Moving Images | InterStory

Books With Unique Narratives

The Interactive Storytelling Library

By Rebecca Gallon

Moving Images

explore the many forms of interactive moving images. From fiction to web series to documentaries. Browse all the different types of interactive moving image below.

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Films with Unique Narratives

Before filmmakers could play with the interactive possibilities offered by technology, they were still pushing the boundaries of passive storytelling.

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Films with Unique Narratives

Films that push the boundaries imposed by passive storytelling

Silent Cinema

Kino Eye (1924, Dziga Vertov)

Napoleon (1927, Abel Gance)

Rashomon (1950, Akira Kurosawa)

Wicked Wicked (1973, Richard L. Bare)

Nashville (1975, Robert Altman)

Run Lola Run (1998, Tom Tykwer)

Timecode (Mike Figgis, 2001)

Gosford Park (2002, Robert Altman)

Participatory film & TV

Film & TV involving non professionals in the production process.

Challenge For Change: The Fogo Island Project (1967, Colin Low)

Thru You (2009, Kutiman)

Man with the Movie Camera global remake (2007, Perry Bard)

One Day On Earth, A Day In The Life. ( 2010)

Thru You Too (2014, Kutiman)

Hit Record on Tv (2014-2015, Joseph Gordon Levitt)

PBS American Portrait (2020, PBS)

Parallel Narratives

Films that push the boundaries imposed by passive storytelling

Wei or Die (2015, Simon Bouisson)

Republique (2019, Simon Bouisson)

Sensory films

Films that enhance the viewers' senses thanks to various technology.

Rose Bowl Tournament Newsreel (1906)

The House on the Haunted Hill (1959, Willliam Castle)

The Tingler (1959, William Castle)

Behind The Great Wall (1959, Carlo Lizzani)

The Scent of Mystery (1960, Jack Cardiff)

A Tale of Old Whiff (1960, John Hubley)

Polyester (1981, John Waters)

Rugrats Go Wild (2003, Norton Virgien & John Eng)

Fast & Furious (2009, Justin Lin)

Kurt Josef Wagle og legenden om Fjordheksa (2010, Tommy Wirkola)

Spy Kids: All The Time in the World (2011, Robert Rodriguez)

Interactive Narrative Film & TV

Films in which the viewers are asked to make choices that affect the storyline.

13 Ghosts (1960, William Castle)

Mr Sardonicus (1961, William Castle)

Kinoautomat (1967, Radúz Činčera)

Clue (1985, Jonathan Lynn)

I'm Your Man (1992, Bob Bejan)

Mr Payback: An Interactive Movie (1995, Bob Gale)

Switching (2003, Morten Schjødt)

Late Fragment (2007, Anita Lee)

You Were In My Dreams (2010, Isobel Knowles & Van Sowerwine)

It's a Jungle In Here (2011, Isolbel Knowles & Van Sowervine)

Sadako 3D 2 (2013, Tsutomu Hanabusa)

App (2013, Bobby Boermans)

5 Minutes (2014, Unit 9)

Seances (2016, Guy Maddin)

Karen (2015, The Blast Theory)

Late Shift (2016, Tobias Weber)

Tantale (2016, Gilles Porte)

Riot 2.O ( 2017, Karen Palmer)

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018, David Slade)

Angry River (2017, The Angry River)

Puss In Book (2017, Netflix)

Erica (2019, Flavourworks)

Swipe Night (2019, Tinder)

Ordesa (2020, NICOLAS PELLOILLE-OUDART & FRÉDÉRIC JAMAIN)

The Boss Baby: Get That Baby (2020, Dan Forgione, Pete Jacobs, Matt Whitlock)

the complex (2020, Wales Interactive)

IDocumentaries

Documentaries in which viewers make choices that affects the content that are shown to them

Lagos: Wide & Close (2004, Bregtje van der Haak)

Filmmaker in Residence (2006, Katerina Cizek)

Thanatorama The Afterlife (2007, Julian Guintard & Vincent Baillais)

Gaza/Sderot (2008, Khalil El-Muzayen & Robby Elmaliah)

Journey To the End of Coal (2008, Samuel Bollendorff, Abel Ségrétin)

RIP: A Remix Manifesto (2008, Brett Gaylor)

Prison Valley (2009, David Dufresne & Philippe Brault)

Collapsus (2010, Tommy Pallota)

Welcome to Pine Point ( 2011, Michael Simons, Paul Shoebridge)

Question Bridge (2012, Hank Willis Thomas, Bayeté Ross Smith, Kamal Sinclair, Chris Johnson)

Snow Fall (John Branch, 2012)

Prison Dance (2012, Romeo Candido)

The Block: Stories From a Meeting Place (2012, Poppy Stockell, Matt Smith, Alicia Hamilton)

The {And}, (2015, Topaz Adizes)

Choose Your Own Documentary (2014, Nathan Penlington, Fernando Gutierrez De Jesus, Sam Smaïl and Nick Watson)

What Killed Kevin? (2013, Beverly Peterson)

A Journal Of Insomnia (2013, Bruno Choisniere)

Hollow (2013, Elaine Mcmillon Sheldon))

Highrise (2011, Katerina Cizek)

Alma, A Tale of Violence (2012, Ruben Korenfeld)

Walden (2014, Olivia Rutigliano)

In Situ

Last Hijack (2014, Tommy Pallota)

Refugee Republic

Netwars (2015,Lena Thiele)

New Dimensions in Testimony (2017, USC Shoah Foundation)

Click 1000 (2019, Talia Franco)

Instagrammafication (2019, Nick Hansen)

Venus Noire (2019, Maxine Cheryl)

Music VideO

Music Videos in which viewers make choices that affects the content that are shown to them

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The Johnny Cash Project

Arcade Fire - Just a Reflektor

Sayonara Wild Hearts (Simogo, 2019)

Arcade Fire - We Use to Wait

Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone Interactive Video (2013, Interlude)

Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (2007, Vincent Morisset)

WEB FICTION

What Killed Kevin? (Beverly Peterson, 2013)

Dream Homes Proprety Consultants (DHPC), (Alexandra Handal, 2013)

The Lizzie Bennett Diaries (Bernie Sue, 2012)

In Situ

The Cook-Along Kitchen Experience/CAKE (2016, Jasmine Cox)

Addicts (2010, Vincent Ravalec)

Skam (2015-2017, Julie Andem)

Skam (2018- , Julie Andem)

Telling Lies (2019, Sam Barlow)

Her Story (2015, Sam Barlow)

TRANSMEDIA STORIES

Dream Homes Proprety Consultants (DHPC), (Alexandra Handal, 2013)

The Lizzie Bennett Diaries (Bernie Sue, 2012)

In Situ

Addicts (2010, Vincent Ravalec)

Skam (2015-2017, Julie Andem)

Skam (2018- , Julie Andem)

Telling Lies (2019, Sam Barlow)

Her Story (2015, Sam Barlow)

The Truth About Marika (2007,

360 Video

360-degree videos, also known as immersive videos or spherical videos, are video recordings where a view in every direction is recorded at the same time, shot using an omnidirectional camera or a collection of cameras.

The Johnny Cash Project

Arcade Fire - Just a Reflektor

Arcade Fire - We Use to Wait

Blairwith 306 Web VR Experience

Heal Tomorrow (2016, Naive New Beaters, Izia)

Virtual Reality (Vr)

Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that can be similar to or completely different from the real world.

Wolves in the Walls (2018, Third Rail Projects)

Les Passagers (Elle & Lui) (2020, Ziad Touma)

The Book Of Distance (2020, RANDALL OKITA)

Agence (Pietro Gagliano)

Notes On Blindness (2016, Beatrice Lartigue, Arnaud Desjardins, Fabien Togman)

Blair Witch Oculus Quest (2020, Bloober Team)

CARNE y ARENA (Virtually present, Physically invisible) (2017, Alejandro G. Inarritu)