In May, Netflix forayed once again into the world of interactive storytelling and released Kimmy vs the Reverend, a special of its acclaimed comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. The movie—which arrived 16 months after Bandersnatch, the much discussed Black Mirror’s interactive episode—was touted by Vulture as “what interactive TV was made for.” But what exactly … Continued
In this time of widespread remote working and intense video calling, my computer screen is the only interface between me and the outside world for hours on end. I’m not complaining. A computer screen is a magical environment where just a few inches of a thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display with LED backlighting can evoke worlds of … Continued
One week ago, Laika—the Oregon-based stop motion animation studio behind films like Coraline, The Boxtrolls, and Missing Link—won everyone’s heart with a funny and endearing 1-minute TikTok video mixing live action and animation. No one ever said animating was safe. Follow us on #tiktok to see more! #fightlaikaanimator #fightchallenge #animation #stopmotion #laikastudios #laikansathome pic.twitter.com/TjG2QtRfZk — … Continued
In this time of self-isolation, narrative games offer us the opportunity of exploring new worlds while interacting with fascinating characters. Technically, they’re not real people, it’s true, but it’s still better than talking to your alarm clock. If you feel like playing video games is a too passive quarantine activity, you can start building your … Continued
A couple of weeks before stricter lockdown measures were implemented in the United Kingdom, I visited the Tate Modern in London. There, in a somewhat peripheral room, I got to experience the marvelous All Kinds of Limbo, a virtual reality project by the National Theatre. With our headsets on, we (it was a communal experience … Continued
Yesterday night, I had a couple of pints at my local pub. Earlier, I joined the graduation ceremony of a dear friend of mine. In a few minutes, I think I’m gonna check out a new library. I live in London, a city which is currently under lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic, so I … Continued
Merchandising, merchandising…where the real money from the movie is made! Spaceballs-the T-shirt, Spaceballs-the Coloring Book, Spaceballs-the Lunch box, Spaceballs-the Breakfast Cereal, Spaceballs-the Flame Thrower. [turns it on] The Kids love this one! Yogurt in Spaceballs, 1987 By Davide Banis In Part I and Part II of this series, we used the expression “immersive journalism” to … Continued
Can immersive content represent a viable business model for journalism? This is the main question that guides our exploration of the way innovative newsrooms are starting to employ new storytelling formats like VR, AR, and all other R’s. For the second part of this mini-series, we talked to two women that work for two major … Continued
2017 Is likely to be remembered as a significant year in the history of journalism, for good and for worse. It started with Trump’s presidential inauguration (January, 20), that confirmed a 2016 trend: thanks to the American tycoon, people’s interest in journalism revamped (so-called Trump bump). by Davide Banis The New York Times hit … Continued
As a kid, I used to play Concentration a lot, a card game in which players have to find connections between matching cards. The documentary oeuvre of legendary BBC filmmaker Adam Curtis inspired bingos but it also resembles a giant Concentration game trough time and space where weird and fascinating connections between the cards of history are … Continued
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