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The Boat featuring Matt Huynh’s artwork and the Point Of View filmed by Camera Distribution Project offer an interactive story, through the slick, multimedia package that is created for the viewer within each website. ( Joel Meares, 2015)

In order to capture the message, both the artist and photographer uses inter-activities and elements which mainly consists of still and moving images, this brings the experiences within the stories to life.

Though the camera angles and depth of field within the point of view website the audience is able to “empathise, with these people who are completely venerable” ( Joel Meares, 2015). This is achieved through the close up on the woman face, with the sharpness focused on the writing which signifies to the audience her unimportance within the society that she lives in.

The still, drawn images in the boat allows the audience to capture the lives of the Vietnamese people, the point of view website heavily relies on moving images to gain an insight into the lives of the Israeli people. The raw and unedited video footage “allows for the footage to be seen and understood” (Zohar Kfir, 2013). This adds a human effect to the website as you are able to see and connect with the individuals through their real stories.

As the Boat features still images, the artist is able to convey the story through his drawings, as such the depth of field is able to be signified which draws the attention of the viewer to focus on the characters in which the artist has brightened. This encourages the viewer to empathise with the 16 year old refugee who had just been sent off alone by her parents, the artist is able to show this through the sharpness he adds around the girl.

The boat is an interactive website featuring a scrolling tool in order to read the story, this encourages the audience to participate within the story, which makes it more engaging to the audience to continue reading.

Point of view’s interactivity features the pin point tool used to view the website, this tool creates a craving within the audience to find out more as they feel involved within the website.

Both websites clearly convey each narrative to audience through the interactivity and still and moving image elements. This has a profound effect on the way the audience interprets the narratives and allows the stories to make a connection to the audience.

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.

— Oscar Wilde.

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