6×9: A Virtual Experience of Solitary Confinement
Description
Take the 360 degree video experience of solitary confinement in US prisons, which places viewers in a virtual segregation cell they can explore and interact with. It highlights the psychological effects of long-term solitary confinement for people who have experienced it first-hand around the world.
What Works Well
This video is a powerful commentary on issues of mass incarceration and the ethics of prisons in the United States at the start of the 21st century.
Discipline
- Communications
- Social Sciences
Keywords
administration of justice, civics, commentary, criminology, cultural awareness, human rights, journalism, prison, sociology, solitary
Source
The Guardian
Level of Guidance
What does this mean?
The Level of Guidance indicates how much the creator has imbued the video with a sense of at what the viewer should be looking.
For instance, a Level 1 video would mean that the camera has been left in place while life happens around it, allowing you, as the viewer, to simply observe. A Level 2 video might incorporate subtle visual, textual or audible hints or simple transitions. A Level 3 video would rely on a handful of hints and transition. A Level 4 video would employ multiple hints and dialogue. And a Level 5 video would rely on all of the above as well as a narrative arc that pushes the viewer forward.
Another way of looking at this would be how much production went into the video if you are considering making one of your own like it.
Location
Watch in Class
