#Fort_McMoney : a case study by MIT
▻http://www.davduf.net/fort-mcmoney-a-case-study-by-mit
David Dufresne sat down with OpenDocLab’s Sean Flynn to reflect on the making of his critically-acclaimed documentary game Fort McMoney.
Fort McMoney
/ #MIT_-_Boston, Une, #Nouvelles_narrations_Référence
#Fort_McMoney : une étude de cas à la loupe du MIT
▻http://www.davduf.net/fort-mcmoney-une-etude-de-cas-a-la-loupe-du-mit
David Dufresne sat down with OpenDocLab’s Sean Flynn to reflect on the making of his critically-acclaimed documentary game Fort McMoney.
Fort McMoney
/ #MIT_-_Boston, Une, #Nouvelles_narrations_Référence
Canada Now Has A Minister Of Climate Change
▻http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/11/04/canada-minister-of-climate-change-catherine-mckenna_n_8473828.html
Words matter, and nowhere is that clearer than with Wednesday’s unveiling of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change during the swearing-in of Canada’s new cabinet.
Catherine McKenna, a lawyer with a background in international trade and social justice, is in charge of the renamed portfolio.
“Canadians expect their government to be responsible around climate change and addressing the impacts to the environment that we are facing,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said following the ceremony. “Canada is going to be a strong and positive actor on the world stage, including in Paris at COP21. That’s why we have a very strong minister, not just of the environment but of the environment and climate change who will be at the heart of this discussion.”
Il y a aussi une ministre des sciences géographe qui a contribué au 3e rapport du GIEC, Kirsty Duncan.
on verra comment ça se combine avec l’#extractivisme de #sables_bitumineux
Canada is going to be a strong and positive actor on the world stage, including in Paris at COP21. That’s why we have a very strong minister, not just of the environment but of the environment and climate change who will be at the heart of this discussion.
à mettre en parallèle avec ▻https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocole_de_Kyoto#Le_Canada
voir aussi ▻https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Trudeau#Tarification_du_carbone
EDIT : cc @davduf
Le premier ministre [Harper] a même dit : « Kyoto est essentiellement un complot socialiste qui vise à soutirer des fonds aux pays les plus riches »
Ils étaient encore plus stupide que je pensais
J’allais le dire : une ministre qui aura un pouvoir sur Fort McMoney ?
#Fort_McMoney : « Best Original Interactive Digital Media » aux Canadian Screen Awards
▻http://www.davduf.net/fort-mcmoney-best-original-interactive-digital
Ce soir, Fort McMoney vient de remporter le prix des prix au Canada, les Canadian Screen Awards, dans la catégorie Meilleure production Interactive pour médias digitaux. Un prix décerné par l’Academy of Canadian Cinema And Television. Un grand moment pour toute l’équipe. Un coup de chapeau aux trois autres nominés : Bramble Berry Tales (Rival Schools) Roy Husada, Betty Kwong, David Lam, Neil McBean, Marilyn Thomas Circa 1948 (NFB) Loc Dao, Stan Douglas, Kearwood « Kip » Gilbert, Kelly Richard (...)
Fort McMoney
#Prix_&_Récompenses
«▻http://brambleberrytales.com»
«▻http://circa1948.nfb.ca»
«▻http://digital-deadly-sins.theguardian.com»
#Fort_McMoney, finaliste des Canadian Screen Awards
▻http://www.davduf.net/fort-mcmoney-finaliste-des-canadian-screen-awards
La liste des finalistes 2015 vient d’être rendue publique. Notre jeu documentaire y figure, en bonne compagnie. Verdict le 1er mars. 2015 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS Digital Media Nominations TORONTO | MONTREAL, January 13, 2015 Best Original Interactive Production Produced for Digital Media Bramble Berry Tales (Rival Schools) Roy Husada, Betty Kwong, David Lam, Neil McBean, Marilyn Thomas Circa 1948 (NFB) Loc Dao, Stan Douglas, Gilbert Kearwood, Kelly Richard Fennig Fort McMoney (TOXA, NFB) (...)
Fort McMoney
Une virée au OpenDocLab du MIT
▻http://www.davduf.net/une-viree-au-opendoclab-du-mit
Julie Fisher, du MIT, raconte ici (et de quelle manière !) deux heures passées avec les équipes des Open Doc Lab et Game Lab : « Last week the Open Doc Lab was lucky enough to host an impromptu presentation with David Dufresne, creator of #Fort_McMoney, one of this year’s hottest interactive pieces »
Fort McMoney / Une, #MIT_-_Boston, #ONF, #Gamification, #Webdocumentaire, #Rendez-vous #veille
#Fort_McMoney : sous le capot de Monsieur Dominic Mercier (développeur)
▻http://www.davduf.net/fort-mcmoney-sous-le-capot-de-monsieur-dominic
Dans une série d’articles, Dominic Mercier, le développeur Flash à la manœuvre derrière Fort McMoney, raconte ses choix techniques. Un tourbillon. Introduction In this first post of the series of 7, i will talk about my experience in building fortmcmoney.com. If you have not seen the project, i suggest you take some time to view it first to have a better understanding of the challenges and decisions i made during the process of developing this huge project. Exploration : In the second post of (...)
Fort McMoney / Une, #Nouvelles_écritures, #veille #Webdocumentaire, #Toxa
« ►http://www.dominic-mercier.com/blog/how-i-built-fortmcmoney-com-introduction »
« ▻http://www.dominic-mercier.com/blog/how-i-built-fortmcmoney-com-exploration »
« ▻http://www.dominic-mercier.com/blog/how-i-built-fortmcmoney-com-assets-automation-with-grunt »
« ▻http://www.dominic-mercier.com/blog/how-i-built-fortmcmoney-com-video-audio »
« ▻http://www.dominic-mercier.com/blog/how-i-built-fortmcmoney-com-internationalization »
#Fort_McMoney, FWA site of the Day !
▻http://www.davduf.net/fort-mcmoney-fwa-site-of-the-day
March 18, 2014 : Fort McMoney is FWA’s Site of the Day. FWA stands for Favourite Website Awards, an industry recognised internet award program and inspirational portal, established in May 2000. FWA is the most visited website award program in the history of the internet, with over 170 million site visits as of November 2012.
Fort McMoney / Prix & Récompenses, Une, #ONF, #Toxa, #Webdocumentaire
#Prix_&_Récompenses #veille
« ▻http://www.thefwa.com/site/fort-mcmoney »
Submarine Channel: Top 5: Interactive Documentaries at RIDM and IDFA DocLab -
A starring feature at both IDFA DocLab and RIDM, Fort McMoney places the fate of the Alberta oil fields in your hands. Part simulation game, part real-time documentary – the goal is to take control of the world’s largest energy project and try and impose your own view; the experience peppered with the stories of the real people at the heart of this world, from oil barons to environmental activists.
While you’re free to discover the complexities of Fort McMurray alone, there are also multiplayer elements such as weekly referendums that allow players to vote on certain topics and attempt to convince other players of their opinions. The results of these votes will then dictate the course of the game. A groundbreaking work, Fort McMoney is as fascinating as it is ambitious.
▻http://www.submarinechannel.com/top-5s/top-5-interactive-documentaries-at-ridm-and-idfa-doclab
#FortMcMoney #jeudoc #webdoc #fmmpresse #sables_bitumineux #pétrole
CENHS Rice! » Fort McMoney, A Documentary Video Game on the Alberta Tar Sands
The game/documentary was directed by David Dufresne, who shot over 2,000 hours of footage for the project, and is available in English, French, and German. Each “conversation” I had was fascinating, the issues are framed in a provocative manner, and the documentary footage itself is beautiful — apparently strategy games have come a long way since I played SimCity and MYST in the mid-1990s. You can read more about the project here and read an interview with Dufresne here, but I would recommend playing the game instead.
▻http://culturesofenergy.com/?p=1556
#FortMcMoney #jeudoc #webdoc #fmmpresse #sables_bitumineux #pétrole
The Globe and Mail: Should taxes on petroleum products be higher? Fort McMoney players say ‘yes’
As part of the documentary game Fort McMoney, users get to help shape the future of Fort McMurray and Alberta’s oil sands. They do this by voting in surveys and weekly referendums. The results of these votes will affect a virtual version of Fort McMurray, letting users see the consequences of their decisions.
▻http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/should-taxes-on-petroleum-products-be-higher-fort-mcmoney-players-weigh-in/article15692958
#FortMcMoney #jeudoc #webdoc #fmmpresse #sables_bitumineux #pétrole
Ideas battle online for control of Fort McMoney — Northern Journal
A groundbreaking interactive web-documentary/game is inviting regular people to “put their hands in the oilsands and see if they can keep them clean.”
Fort McMoney, created by David Dufresne, gives the public four weeks to decide the virtual destiny of Fort McMurray and the oilsands via an online game where opposing ideologies go head to head.
▻http://norj.ca/2013/12/ideas-battle-online-for-control-of-fort-mcmoney
#FortMcMoney #jeudoc #webdoc #fmmpresse #sables_bitumineux #pétrole
Q with Jian Ghomeshi | CBC Radio: Fort McMoney docu-game plays out complexities of oilsands
Fort McMoney looks like a documentary, plays out like a video game, and pushes the boundaries of both. Produced by the National Film Board and the Montreal-based game developer TOXA, the game lets people explore a virtual version of Fort McMurray, Alberta, the face of Canada’s oil industry.
By using real footage and allowing the audience to interact with the real people involved, the game’s aim is to give people a better understanding of the complexities of the oilsands issues.
▻http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/2013/11/28/fort-mcmoney-documentary-video-game
www.fortmcmoney.com #FortMcMoney #jeudoc #webdoc @_TOXA @onf @ARTEfr @ARTE_Interactif #fmmpresse
Interactivefactual.net: an interview with David Dufresne about his new i-doc Fort McMoney
As Fort McMoney has officially launched on the 25th at IDFA, I decided to ask a few questions to its director David Dufresne (previously known for Prison Valley) about the most talked about docu-game of the year!
Fort McMoney speaks of the environmental issues behind the oil industry through the language of a collaborative docu-game – an ambitious challenge that the NBF, Arte and Le Monde where happy to take on board.
▻http://www.interactivefactual.net/fort-mcmoney-interview-david-dufresne
www.fortmcmoney.com #FortMcMoney #jeudoc #webdoc @_TOXA @onf @ARTEfr @ARTE_Interactif #fmmpresse
The Making of a Documentary Game – Fort McMoney | factualforasia
Fort McMoney is a new documentary game that makes players interact with the world of oil and money. It’s based on the town of Fort McMurray in Canada, which has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. The player will be a character who comes to a virtual town that has grown from 10,000 inhabitants to 100,000 in just a few years. He explores and interacts with other people, to come to know more about the city from where 1.5 million barrels of oil are extracted every day. Billions of dollars can be made but at what cost? There is a huge environmental impact on the planet. The game is played over a four week period where the players have to interact with other people to gain influence, to vote for referendums and to decide on the destiny of the virtual city.
▻http://factualforasia.com/2013/11/18/the-making-of-a-documentary-game-fort-mcmoney/#comments
#FortMcMoney #jeudoc #webdoc #fmmpresse #sables_bitumineux #pétrole
Mix 103.7 FM - Fort McMoney launching online soon
ort McMurray will become a virtual reality for viewers across the globe.
A new documentary invites audiences to immerse themselves in the social and economic challenges of the city, and decide its fate.
After two years of research, and 60 days of filming the creator of Fort McMoney is launching the online documentary game.
“The more you watch, the more you get your input into the game, and you can change the city just like in SimCity,” says creator David Dufrense. “You can make decisions about shadow populations or homeless people or everything. It’s a game, it’s not reality, but it’s a way to get people interested.”
Dufresne is already defending the film’s title against backlash from community leaders who argue that it cheapens Fort McMurray’s image. He says its an appropriate moniker for a community where many community events are funded in part by big oil.
“It’s a realistic name,” says Dufrense. “I know that people from Fort McMurray love their city and their lifestyle and you’ll see that there will be a lot of sequences [that are] very happy like Santa Claus parade and everything. But for example, take the Santa Clause Parade, this is a happy moment, but who paid? Total, Nexen, so it’s, it’s money.”
Dufrense is launching the project at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam, following several prelaunch event.
▻http://www.mix1037fm.com/news/367-fort-mcmoney-launching-online-soon
#FortMcMoney #jeudoc #webdoc #fmmpresse #sables_bitumineux #pétrole
McMurray Musings: On the Road to Fort McMoney
The documentary filmmakers are from Quebec, and they contacted me months ago. They sent me an email explaining they read this blog every day, as well as my work on Huffington Post Alberta, and they asked if I would agree to be involved in their film project. I agreed to meet with them - warily - and so we did, our first meeting over dinner in the bustling Earl’s downtown, sharing our thoughts over food, and occasionally laughing over struggles with language as while they spoke English well some phrases or words would escape them and we would have to work to recapture them so we could communicate clearly.
They told me they came here with the intent to spend a great deal of time and effort, and to interview a wide variety of people. They told me they came to tell the real story of Fort McMurray, the good and the bad, and all the things in between. And I was very candid with them, and I shared with them my story of life here, my excitement over our triumphs and successes, and my concerns over our issues. I trusted them, you see, knowing that there was a risk but also knowing that I had to do it despite any risk. And why?
▻http://www.mcmurraymusings.com/2013/11/on-road-to-fort-mcmoney.html
#FortMcMoney #jeudoc #webdoc #fmmpresse #sables_bitumineux #pétrole
Planet in Focus » Green Pitch, One-on-Ones, John Walker’s Master Class and NFB’s Fort McMoney highlights Industry Day
As a special bonus, PIF previews the NFB’s highly anticipated, groundbreaking game doc, Fort McMoney created by David Dufresne (Prison Valley) and presented by the NFB and TOXA. Users can make decisions about on the town’s future through voting, alliances and collective player experiences.
▻http://planetinfocus.org/default/green-pitch-one-on-ones-john-walkers-master-class-and-nfbs-fort-mcmon
#FortMcMoney #jeudoc #webdoc #fmmpresse #sables_bitumineux #pétrole
NFB’s “Fort McMoney” documentary game released online November 25 | MyMcMurray Portal
The National Film Board of Canada is announcing a new “documentary game” that will be available online starting November 25.
It’s called Fort McMoney, and is the result of over two years of research and two months of filming done by the Montreal-based media company, TOXA.
Over four weeks, users can decide on the virtual future of the city, while being educated on the social, economic, political, and cultural history here.
Users will be able to virtually walk around the city and meet residents, ask them questions, make decisions, and see how the choices play out.
▻http://www.mymcmurray.com/nfbs-fort-mcmoney-documentary-game-released-online-november-25
#FortMcMoney #jeudoc #webdoc #fmmpresse #sables_bitumineux #pétrole
Mix 103.7 FM - Users control city’s fate in ’Fort McMoney’
Fort McMurray is the land of oil and money, according to one interactive documentary that lets viewers chose the fate of the oilsands epicenter.
After two years of research, 60 days of filming and 55 interviews, the creator of Fort McMoney is launching the online documentary game.
During four weeks, users will decide the virtual future of the city, while learning about the social economic, political and cultural history to understand what’s on the line.
“It was obvious to us from the first shoot that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper got it right when he said these oils sands were truly ‘an enterprise of epic proportions,’" says Creator David Dufrense. “That magnitude inspired us to create a wild narrative, blending the video game experience with the documentary approach. The landscape guided the choices we made in crafting this exploration of Fort McMurray that is on par with its development: boundless.”
Some of the region’s most familiar faces are featured in the project, including Mayor Melissa Blake and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam.
Dufrense also gives users an inside look at camp sites and community events and he doesn’t shy away from the seedier parts of the region.
▻http://mixdev.harvardbroadcasting.com/news/248-users-control-city-s-fate-in-fort-mcmoney
#FortMcMoney #jeudoc #webdoc #fmmpresse #sables_bitumineux #pétrole
NFB to return to IDFA with brand new docs | DocGeeks
▻http://docgeeks.com/2013/10/13/nfb-to-return-to-idfa-with-brand-new-docs
Fort McMoney
DocLab will host the world premiere of Fort McMoney, a trilingual (English, French and German) interactive documentary game about the issues facing Fort McMurray, Alberta, a fast-growing community where, every day, more than a million and a half barrels of oil are extracted. Fort McMurray is at the centre of Canada’s economic growth, thanks to its location in the heart of the oil sands, the world’s largest energy project. The film project allows users to immerse themselves in the town’s environmental, social, cultural, economic and political concerns. By meeting citizens and key players in Fort McMurray’s development, users can, among other things, participate in major debates leading to referendums whose outcomes—determined collectively by the players—influence the direction of the game for everyone. Participants find themselves taking part in a striking interactive experience that brings to life complex and very real dilemmas.
Launching online 25 November, the doc is created by David Dufresne and produced by Philippe Lamarre and Raphaëlle Huysmans (TOXA) and Hugues Sweeney and Dominique Willieme for the NFB, in association with ARTE.
#FortMcMoney #jeudoc #webdoc #fmmpresse #sables_bitumineux #pétrole
Run an Oil Field With This Documentary Game - Dice News
According to the National Film Board of Canada, Fort McMoney took two years of research, 50 interviews and 60 days of shooting. All of which are indicative of high production values.
Bias in Documentaries?
There’s a school of thought that documentaries should be used to convince the viewer of the creator’s worldview; that they’re not meant to be balanced or objective but rather biased to win the audience’s hearts and minds. Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth serves as an example.
With a game, although the designer can instill his views, the pros and cons tend to be a little more obvious and easier to quantify. If Fort McMoney was funded by Big Oil then you might expect a positive attitude toward the industry. But funding seems to be from the Canada Media Fund, along with partnerships with the interactive producer TOXA and the National Film Board of Canada. Until it comes out, we won’t know if it’s balanced but so far it’s looking pretty good.
▻http://news.dice.com/2013/10/04/fort-mcmoney-a-documentary-game-081
#fmm #fortmcmoney #jeudoc #webdoc #fmmpresse #sables_bitumineux #pétrole
Forum d’Avignon : Open invitation to Arte : Fort McMoney : between RPG and documentary
Fort McMurray, a Canadian city of Alberta, is not a haven of peace. The city is one of one of the largest oil reserves in the world and is animated by an intense industrial and economic activity. Arte has chosen this framework to deal through Fort McMoney, a production that is a unique format between web-documentary and massively multi-player RPG. Alexander Knetig, head of Arte France interactive programs, answers our questions about it.
Fort McMoney is described on its website as a “documentary-game”. Was this format the initial ambition about Fort McMurray?
▻http://forum-avignon.org/en/open-invitation-arte-fort-mcmoney-between-rpg-and-documentary
#fmm #fortmcmoney #jeudoc #webdoc #fmmpresse #sables_bitumineux #pétrole
iDocs - Fort McMoney: Two years of research, 60 days of shooting, 50 interviews.
More exciting news from the NFB today; on November 25, TOXA and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), in association with ARTE, will launch Fort McMoney ( fortmcmoney.com), a trilingual (English, French and German) interactive documentary game about the issues facing Fort McMurray, Alberta. Created by David Dufresne. an independent journalist and documentarian who was also behind the well-known interactive documentary Prison Valley.
Fort McMurray is a town at the centre of Canada’s economic growth thanks to its location at the heart of the oil sands, the world’s largest energy project. The interactive documentary explores the pervasive nature of the oil industry as it penetrates almost every aspect of the community. Fort McMoney allows users to immerse themselves in the town’s environmental, social, cultural, economic and political concerns. By meeting citizens and key players in Fort McMurray’s development, users can, among other things, participate in major debates leading to referendums whose outcome—determined collectively by the players—influence the direction of the game for everyone. Participants find themselves taking part in a striking interactive experience that brings to life complex and very real dilemmas.
▻http://i-docs.org/2013/09/16/fort-mcmoney-two-years-research-60-days-shooting-50-interviews
#fmm #fortmcmoney #jeudoc #webdoc #fmmpresse #sables_bitumineux #pétrole
WebWire: Fort McMoney. Two years of research, 60 days of shooting, 50 interviews
▻http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=180045
Montreal – On November 25, TOXA and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), in association with ARTE, will launch Fort McMoney ( fortmcmoney.com), a trilingual (English, French and German) interactive documentary game about the issues facing Fort McMurray, Alberta. Created by David Dufresne ( Prison Valley), Fort McMoney explores various facets of Fort McMurray—a town at the centre of Canada’s economic growth thanks to its location at the heart of the oil sands, the world’s largest energy project.
Fort McMoney allows users to immerse themselves in the town’s environmental, social, cultural, economic and political concerns. By meeting citizens and key players in Fort McMurray’s development, users can, among other things, participate in major debates leading to referendums whose outcome—determined collectively by the players—influence the direction of the game for everyone. Participants find themselves taking part in a striking interactive experience that brings to life complex and very real dilemmas.
Users can sign up now at fortmcmoney.com to take part in the documentary game starting November 25.
About the creator
David Dufresne is an independent journalist and documentarian. He is the writer and co-director (with Philippe Brault, who was also the cinematographer for Fort McMoney) of the acclaimed Web documentary Prison Valley (2010, Upian/ARTE), which received widespread international acclaim.
#fortmcmoney #jeudoc #webdoc #fmmpresse #sables_bitumineux #pétrole