Missing - created by Sara Ling
Sub-Genre: Interactive Documentary
Platform: Across all SBS platforms
Summary: This true story takes the audience on a detective's journey to locate Wendy Jane Pfeiffer, a girl who had been kidnapped, stabbed, and left alone in the woods. The story contains different chapters, each chapter incrementally reveals the journey and location of the missing girl and shows the detective getting closer to finding her as he follows the trail that the girl leaves behind. (access link HERE)
Interactivity: "Missing" takes advantage of the interactive abilities of new media literature. From using sounds and visuals to incorporating the involvement of the audience to further progress through the documentary, the article offers the reader an advance level of immersion that could not be experienced through the typical article.
Relating to Theme: From the moment the game begins, the theme of being wronged is clearly presented to the reader as the little girl is unfortunately stabbed several times and left in the woods like scraps. The main focus of the story is centered around this girl's undeserved tragedy, with this misfortune being the catalyst for all events within the narrative.