT is based on the principal of television in the public interest – a meeting place
where broadcasters, commissioners, programmers, producers and directors from 50
countries and five continents come together to share programs, ideas and
aspirations.
The Conference runs in a different country each year, screening and debating around
70 hours of international programming. It is a unique ‘whole of television’ event,
encompassing Drama, Documentary and Factual, TV Specific programming and
Transmedia. Discussions follow all screenings in which delegates talk directly with
the commissioner, producer or director of the program about the craft, the politics,
and the broadcast issues. The discussions are frank, open, often challenging, and
very refreshing.
Register NOW! Full registration is just 100 Euros. Program runs May 7 – 11 at
Hoyts Cinemas, The Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park. Full program is available
at: www.inputsydney.com
Media enquiries
Tracey Mair, TM Publicity
For INPUT SYDNEY
Ph: + 61 (0) 419 221 493