Palestra convidada, no âmbito do evento “Webdocumentário” na Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, 31 Março 2016. See http://labcom-ifp.ubi.pt/files/webdocumentario/

1. Web documentary media
language
Nelson Zagalo, Universidade do Minho
Conference “Webdocumentário”
Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, 31 Março 2016

2. “The audience for documentary is dying. The average age of a television
documentary viewer is 55 and up. Dutch broadcaster VPRO came to
Submarine with the concept of making a simulation game in which the
player experiences the impending world’s energy problems. The goal
was to attract a different audience than traditional documentary viewers.”
Tommy Pallotta
WHAT? WHY?

3. WHAT?

4. “Energy Risk” (2010) (VPRO Backlight)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3HVC7DOyC4
TV documentary
“Collapsus: The Energy Risk Conspiracy” (2010)
http://www.collapsus.com/
Multimedia, interactive and game
• interactive docu-fiction hybrid
• hybrid documentary game
• cross-media project
• semi-gamish narrative
• transmedia
• online experience

5. http://www.collapsus.com
Collapsus, 2010

6. http://alma.arte.tv/en/webdoc
Alma, a Tale of Violence, 2012

7. http://hesaidshesaiddoc.com
He Said/She Said, 2015

8. Television
linear
Web
multilinear
content
evolution

9. Branched stories Deleuzeane rhizome

10. Post-modern fragmentation Receptor connects the dots

11. “Infinite Jest” (1996)
David Foster Wallace

12. “Fight Club” (1999) “Inception” (2010)

13. “Inception” (2010) de Christopher Nolan

14. WHY?

15. Motivation*
CompetenceAutonomy Relatedness
Choice Skills Others
* Self-determination theory (Deci e Ryan, 1985)

16. “Choice among humans increases the likelihood of compliance. And
choice isn't important, it's the appearance of choice that's important.
Having real choice is not the issue, humans don't feel too strongly about
that, but having the feeling that you have a choice makes a difference.”
Alan Kazdin
Autonomy & Choice

17. “Mass Effect” (2007)

18. Main problems

19. Overchoice Responsibility Anxiety

20. Overchoice
Responsibility
Anxiety

21. Web documentary media language
Nelson Zagalo, Universidade do Minho
nzagalo@ics.uminho.pt
http://nelsonzagalo.googlepages.com
http://virtual-illusion.blogspot.com