Research Topic:
“Analysis of the current design and form of Interactive Documentary and its future as a media platform.”
As an emerging field in the digital media landscape, Interactive Documentary is a concept yet to be distinctly defined. To help in understanding this particular medium, our project utilises the analysis and breaking down of the different faculties and aspects that make up an Interactive Documentary to inform but to also advise as to its future in the media-making world. Our project also seeks to find out how Interactive Documentary can be improved with either content or technology which will help us gain more audience to use it as another platform to tell a story.
Research Object:
We have chosen to use an Interactive Video as our media object. This Interactive Video will allow the users to experience and learn the makings of an Interactive Documentary, and it will also include a discussion of this media platform’s future from the perspectives of three key researchers in the field.