Out My Window

Out My Window
Out My Window
URL http://interactive.nfb.ca/#/outmywindow
Slogan Interactive views from the global highrise
Commercial? No
Type of site Web documentary
Registration No
Available language(s) English
Owner National Film Board of Canada
Created by Katerina Cizek
Launched October 2010

Out My Window is a 2010 web documentary by Katerina Cizek exploring the lives of families living in high-rise buildings in 13 cities around the world. The website is produced by National Film Board of Canada as part its collaborative documentary project Highrise.[1][2] Out My Window was shot in Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, Havana, São Paolo, Amsterdam, Prague, Istanbul, Beirut, Bangalore, Phnom Penh, Tainan, and Johannesburg.[3]

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Production

Cizek spent one year researching the project prior to starting production in August 2009. To locate characters and stories, Cizek and a researcher worked with a network of journalists, filmmakers and photographers around the world, directing them remotely from Toronto via email and Skype. However, not all communication was so instantaneous: a story from Havana had to be hand-delivered by the photographer, months after it was commissioned, without the chance for any direction from Cizek. Overall, 22 stories had been commissioned, with 9 stories dropped for various reasons during the production process.[4]

Photos were digitally combined to create 360-degree scenes, in which viewers can explore the lives of apartment inhabitants, browsing interiors or navigating deeper to view embedded stories.[5] Imaginarius, a Kitchener, Ontario-based multimedia production company, worked with over 1,000 photos to produce the 360-degree effect.[1]

In Toronto, Amsterdam and Havana, Cizek also used a five-lens, 360-degree camera created by Amsterdam-based tech company Yellowbird to shoot interactive music video sequences.[4][6]

Release

The site went live in October 2010.[1] Out My Window was also presented at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in November 2010.[4] It has also been licensed to the SBS Australia website.[7]

Awards

Out My Window received the inaugural IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling.[8] In April 2011, it received the International Digital Emmy Award in the category of digital program: non-fiction.[9] In April 2011, the web documentary was nominated for a Webby Award for Best Use of Photography in the Websites category.[10] On May 10, 2011, Out My Window received the New Media Award at the One World Media Awards.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c Scrivener, Leslie (15 October 2010). "Online, a window on the world". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/876179--online-a-window-on-the-world. Retrieved 24 November 2010. 
  2. ^ Barol, Bill (4 November 2010). "The view from the window". Forbes.com. http://blogs.forbes.com/billbarol/2010/11/04/the-view-from-the-window/. Retrieved 24 November 2010. 
  3. ^ "HIGHRISE/Out My Window". IDFA DocLab. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. http://www.doclab.org/2010/highriseout-my-window/. Retrieved 26 November 2010. 
  4. ^ a b c Ritchie, Kevin (15 November 2010). "Canada's National Film Board builds "Highrise"". Realscreen. http://www.realscreen.com/articles/news/20101115/highrise.html?word=tv. Retrieved 24 November 2010. 
  5. ^ Kasprzak, Michelle (10 November 2010). "The NFB's innovative Out my Window online documentary looks out of Toronto's windows and beyond". YongeStreet. http://www.yongestreetmedia.ca/features/nfbhighrise1110.aspx. Retrieved 24 November 2010. 
  6. ^ Parry, Chris (23 November 2010). "National Film Board releases 360 degree documentary". Vancouver Sun. http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/geekingout/archive/2010/11/23/national-film-board-releases-360-degree-documentary.aspx. Retrieved 24 November 2010. 
  7. ^ Brzoznowski, Kristin (29 March 2011). "NFB to Showcase Interactive Content". WorldScreen. http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/29173. Retrieved 30 March 2011. 
  8. ^ Brooks, Brian (26 November 2010). "IDFA Opener “Position Among the Stars” Takes Top Festival Prize". Indie Wire. http://www.indiewire.com/article/2010/11/26/idfa_opener_position_among_the_stars_takes_top_festival_prize. Retrieved 29 November 2010. 
  9. ^ "NFB's Highrise web project wins Digital Emmy". CBC News. 4 April 2011. http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/04/04/highrise-emmy.html. Retrieved 4 April 2011. 
  10. ^ "Vancouver new media mavens among National Film Board nominees for Webby awards". Vancouver Sun. 13 April 2011. http://www.vancouversun.com/Vancouver+media+mavens+among+National+Film+Board+nominees+Webby+awards/4609255/story.html#ixzz1JQp4cAJt. Retrieved 13 April 2011. 
  11. ^ Anderson, Kelly (11 May 2011). "Channel 4, BBC, NFB honored at One World Media Awards". Realscreen. http://realscreen.com/2011/05/11/channel-4-bbc-nfb-pick-up-one-world-media-awards/. Retrieved 17 May 2011. 

External links

Official website (requires Adobe Flash)

v · d · eNational Film Board of Canada interactive works
Websites
Late Fragment (2007)  • Waterlife (2009) • Out My Window (2010) • Holy Mountain (2010) • Welcome to Pine Point (2011) • My Tribe Is My Life (2011) • Bla Bla (2011)
Creators
Katerina Cizek

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