Tag: projects

  • 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…

  • Podcast – Designing the Future

    CATHERINE GLEESON – “Designing the Future” Recorded live and unedited during the LAMP Story of the Future lab in Freycinet in May 2007 in front of the eight teams developing emerging media projects. “Design is all about making creative decisions..The thing I want to stress today is the thinking of design, that the best designers…

  • Podcast – From Blue Sky to Green Light

    DEBORAH TODD – “From Blue Sky to Green Light” © Deborah Todd. Deborah talks about the games design development process and how story and character are critically important for reversioning existing properties. The Presentation The third of three podcasts from Deborah Todd, Jackie Turnure and Luke Carruthers recorded live at the at the AGL Theatre,…

  • LAMP Seminar – Living The Story: How to turn Film & TV into Games – Free!

    If film was the medium of the 20th Century and games the medium of the 21st, how do we bring together the best elements of these two monoliths of entertainment? The next generation of games will rely on story, narrative and character development to immerse users inside the experience so that they are living the…

  • Podcast – The Real, The Virtual and The Mixed

    © Tony Walsh 2007. Tony (bio below) explores virtual worlds, alternate reality and mixed reality by providing definitions, historical context and his experienced opinion on how the experiences provided by these are really driving future entertainment. The Presentation The second of three podcasts from Tony Walsh, Guy Gadney and Gary Hayes recorded live at the…

  • Seminar: Mixed Reality Branded Entertainment

    Audiences are already spending up to four times as much of their entertainment time in virtual spaces than they are watching TV. EA Games have just partnered with Endemol to produce TV shows inside virtual worlds, MTV Networks have virtual versions of their popular TV program Laguna Beach and there is a growing tide of…

  • Projects Selected for live-in-LAMP VI: Story of the Future

    We had an overwhelming response to the call for submissions driven by the various seminars and workshops we held around the country over the past months. From nearly fifty extremely strong entries the ten judges have selected the final eight for the LAMP: Story of the Future to be held in Freycinet from 20-25 May. …

  • 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…

  • Projects Selected for live-in-LAMP V

    The eight projects have been selected and confirmed for the next LAMP residential in Tasmania. We had an overwhelming response and the ten selectors were extremely impressed with the high quality of all thirty four entries. Below are brief descriptions of the projects in no particular order… Mash-up TV An exciting comedy show broadcast live…

  • 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…