{"id":196,"date":"2026-03-17T15:55:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ff20.freerangefuture.com\/?post_type=ff20_case_study&#038;p=196"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:13:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:43:24","slug":"2011","status":"publish","type":"ff20_case_study","link":"https:\/\/ff20.freerangefuture.com\/?ff20_case_study=2011","title":{"rendered":"2011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"text-image-block_2b13a808ba1534240509578fbd36187c\" class=\"block-text-image video surface-white ptop-3 pbottom-3 block full\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid no-pright\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-center\">\n\n\t\t\t<!-- Content Column -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-5 \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-text-image__content fade-slide-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content text-right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>FEATURED WORK<\/h5>\n<h3>Big Stories, Small Towns<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Starting in 2008, Freerange was the digital partner of Big Stories, Small Towns \u2014 a landmark digital storytelling project that, across almost a decade, perfected a model of creative residencies in regional communities across Australia and into Asia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The filmmaking team of Anna Grieve, Martin Potter, Jeni Lee, Sieh Mchawala and others would live for weeks or months in a community and collaborate with local people of all ages, supporting them to create films, animations, photo essays and more. Nick was lucky enough to participate in some of these residencies and workshops.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<!-- Image Column -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-7 \">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-text-image__image right fade-slide-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1200px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-196-1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/ff20.freerangefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2011-Big-Stories-Small-Towns.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ff20.freerangefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2011-Big-Stories-Small-Towns.mp4\">https:\/\/ff20.freerangefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2011-Big-Stories-Small-Towns.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"text-image-block_82035cdc6fdc60cacba6329feeccb037\" class=\"block-text-image surface-white ptop-3 pbottom-3 block full\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid no-pleft\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-center\">\n\n\t\t\t<!-- Content Column -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-5 order-md-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-text-image__content fade-slide-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>The Big Stories Site<\/h5>\n<p>We originally built a site for Big Stories in 2008, then rebuilt it in 2011 using our Gluttonberg CMS, a custom video pipeline and a dynamic JavaScript-based interface. <a href=\"http:\/\/bigstories.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The site is still running fifteen years later<\/a>, which is quite remarkable.<\/p>\n<p>It was an incredible privilege to be part of Big Stories, Small Towns \u2014 a project that gave a voice to regional communities and received numerous awards all over the world. Including a big one.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<!-- Image Column -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-7 order-md-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-text-image__image left fade-slide-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Swiper Carousel -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper\" data-swiper-id=\"text-image-block_82035cdc6fdc60cacba6329feeccb037\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/ff20.freerangefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2011_Big-Stories-Small-Towns_Case-Study_1-1200x800.png\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/ff20.freerangefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2011_Big-Stories-Small-Towns_Case-Study_2-1200x800.png\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/ff20.freerangefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2011_Big-Stories-Small-Towns_Case-Study_3-1200x800.png\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"controls left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-counter\"><span class=\"swiper-counter-current\">1<\/span> of 3<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-milestone surface-red-light ptop-4 pbottom-3 block full\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row d-flex\">\n\n\t\t\t<!-- Image + Shape Column -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-milestone__image fade-slide-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/ff20.freerangefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2E8691D2-40B7-4F9A-BA8C-9096CC96D98A_1_105_c.jpeg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"block-milestone__shape\" src=\"https:\/\/ff20.freerangefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-2013.svg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Content Column -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-wrap fade-slide-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-milestone__intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>SxSW<\/h6>\n<h2>2012 Interactive Awards<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">In March 2012, Nick and Sieh travelled to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, to represent Big Stories at the SxSW Interactive Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">If you&#8217;ve never been, SxSW Interactive in its heyday was something else. Tens of thousands of people from every corner of the tech and creative world, descending on a mid-sized Texas city for a week of talks, demos, parties, taco trucks and very little sleep. The convention centre humming, every bar on 6th Street taken over by some startup or platform, and the whole city running on breakfast tacos and free coffee. It was chaotic, overstimulating, and genuinely electric \u2014 the kind of event where you&#8217;d bump into someone at a food cart and end up in a two-hour conversation about the future of the internet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But the best part of that trip wasn&#8217;t the conference. It was getting away from the hustle and seeing the Austin that locals actually live in \u2014 slower, weirder, and genuinely warm \u2014 with some good friends over there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">And yes\u2026 Big Stories did win the award for Best Community Interactive Project.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div clas=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-9 block-milestone__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content fade-slide-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Digital in 2011<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div clas=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-milestone__info-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-milestone__info-item fade-slide-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Snapchat appeared and confused everyone over 25. Google launched Google+ and began the long process of pretending it hadn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!--div class=\"milestone__year\">< ?php the_title(); ?><\/div-->\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-cta surface-dark-grey ptop-3 pbottom-3 block full ff-general-cta\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-center\">\n\n\t\t\t<!-- Image Column -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-cta__image fade-slide-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/ff20.freerangefuture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ff20-logo-reversed.svg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Content Column -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-cta__content fade-slide-up\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Want to see what we&#8217;ve been up to lately?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Learn about what we do today and how we go about it. See some recent projects we\u2019ve brought to life, or get in touch to chat about yours. 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