CONCEPT STATEMENT:
Our group has chosen the online video example, 89 steps from a documentary short turned interactive by UnionDocs. If we contextualise this project in relation to the case studies we have researched on for our project one, it would be placed in the genre of interactive online video practice. We will produce a number of sketches which analyse the narrative/non-narrative form of this online video practice. Each of these sketches will focus on different aspects of the project as a way to understand how it has been made and how relations have been formed between shots to a narrative/non-narrative structure.
Blog on 89 Steps: http://www.pbs.org/pov/blog/povdocs/2014/09/pov-interactive-shorts-qa-with-christopher-allen-89-steps/#.VRhxC5OUen0
SKETCHES:
This is a list of sketches we have made. Take a look at Peter’s case study on 89 steps:
1. An approach to re-create the interactive alternate narrative of 89 Steps’ ‘Answer/Don’t Answer’ during the ‘Listing’ chapter where the realtor called to tell that the apartment is sold. I used the stairs to allow participant to go up the stairs at a slower or faster pace. Using YouTube annotations, the participants are linked to the narration of their choice. This was an easy concept as it was just putting text on a freeze frame.
2. Following the previous sketch. I decided to make a continuation to the participatory alternative narrative. During the walk up the stairs in 89 steps, Martha feeds you information to you while you walk up the steps. When you stop, she will tell you ‘her dog can do better’ or ‘we wasted enough time, let’s continue.’ I decided to replicate that idea into two comparison shots. I walked up the staircase slowly for the first shot and I ran up the stairs the next. Unfortunately, I could not record my audio so I inserted a text on where the audio should come in.
3. Interactive mode into video format. I found the scene of looking around Martha’s apartment. I wonder how to make it into a video format. I did two comparisons, using a pan and using pictures to create panoramic view. I had difficulty adding people and movement into it.
4. Participatory aspect using technical skills. I realised they shot in first person point of view which was Martha’s point of view. That gives viewers a sense of participation. I felt the need to use this element to see how this technique works.
5. The flashback technique. I was intrigued by the use of pictures and flashbacks of the same room during the Listing chapter.
For Peter’s five sketches: http://www.rtfold.com/category/sketch/