Digital storytelling

Turn video into interactive exhibitions

Storyline connects video with the photographs, documents, records, people, places, and objects behind the story, helping audiences discover deeper context as the story unfolds.

Grid of digital asset records inside the Terentia DAMS
Grid of digital asset records inside the Terentia DAMS

Storyline

Every video is part of a larger story

The story on screen is only the beginning

Films, oral histories, documentaries, and archival footage often draw from collections far richer than a video can show. Storyline brings those collections into the viewing experience, allowing audiences to explore the primary sources and deeper context behind the story without leaving it.

Context at the moment it matters

Surface photographs, documents, records, people, places, and objects when they are most relevant to what the audience is watching.

Deeper collection discovery

Turn video into a natural pathway into your archive, helping audiences discover materials they may never have known to search for on their own.

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Storyline overview

From video to deeper discovery

Storyline gives archivists, curators, educators, and storytellers a new way to connect what audiences are watching with the collections behind it. Choose the moments that deserve more context, connect the materials that deepen understanding, and give viewers the choice to explore further.

1. Start with the story

Use a documentary, oral history, archival film, interview, educational video, or other time-based media.

2. Choose the moments that matter

Identify the people, places, events, ideas, and stories where additional context can deepen understanding.

3. Connect the archive

Link those moments to photographs, documents, records, objects, people, places, and other digital assets already managed in Terentia.

4. Invite audiences to explore

As the video plays, relevant collection materials appear alongside it, creating a natural path from the story into the archive.

2. Add meaningful context

Highlight the people, places, objects, and stories that enrich understanding and inspire discovery.

3. Encourage exploration

Engage audiences across in-person, online, and travelling exhibitions.

4. Build once, share everywhere

Reuse templates and connected content to create a growing library of interactive exhibitions and learning experiences.

1. Connect collections to content

Pair videos with collections records, images, documents, and digital assets already managed in Terentia

3. Encourage exploration

Engage audiences across in-person, online, and travelling exhibitions.

2. Add meaningful context

Highlight the people, places, objects, and stories that enrich understanding and inspire discovery.

4. Build once, share everywhere

Reuse templates and connected content to create a growing library of interactive exhibitions and learning experiences.

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Accessible

Built for cultural institutions, not custom development projects

Easy to create

No custom build required

Create rich video experiences without commissioning a bespoke digital exhibition for every project. Storyline is built into the Terentia platform your team already uses.

Integrated

Your collections stay connected

As a Collections Online add-on, Storyline works with records and digital assets managed in Terentia, so your team can bring existing collection content directly into the viewing experience.

Versatile

Tell stories across channels

Use Storyline with online experiences, gallery installations, educational programs, and travelling exhibitions.

Make more of what you steward

Give existing content new life

Connect documentaries, oral histories, archival footage, and other video with the records and assets already in your collections.

Flexible

Update whenever you need to

Add or change annotations as your interpretation evolves. No rebuild, redesign, or developer support required.

Storyline FAQs

Storyline FAQs

Storyline is Terentia’s interactive storytelling platform for connecting video with archival and collection materials. As viewers watch, related photographs, documents, records, people, places, and objects can appear alongside the video, giving audiences deeper context without leaving the viewing experience.

Storyline can be used with archival footage, documentaries, oral histories, interviews, educational video, films, docuseries, and other time-based media.

A standard video player presents the film. Storyline connects specific moments in the video to relevant materials from your collections, allowing viewers to explore the deeper context behind what they are watching.

Storyline is designed for museums, archives, libraries, cultural institutions, universities, and other organizations that want to connect video storytelling with the depth of their collections.

No. Storyline uses a reusable approach, allowing your team to create multiple experiences without starting from scratch each time.

Yes. Storyline pulls information from Terentia, so annotations and connected materials can be added or updated as your collections and interpretation evolve.

What stories are waiting inside your collection?

Your films and oral histories already tell powerful stories. Storyline helps audiences go deeper by connecting what they are watching with the photographs, documents, records, objects, and people that give the story more meaning.

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