Tag: AFTRS

  • Podcast – Andrew Apostola ‘How to Make Money from Online Content’

    Andrew looks at the nuts and bolts of making money with your content online. He looks at a range of emerging online portals setup to aggregate and share revenues with independent content providers and talks about examples including Revver, Grouper, BlipTV and Crackle. To create a sustainable business you have to connect with interest groups…

  • Podcast – John Banks ‘Propogating Social Networks and MMOG Development’

    John explores the intersection of online games and games communities and highlights key techniques in drawing traffic and communities to your property. He uses Fury developed by Auran games as one example and how the relationships with key influencers were nurtured, using genuine and authentic dialogue and co-creation. He is clear pointing out that the…

  • LAMP VIII: End of Feb Residential – Get your Skates on!

    Don’t Just Sit Around this Christmas Holidays – the next LAMP residential is just around the corner Have you got what it takes to apply? We are looking for six to eight professional teams with groundbreaking new media ideas to attend our leading R&D production lab from Feb 24 -29, 2008. Facilitated by the AFTRS,…

  • Six Podcasts – The Virtual Story

    THE VIRTUAL STORY Six half hour podcasts featuring SLCN.tv, Physical TV, Jackie Turnure, Gary Hayes and many more from the Film Making and Cinematic Experiences Using Virtual Worlds and Games seminar in Sept 2007 recorded live at the Museum of Sydney. All podcast presentations produced and presented by LAMP @ AFTRS. Audio edited & processed…

  • Behind the scenes of a Residential

    A semi-humorous, vignette of the first couple of days of activities on AFTRS LAMP’s Seventh Residential. The Story of the Future II was held at Couran Cove, South Stradbrooke Island, Queensland from 7-13 November 2007. This film made by Fadia Abboud covers team mentoring, a few exercises, presentations and a sneak look at the opening…

  • LAMP VIII: Victoria Residential – applications close 10 Jan 2008

    We are now accepting applications for the eighth LAMP Residential Lab being held in collaboration with sponsors New Zealand Screen Council. We welcome project submissions from project teams in all areas of the media industry and the final selection will a mix of teams from New Zealand and Australia. Presented by AFTRS, The eighth LAMP…

  • Mentors Finalised for LAMP VII: Story of the Future

    A stellar line-up of mentors from all over Australia and a few internationals have been confirmed for the 7th Live-in-lab (LAMP: Story of the Future) on South Stradbrooke Island, Queensland Nov 07. They can be seen on the mentors page or copied below. GUARDIAN MENTORS MATT COSTELLO – Writer and Games Designer, Polar Productions Matt…

  • Teams selected for the seventh LAMP residential in Queensland Nov 7-13

    Australian Writers and Producers light-up at the next ‘LAMP: Story of the Future’ Here are the details of the ‘LAMP: Story of the Future Residential’, sponsored by the Australia Council’s Story of the Future Initiative. The next ‘LAMP: Residential Lab’ will be taking place on November 7-13 on Queensland’s South Stradbroke Island and is the…

  • 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…