Tag: AFTRS

  • LAMP Next Residential Applications Open

    LAMP: STORY OF THE FUTURE RESIDENTIAL APPLICATION The upcoming LAMP Story of the Future residential lab is scheduled for Sunday 20 May to Friday 25 May 2007 and will be held in the beautiful resort of Freycinet Lodge in Tasmania. Applications open on Monday 5 March 2007. Please read the details below and download the…

  • Podcast – Digital Storytelling. Same, Same but Different

    © Marissa Cooke 2007. Marissa opens her presentation by stating there are great commonalities between storytelling in digital and traditional media. The Presentation Marissa Cooke. TV new media and advertising writer, new media producer – Fat Cow Motel, PSTrixi . Copywriter for many bluechip clients writing for the single screen or the multiple screens. Marissa…

  • Story of the Future: Development Clinics

    LAMP Story of the Future invites you to the Project Development Clinic, a one-day workshop for writers intersted in working with new digital media. Join experienced LAMP mentors, Gary Hayes, Peter Giles, Jackie Turnure and Marissa Cooke, as they guide you through a practical workshop that gives you an overview of innovative new media and…

  • Podcast – Extending TV drama Experiences

    Extending the experiences of TV drama audiences. Evan Jones “I find it very interesting to see how much people value on-line communities but go about setting them up without a purpose or goal. They say here is a chat room that is set up alongside a TV series but don’t give people anything to talk…

  • Podcast – Writing for Games

    “Games don’t need a story – writers in the games industry are essentially unnecessary” Mark Laidlaw, VALVE Jackie Turnure presented by AFTRS LAMP as part of its Friday Futures Series. Taken out of context, this comment could be dynamite, but the point made by Mark and many of the speakers at the Writing for Games…

  • Submissions – now closed

    Thankyou to the almost forty extremely high quality entries for the next LAMP lab. The selected eight teams will be informed on Monday next week. PREVIOUS DETAILS The next LAMP residential lab will be held from Sunday 29 Oct to Friday 3 Nov 2006 in the beautiful resort of Freycinet in Tasmania. The Lab is…

  • 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…

  • LAMP in the Metaverse

    LAMP has had a major part in the current build of the AFTRS presence in a virtual world called Second Life. The Island, called Esperance, has been designed and built by the LAMP team over the last month. Although not officially open until mid-September there have already been several LAMP projects afforded by the 3D…

  • 5th LAMP live-in-lab Oct 06 – APPLY NOW!

    The next LAMP residential lab will be held from Sunday 29 Oct to Friday 3 Nov 2006 in the beautiful resort of Freycinet in Tasmania. The Lab is sponsored by Screen Tasmania & Innovation, Science and Technology and subsidised by AFTRS. Chris Gallagher (Industry Development Officer, Screen Tasmania) said: “This is a fantastic opportuntity for…

  • Podcast – Immersion: Designing Experience

    Immersion: Designing Experience © Gary Hayes 2006. The fourth of 8 podcasts recorded live during the LAMP lab on Milson Island, Sydney in July 2006 – in front of the eight teams and ten mentors developing emerging media projects. “think of the experience, not just the service, the differentiators between professionals, thats you, versus users…