In this installment, Brett Gaylor (Director, Mozilla Popcorn) and Thenmozhi Soundararajan, (Executive Director, Third World Majority) discuss challenges facing interactive documentary.
Gaylor talked about incorporating data sets into storytelling projects.
How to present… information so it’s not distracting to the viewer, so it’s additive and it feels diagetic, like it’s part of the story. That’s something that we’re struggling with every day and working out.
Soundararajan asked how we might approach storytelling with a ‘species consciousness.’
It’s not just about the hero’s journey, it’s about the species’ journey, and what it means for us as a species to tell stories– ultimately, stories that act towards liberation and towards justice.
