Credited to Paul Shoebridge, Michael Simons and the National Film Board of Canada this is one of the most beautiful and strong pieces of interactive story telling I have seen and one of my favourite works submitted to Memefest.
In the authors words: "Imagine your hometown never changed. That no one ever grew old or moved on. Part book, part film, part family photo album, Welcome to Pine Point unearths a place frozen in time and discovers what happens when an entire community is erased from the map."
Visit the site: www.pinepoint.nfb.ca
I think this communication approach has great future and is really very important. However this level of sophistication is rare.
Here is a Openblog post from Frederic Dubois, who tells us more about the interactive documentary scene:
http://www.memefest.org/en/profile/frederic/blogs/2011/07/the-story-comes-first/
As you will see- visit the original page with the submited work and read author's commentes here:
http://www.memefest.org/en/projects/2011/1/welcome-to-pine-point/
- there is an agreement on what is the most important aspect of this medium: The Story comes First!
Merry Christmas to all!
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