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A Presenta*on from the NewMR Trends in Infographics, Visualisa*on and Presen*ng Event
28 June 2013
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Documentary Storytelling for the Researcher’s Toolkit
Elisabeth Bennett Bridgeable
Jen Recknagel Bridgeable
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
Documentary Storytelling for the Researcher’s Toolkit Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett Bridgeable - Toronto, Canada
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
Information is growing at an incredible rate
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
At the same time…the quality of information is changing
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
This is leading to a noisy environment
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
How do you cut through? Show, don’t tell.
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
How are we doing this, and why is this different?
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
Ethnography + Video…
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
… + Broadcast Documentary
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
How to do this, when is it appropriate and what is the value?
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
Trust, intimacy and disclosure trade-offs
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
How do we reduce production disruption to maximize intimacy? • Pay attention to everyone’s safety and security • Prepare the informant in advance to know what to expect, who the
members of the documentary crew are and what their roles are • Humanize the crew - prepare the crew for a more sensitive
environment than a typical film set • Ensure the informant knows they can stop or limit what they share
at any time they don’t feel comfortable
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
Recruiting ‘Characters’
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
How can we ‘cast’ appropriately?
• Ensure that recruiting criteria accounts for clear speech, engaging personalities, and ability to be self-reflective about experience
• This may require more up-front effort, such as full pre-interviews with informants to tease of their viability as a documentary subject
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
Narrow scope, poetic depth
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
How do we maximize the depth of this medium?
• Have a smaller sample of people that you can go deeply into, rather than a wide spectrum of people (who you would end up covering only superficially due to the mechanics of space/time)
• Do your research before the filming: – up-front research to identify insights that will be represented by the smaller sample of
people in the documentary ensures greater robustness of findings – conducting interviews with informants will help build the relationship and ensure you
can plan for the best way to film their unique story
• Put together a solid documentary team: people who can work in tandem towards a clear goal, with expertise in their respective fields
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
Is it worth it?
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
Thank you
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
Q & A
Ray Poynter Vision Cri@cal University
Elisabeth BenneE Bridgeable
Jen Recknagel Bridgeable
Jen Recknagel & Elisabeth Bennett, Bridgeable, Canada Session 2: Trends in Infographics, Visualisation and Presenting, 28 June 2013
www.bridgeable.com @bridgeable_rd Documentary trailers • Mis/Connect: vimeo.com/64088094 • Misfit: vimeo.com/55538460
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