Media Impact

I was in San Francisco last week, participating in a Round Table at Bay Area Video Coalition Producer's Institute. The panel included Elspeth Revere from the MacArthur Foundation, Cara Mertes from the Sundance Documentary Institute, Sam Gregory from WITNESS and Ellen Schneider from ActiveVoice.Read more...

I had the great pleasure last week to attend the presentation session for the 2009 Bay Area Video Coalition Producer's Institute. According to their website, the Producers Institute for New Media Technologies is a "ten-day residency for eight creative teams (independent producers or public broadcasters) with a shared goal of developing and prototyping a multi-platform project inspired by, or based on a significant documentary project. Read more...

Documentary films and related multimedia are increasingly influential in the shaping of public discourse around social issues. (After An Inconvenient Truth, who wouldn't want a big film to galvanize thought leaders' and public participation?) The old professional silos are giving way to promising, sometimes tricky, new partnerships:

Funders are recognizing the value of communications in general—and documentary film in particular—for advancing their portfolios.Read more...

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The presence of interactivity in documentary has increased tremendously with the evolution of online community building and promotion, but has interactive media evolved to the point where a documentary can be a game? This was explored today at the Games for Change conference with a panel focusing on documentary games.

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