2. Interactive Documentary
An interactive documentary is a documentary production that
is different compared to the more traditional forms of video,
audio, photographic—by using different multimedia tools in the
film.
Interactive documentaries provides a unique medium to create
non-linear productions that combine photography, text, audio,
video, animation, info graphics and other media forms. Making
them stand out against the traditional type of documentaries
produced.
3. Interactive Documentary
Many documentaries feature ‘interactive mode’. Scenes involve those who are
being filmed responding to questions they are asked form an internal producer or
members of the public. In these interviews questions asked by the film maker may
be left in/edited out. The use of the answers from the interviewees could be so
that they can tell their side of a story or give their opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBJZ8iy407o
This mode can also belittle the interviewees, which it could be designed to make
them look foolish, childish or stupid. Also this mode makes aware of the presence
from the camera crew.
The opinion of the interviewee could be seen as trustworthy/untrustworthy
depending on the context that it is applying to, also if the surrounding shots/nature
of the statements being made in their own right.
4. Interactive Documentary
Interactive Documentaries are commonly an
investigation/research type of documentary.
Interactive Documentaries reflect the way in which the world
we live in is presented.
The audience is talked to directly, through direct address, in
this type of documentary. Talking directly to the camera makes
the audience feel more involved and subsequently, more
engaged.
Interviews tend to be informal, using long takes throughout.
Location shooting includes hand-held camera filming, but could
also move on to a whole crew using techniques such as a track
to film.
There is usually a voiceover during the documentary that gives
extra and additional information about the content that the
viewers are watching.
