Documentary narrative visualization is a data visualization approach using the features of documentary film. Researchers in the field of visualization are searching for better methods of constructing narratives from data sets. In this article, we explore the structure and techniques of documentary film and how they apply to the practice of constructing narrative visualization with video. We review the structural aspects of documentary film with examples relevant for narrative visualization. Using six of the highest quality video-based narrative visualizations, we conducted a study of user preferences for three pairs of videos. The video pairs were specifically matched to highlight unique features available in documentary film. Using the preferences expressed by our participants, we performed an empirical study to examine the documentary features most valued by our participants. Our results provide implications about the style and features of documentary film that are most useful in the construction of narrative visualization. Overall, this work provides a clear starting point for the construction of documentary narrative visualization providing content creators with specific techniques that will improve engagement of their content.

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纪录片叙事可视化：叙事可视化中纪录片的特征和模式

纪录片叙事可视化是一种利用纪录片特点的数据可视化方法。可视化领域的研究人员正在寻找更好的方法来从数据集中构建叙事。在这篇文章中，我们探讨了纪录片的结构和技术，以及它们如何应用于用视频构建叙事可视化的实践。我们通过与叙事可视化相关的示例来回顾纪录片的结构方面。我们使用六个最高质量的基于视频的叙事可视化，对三对视频的用户偏好进行了研究。视频对专门匹配以突出纪录片中可用的独特功能。使用我们参与者表达的偏好，我们进行了一项实证研究，以检查参与者最看重的纪录片特征。我们的结果对纪录片的风格和特征提供了启示，这些对叙事可视化的构建最有用。总体而言，这项工作为构建纪录片叙事可视化提供了一个清晰的起点，为内容创建者提供了可提高其内容参与度的特定技术。