Category: Film

  • Project – What If?

    Title: What If? – NSW Tagline: Breathes life into literature, taking classic narratives to new realms of possibility. Project Description: What if? is Shakespeare and other literary texts taught in a virtual interactive world. It is a curriculum module for teachers and students, 13-18 years old. Users become the characters and journey through the story…

  • Project – Machine

    , Title: Machine – Tasmania Tagline: Building a better world, one person at a time. Project Description: MACHINE is a competitive social networking game. Two companies, G.I.C. & pSol, vie for world dominance. Players work their way up the ranks of their chosen company by performing a variety of tasks. Each tasks’ solution has a…

  • Seminar & Workshop: THE VIRTUAL STORY

    THE VIRTUAL STORY Film Making and Cinematic Experiences Using Virtual Worlds and Games There is a revolution happening in the way both users and professionals are creating films and story environments. YouTube, Machinima.com and many other video portals are filled with thousands of short films made in game engines and virtual worlds. It is a…

  • LAMP Project: Award Winning Surreal Dance Film extends into a 3D Virtual World

    The project, Thursday’s Fictions, that went through the last LAMP: Story of the Future residential is currently being produced & designed by Gary Hayes in Second Life in collaboration with its creators Dr Richard James Allen and Karen Perlman, with story support from LAMP mentor Jackie Turnure, as a tie in with a transmission of…

  • Project – Thursday’s Fictions

    Project description: You’ll Never Have Another Week Like This One! In order to enter the world of Thursday’s Fictions, you must respond the following “You have five minutes left to live. It is always said that you can’t take it with you, but what if you could? What would you take with you? What is…

  • Podcast – The Future Business of Games

    LUKE CARRUTHERS – “The Future Business of Games” © Luke Carruthers. Luke concentrates on games trends, the complexity of the Business and the heirarchy of market dictating what gets made. The Presentation The second of three podcasts from Deborah Todd, Jackie Turnure and Luke Carruthers recorded live at the at the AGL Theatre, Museum of…

  • Podcast – When Games and Films Collide

    JACKIE TURNURE – “When Games and Film Collide” © Jackie Turnure 2007. Jackie gives an overview of the games universe and talks about the importance of story, character and agency. The Presentation The first of three podcasts from Deborah Todd, Jackie Turnure and Luke Carruthers recorded live at the at the AGL Theatre, Museum of…

  • Podcast – Game Production for Filmmakers

    Presented by AFTRS LAMP. How are virtual worlds developing and what are the opportunities for media creatives? Luke Carruthers is a games developer who runs a company called Imaginary Numbers in Sydney. The company creates online games and their first title Tactica Online is a fast-moving strategy RPG set amidst conspiracy and intrigue of Da…

  • Video Podcast – AFTRS Films

    The Australian Film TV and Radio School Video Podcast Over the past few months the LAMP team have encoded, meta-tagged and podcast an initial batch of great films made by past students of AFTRS. Many review sites (eg: PodguideTV) are singing the praises of these high quality films (narrative strength and visual aesthetic/format – in…

  • Project – Scorched

    SCORCHED Tagline: “What will happen when Australia runs out of water? – Hypothetical interactive, television, radio and push media docudrama” LAMP Lab: May 2006 Target platforms: TV and Broadband PC Project description: Scorched is an ultra dynamic multi-platform project that involves audiences to help find solutions to the water crisis that Australia is facing. Using…