EVA SIBINGA

ITVS
2024



Independent Television Service (ITVS) funds and presents documentaries on public television. In 2024, ITVS surveyed nearly 900 individuals to gather information and identify patterns in the complicated relationship between documentary filmmakers and participants. 
I turned their survey data into 12 visuals to accompany the final report. You can read the report in full on the ITVS website. 



This was the marquis visualization for the report. Documentary film participants share their stories for many reasons, and filmmakers must make many choices in how they collect and tell the stories. For participants, the stakes may be very high in their personal lives and communities, and not all would choose to do it again.
This visualization is the only one not based on survey data, but instead on the expert guidance of the report’s researchers. I drew up a prototype to this visualization during our initial conversations to make sure I was correctly understanding different dynamics in the process. It resonated with the team and we pursued it as an official visualization for the report. 
Participants involved in films about their own lives were more likely to be involved in the film after it was released. We included a couple of half-page charts in the report to break up number- and text-heavy pages.
This chart had the most dimensions and metrics, and the challenge was to organize the responses of 8 categories of people to 4 questions. Strategic use of color (4 groups with 2 shades each), spacing (closeness between related categories and breathing room between groups), and alignment (2 identical, shared axes that allow for easy comparisons by color or question) help to make this visualization interpretable. 
Updated 24.10.31