Posts tagged ‘data visualization’

February 14, 2011

Introduction video to Collapsus – a transmedia project

Directed by Tommy Pallotta, Collapsus is a transmedia film experience about the energy crisis. The project shows us how the world will cope with the transition from fossil fuels to alternative energy by incorporating annotated narrative (fiction), documentary footage, and interactive data visualization components. In Collapsus, YOU are inside the story. YOU make the choices about the impending energy crisis.

Introduction by Tommy Pallotta:

Produced by Submarine Channel: http://vimeo.com/submarinechannel

My first interaction with this project and the future of transmedia storytelling possibilities was actually at PICNIC 2010, late last year in Amsterdam – check out my roundup from the conference.

February 14, 2011

David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization (TED talk)

February 14, 2011

Journalism in the Age of Data

A video report on data visualization as a storytelling medium.

http://datajournalism.stanford.edu/

February 13, 2011

Hello world!

It’s thesis research and organization time! Let’s see if this blog full of links, readings and other content I stumble upon will serve as a useful resource and map of ideas.

Data Visualization, circa 6200 BC

Konya Town Map, Turkey - earliest seed of data visualization?