Didi's Blog

About transmedia and other pretty cool stuff

Falling in love and dying at IDFA Doclab 2015

For 10 days Amsterdam is all about the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). I visited the IDFA DocLab 2015 Expo: Seamless Reality. The mission of IDFA DocLab is to “showcase interactive documentaries and other new digital artforms that succesfully push the boundaries of documentary storytelling in the age of the interface.” Sounds interesting, right? You…

The wonderful storyworld of Sinterklaas

In the Netherlands each year in mid-November thousands of children await the arrival of a steam boat from Spain. On deck are an old Saint, wearing a long red cape and a mitre, and his helpers, all referred to as ‘Piet’. Sinterklaas has arrived! It’s the start of a joyful time living up to the…

Fear is fun

Next Saturday is Halloween and since I’m a sucker for scary real life experiences, I thought I’d make a post about some frightening entertainment. Fear, adrenaline, cold sweat. We love it. But why? Experts say we probably don’t like the scary situation or the actual fear itself, but the physical and emotional relieve that follows….

The Secret of Eyck

Zapp, the Dutch kids channel, started a new interactive mission: The Secret of Eyck. This daily series is about Lotte, Tim and Floor who discover weird things happening at their grandfathers campsite The Old Eyck. Is their grandfather being sabotaged by the mysterious company Gentopia? Every week you can also watch the Zappmission. In this…

Team up in Brussels

This month I was one of the lucky few to join the Young European Film Forum. With four other Dutch participants, I traveled to Brussels for 10 days of international teamwork. A total of 60 people in the age of 18 to 25 from 11 European countries were devided in teams to make a short…

Swartzshield: the cybercrime experience

Would you be willing to sacrifice your life for a free Internet? Would you be brave enough to be a whistleblower? That’s what it’s all about in Swartzshield, the interactive cybercrime experience. This week our newest project was launched at the Sónar+D Festival in Barcelona. Experience cybercrime When your help is needed to free a…

Can you solve this intricate murder?

YES! The ancient murder mystery, the whodunit, is brought to us in a totally different way, so that we can interact with the story. The BBC Writersroom has made a big step forward with this participatory drama: The Last Hours of Laura K. It’s a collective murder investigation. The question is clear: Who murdered Laura…

Endgame: the calling for help

Endgame is de nieuwe verhaalwereld van James Frey, ik heb het boek gekocht en ik wil graag dieper in de wereld duiken met de game, maar dit groentje kan wel wat hulp gebruiken. Vandaag, een aantal maanden nadat ik Endgame begon te spelen -of nou ja, spelen, het was tenminste een poging daartoe- kwam ik…

Escape from the real world

Ik ben dan misschien geen Houdini, maar de laatste tijd voel ik me een echte escape artist. Real life gaming is een trend waar ik blij van word en die ik daarom graag met jullie wil delen. In een samenleving waar alles online en digitaal is, is er behoefte aan tastbare en uitdagende ervaringen. Er…