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TMC: Kidnapped a Second Screen Case Study
The document discusses the Kidnapped project, an interactive documentary created by CBC for their Fifth Estate TV show. It allowed audiences to participate in investigating a real kidnapping case through multiple platforms. The documentary was launched online two days before a live TV broadcast, where viewers could vote via social media or QR codes to influence the story. The project aimed to reach younger audiences and test new ways of telling stories through an immersive, multi-platform experience.
TMC: Kidnapped a Second Screen Case Study
- 1. a CBC experimentwith Second screen documentary
- 2. Kidnapped was developedfor CBC’s Fifth Estate in order to enhance their 2012 season finale. This multi-platform documentary examines the violent kidnapping of a Vancouver university student in 2006, and the massive police investigation that followed. what is it?
- 3. According to hostBob McKeown, “the fifth estate and cbcnews.ca teams have been looking for unique opportunities to combine interactive storytelling with investigative journalism...To explore new ways of telling stories, and new ways of getting the audience involved...Crime stories with victims and family members and police officers all interacting have real drama and turning points, points when crucial decisions are made, and we want to get the audience to weigh in at those points.” what is it?
- 4. Kidnapped was acollaboration between teams at CBC News’s the fifth estate, CBCNews.ca, and Fulscrn. The project was fully funded and wholly owned by the CBC News. Fulscrn was hired to provide strategy, creative development, and interactive design and development. The project team was made up of 12 people. what is it?
- 6. This project standsout because of its reach into new demographics through the use of second screen and multiplatform elements intended to bring in new audiences and to enhance the experience of current audiences of The Fifth Estate, a long running staple of the CBC television. why look at this project?
- 8. + to reach ayounger demographic + to engage the audience and have them spend a longer time experiencing the content + to develop new ways to tell stories, and new ways to present investigative journalism reports online + + + + to experiment with second screen interaction to experiment with the multiplatform documentary form to increase traffic to the season finale to remain “respectful” to the underlying values and journalistic integrity the fifth estate has established over several decades project goals
- 10. Online Interactive Documentary Kidnapped Quiz AST Timeline of Events EST Instructions &Promo for Interactive TV Experience CST MST Expert Interviews PST TV SHOW Live Across 5 Timezones Social Media National Mobile QR codes Audiences platform Overview
- 12. Instructions & Promo forInteractive TV Experience Starring Bob McKeown, who hosted the live, interactive event, and promo was created that both served as a teaser for the show and also an instruction manual to the show. This aired several weeks leading up to the show in order to prepare viewers for what to expect and also how to get the most out of the experience. You can check it out here: http://youtu.be/o5s3d2Tke68 ROLL OUT
- 13. Online Interactive Documentary Kidnapped Quiz Timeline of Events Expert Interviews Two daysbefore broadcast the online portal was was opened and an documentary documentary, timelines of events, expert interviews and a quiz were released. The documentary, which integrated many gamification techniques, was the main draw. In this documentary. online participants could help ‘police crack the case by gathering clues, viewing video reenactments, listening to audio clips of ‘phone taps’ (which did play a significant role in the actual investigation and subsequent trial) and by reviewing an interactive police notebook with collected evidence. ROLL OUT
- 14. Online Interactive Documentary Kidnapped Quiz Timeline of Events Expert Interviews In accordancewith their goals to maintain the fifth estate standards of journalistic integrity, “Much of the material comes from the people who were at the centre of the story—the victim’s father, the Police Team Commander and others who relive the day-to-day drama. An international hostage negotiator also appears on the show (albeit in shadow), to explain how such crimes often play out, and how the family, the police and the media must proceed with caution so as not to trigger a tragic outcome.” This documentary clearly has the same outcome each time but gives users an opportunity to have a deeper understanding of the case. This part of the project remains online on the CBC portal. ROLL OUT
- 15. The social media,mobile and QR aspects were directly integrated into the live broadcast. Before each commercial break, viewers will had the opportunity to interact and give their view or votes on how the police investigation should proceed. Again, it is a documentary, so they were not able to change the course of the story, but, to a degree, could alter how the story was shown and how the presentation was framed. The voting was done through the a voting app that could be accessed via the website, CBC’s Facebook and Twitter accounts or via the QR code on your screen. ROLL OUT
- 16. PST MST CST EST AST As this wasa live show, timezones/regions were taken into consideration. The show was broadcast live in each timezone in Canada, and the voting results tabulated per region, and presented back with each successive live airing. ROLL OUT
- 18. How did thisaffect the traditional Fifth Estate broadcast? The fifth estate is normally taped for broadcast, but because this episode was driven, in large part, by audience participation and involved different outcomes the host’s links had to be performed and broadcast live to each of Canada’s five different time zones. Producing and delivering these elements of the show five times in an evening was a major rollout challenge for the production team at the fifth estate. audience engagement: Broadcast
- 19. During the livebroadcast, what kind of prompts and calls to action did you draw your audience across platforms? During the live episode, host Bob McKeown, would ask the viewer to weigh in on what they had just seen and where the investigation should go. During ad breaks viewers responded through the various means described above. When the show returned their choices were revealed and the show carried on accordingly. This varied by region depending on the votes. Different tactics were promoted throughout the show and in the promotions leading up to broadcast. audience engagement: Broadcast
- 20. How did youplan for different audience responses to the content & the platforms? The key to creating for multiple platforms is a lot of upfront creative development and planning. Knowing the story and how it was going to unfold on each platform allowed us to plan production around assets that would be used both on Television and online. You have to also plan out what you want online so in the content gathering stage you get exactly the right pieces you need to create the interactive. audience engagement: Broadcast
- 22. How were theconnected with the digital elements? What made them stay? There are several mechanisms that initially attracted the audience to the digital elements {mobile, social media, online portal}. The initial promos of the show made it quite clear that this would be a different kind of viewing experience that would integrate several platforms. Throughout the broadcast the audience was invited to take part, vote and have a say in the show through social media and a QR code invitation. During the broadcast the engagement was maintained through the live nature of the show and the real time data brought in from the voting. audience engagement: digital
- 23. How were theconnected with the digital elements? What made them stay? In addition, in order to really follow through on their goals of developing deeper and more connected viewers, there was a rich online documentary experience on the online portal. This was launched two days prior to the live broadcast and still continues to today. Online a rich set of experiences were created in order to develop a compelling story that would provide a deeper experience for the viewer. Through this they are able, at their own time and pace, to find out more about the story, the investigation, and the people involved. This has given the project a much longer shelf life than broadcast alone. audience engagement: digital
- 25. How did youplan for this project? Did you create a project bible? A traditional show bible wasn’t produced but there was a lot of project planning developed. Much of the planning focused on creating assets that could be leveraged across the various experience platforms. Aligning TV and interactive production schedules was also a priority. With any journalistic venture new revelations or access to information comes to light late in the game that requires you to change the story. This meant planning contingencies that allowed all pieces of production to re-edit, redesign, and re-develop on the fly. PLanning for multiplatform
- 27. Check out theproject at: + fulscrn.com/work/kidnapped/ + www.CBCNews.ca/kidnapped Sources: + Sean Embury, Fulscrn + http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/news/cbcs-fifth-estate-goes-live-withspecial-interactive-documentary/1001049677/?& + http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/episodes/2011-2012/kidnapped Kidnapped
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