Tips for Connected Documentarians

Posted on February 20, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

Connected Documentaries are films in which are constantly changing based on current events or viewer input. Ben Moskowitz offers some tips to guide the filmmaker into this unique emerging web based story telling medium.

You have to commit to the fact the “thing” you are making is not a linear, unchanging video with a discrete runtime (even if your users will experience it as such). For all intents and purposes, you’re making a web app.

And you wouldn’t go about making a web app the same way that you make a traditional film. You have to start in pre-production with the “thing” in mind; conduct and store your research the right way; and have the right mental model.

You can’t tack on “connectedness” after you’ve produced something completely disconnected. Here are some specific tips to help you, starting in pre-production.

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