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  • LAMP Project Atom Finalist – Thursday’s Fictions in Second Life

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    Previously highlighted on the LAMP site here The Thursday’s Fictions cross-media jamboree continues on and has been put into the Atom finals awards 2008 as Best Multimodal Production (other 3 entries below). Award Recipients – Names: Richard James Allen, Gary Hayes, and Karen Pearlman Award Recipients – Organisations: The Physical TV Company, AFTRS LAMP (The…

  • GROWING WORLDS: Turning Your Stories in to Games – Melbourne Seminar

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    Gary Hayes

    ‘ GROWING WORLDS: TURNING YOUR STORIES IN TO GAMES Presented by AFTRS LAMP, Australia Council’s Story of the Future and Film Victoria So what makes a great game and what skills do creators of these experiences need in order to develop compelling commercially viable content for the future? A seminar, interview and workshop for story-tellers…

  • Mentors Finalised for LAMP VII: Story of the Future

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    Gary Hayes

    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

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    Gary Hayes

    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

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    Gary Hayes

    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 – Writing for Games

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    Gary Hayes

    “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…

  • Podcast – Game Production for Filmmakers

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    Gary Hayes

    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…

  • Podcast – Immersion: Designing Experience

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    Gary

    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…

  • Podcast – The Art of the Pitch

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    Gary Hayes

    The Art of the Pitch © Jackie Turnure 2006. Recorded live and unedited during the LAMP lab in Perth in May 2006 in front of the seven teams developing emerging media projects. Jackie continues her journey into the importance of the pitch and effectively communicating your cross media idea. “if you can’t pitch your project…