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Created by Michael Simons and Paul
Shoebridge (Goggles) Initial Release in 2010
Pine Point is a powerful melancholic
Project about place and memory, a beautiful story about a town that no longer exists
Background
Pine point was established in the 1950's Only stood until the 1980's The project is ‘part book, part film, part website’ or an interactive documentary.
“An interactive documentary is a transmedia project that exists across multiple platforms and allows a non-linear experience to users. Unlike linear/traditional documentaries--an experience viewed by a captive audience that encourages little participation--interactive documentaries encourage viewers to explore the stories and geography in their own unique way.” (McMillion 2012)
Origins
Was originally intended to be a book
The creators felt they could create much more meaning and depth through an
Interactive transmedia site.
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“be experienced separately and still be enjoyable, each component… part of a single unified storytelling experience” (Long 2007)
Narrative Gaps Long (2007) points out that “the art of building
strategic gaps into a narrative to evoke a delicious sense of ‘uncertainty, mystery, or
doubt’ in the audience.”
There is no proof, other than memories of the town that once was
As Andrea Phillips proposes, audience interaction "requires or allows audience action to learn more about the story"
The audience must move through the documentary at their own pace
T The designers have deliberately set up the site to minimise the amount of ‘clickable’ items
Interesting Elements of the Site
- Utilizes audio, still imagery and video
- Has various interactive elements that benefit from a high level of engagement, but would suffer if users choose to skim the site.
- The video content would take around 30 minutes to watch
Reception 100,000 visitors only 3 months after its launch
2 Webby awards
Banff World Media award
Sheffield Innovation Jury Award
Favourite Websites Awards Site Of The Day (FWA SOTD).
Bibliography • http://interactive.nfb.ca/#/pinepoint • http://pinepointrevisited.homestead.com/ • Andrea Phillips (2012). A creator's guide to transmedia
storytelling: how to captivate and engage audiences across multiple platforms. 1st. ed. United States: McGraw-Hill.
• Long, G. A. (2007) . On Toys and Transmedia Storytelling. Tip of the Quill. Reproduced at http://www.geoffreylong.com/miscellany/actionfigures.php.
• McMillion, E. (2012) Hollow: An Interactive Documentary [online] Available at: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elainemcmillion/hollow-an-interactive-documentary[Accessed: 30 Apr 2013]
• Jenkins, H. (2013) T is for Transmedia…. [online] Available at: http://henryjenkins.org/2013/03/t-is-for-transmedia.html [Accessed: 13 Apr 2013].