Tag: Sydney

  • SPAA 2009 Reaching Your Audience – LAMPicks

    Australia’s leading screen conference, run by SPAA, is in Sydney this week and many multi-platform folk associated with LAMP & AFTRS in the past are in force with a record number of panels and sessions. The heavily featured 360 Media (and by implication Social Media) track sits nicely in the theme of this years conference ‘Reaching…

  • Surviving the Forest of Kellor

    Huge poisonous spiders lie ready to pounce as you carefully traverse a forest lit only by moonlight. This is one of the initiation rights you will face in One Night, a new game that has been prototyped by AFTRS lecturer Ian Brown using Unity3D software. He recently gave a presentation of the project at Gamejam09, the…

  • Jacobson Brothers Nov 16 Launch for World First Mordy Koots

    Jim Shomos, innovative Australian writer/producer and also LAMP mentor, is about to launch his latest collaboration Mordy Koots, on an unsuspecting public. Gary blogged about the project last month & prior to their shoot in a post entitled Thumbs-up for Aussie innovation live action film-in-game looking at Mordy as a new genre, other examples and…

  • GameJam 09 – Come Play Talk Pitch Listen Invent

    AFTRS in conjunction with the IGDA Sydney are running GameJam 09. An interactive event by gamers for gamers – a day of playing, learning about and making games. Come be a spectator, play to win, or get involved in the creative jam session.  This free one day event features gaming competitions, seminars, networking and creative…

  • State of Play – Building Creative Collaboration Online

    Profiling successful case studies, people and the latest techniques across multi platform media. FREE themed seminars running on the last Wednesday of every month at 5:30pm – 7pm. No need to register just turn up to Theatre 1 at AFTRS Sydney Upcoming FREE seminars: AFTRS, Main Theatre, 5:30pm – 7pm, Wed Sept 30 Wed Sept…

  • State of Play – CINEMA 2.0: Big Screen Participatory Futures

    STATE OF PLAY SEMINAR – Cinema 2.0: 3D, Big Screen & Participatory Futures FREE – 29 July 2009 – AFTRS Theatre. 5.30 – 7pm How will the traditionally passive cinema experience change in the next few years. Stereoscopic 3D films are becoming commonplace alongside specialised 3D Imax outings and in the past few months we…

  • Seminar: Massively Multi-Storyteller Worlds – LAMP ‘State of Play’

    NOTE – TO BE RESCHEDULED IN NEXT TWO WEEKS: LAMP ‘STATE OF PLAY’ SEMINARS Profiling successful case studies, people and the latest techniques across multi-platform social media. PRICE – FREE: Themed seminars running on the last Wednesday of every month at 5.30 – 6.30 pm PLACE: No need to register just turn up to the…

  • Art & Craft of Machinima – Seminar & Interactive Workshop

    VIRTUAL STORY: THE ART AND CRAFT OF MACHINIMA Three hour seminar – Thurs 14 May. Full day workshop – Fri 15 May Machinima is a dynamic new form of storytelling that will be explored in a seminar and interactive workshop at AFTRS this week. This unique event will feature leading international experts speaking about the…

  • Seminar: The Documentary Distribution Dilemma

    Ozdox, the The Australian Documentary Forum and The Australian Director’s Guild in association with AFTRS supported by Metroscreen and Sydney Film School presents: The Documentary Distribution Dilemma What online video can and cannot deliver, and why filmmakers need to understand it NOW! Date: THURS 9 April 2009 – 6.30pm for 7pm Venue: AFTRS Theatre 130…