PhD Blog
Moving on to case studies
February 7th, 2011
Tags: writing
I am now writing my case studies. One chapter for each type of interactive documentary: hypertext, conversational, participative and experiential. This is actually quite good fun!! To see the theory fit with the practice is very exciting. At time I feel as I am blabbing on… or maybe forcing things so that it fits my [...]
fresh help
December 15th, 2010
Tags: writing
I have been re-writing the same chapter of my PhD for 6 months now… I am totally sick of it. This is the case study part of my PhD, it should be the “fun” stuff for me, but since my theoretical ground, and my approach to the case studies, puts me in disapproval with my [...]
No time
November 10th, 2010
Tags: time
I have been fool enough lately to add an extra activity to my busy life: the organisation of i-Docs, a conference totally dedicated to the interactive documentary form. I do care a lot about this event. It is in a sort the confirmation that what I have been preaching and observing – that interactive documentaries [...]
mountains and complexity
August 30th, 2010
Tags: complexity, feeling good
I have spent a great, and super long, summer holiday with my family in Italy and France. The five books that I took with me for once did not stay in my luggages… strange enough I managed to read them!!! This is obviously the sign that my kids are growing enough so that I can [...]
shooting, framing and cutting out
May 31st, 2010
Tags: frame, production, shooting
I have spent the last two weeks shooting interviews for a project on parenting that I am doing with two friends… It has been really exciting and refreshing to be back in action, on the side, or behind the camera again… One part of me feels much more at ease there than in front of [...]
