Design

Podcast - Art & Craft of Previsualisation

Sep 22nd, 2008 | By Gary Hayes | Category: Business, Design, Lead Story, Previsualisation, Production, Seminar

A presentation by Chris Edwards, CEO of LA based Third Floor to the Visual Effects Society in Sydney on 5th June 2008
A special released talk related to three new courses AFTRS are offering in 2008 featuring Previsualisation elements - Animation Directing, Games and Virtual Worlds.
This is a podcast of a talk Chris gave in Sydney [...]



Podcast - Joe Velikovsky “Growing Worlds’

Sep 16th, 2008 | By Gary Hayes | Category: Business, Design, Games, Games Writing, Last Post, Seminar, Story of the Future, Virtual Worlds, Workshop

‘Growing Worlds” An abridged Presentation on Games Writing and Adaptation by Joe Velikovsky
(Note: the first half of the podcast contains loopback echo due to technical issues)
In this abridged (20 out of 35 mins) presentation at a LAMP Insight ‘Growing Worlds - Games Adaptation Seminar’  Joe looks specifically at the practical side of games design and [...]



LAMP Project Atom Finalist - Thursday’s Fictions in Second Life

Aug 12th, 2008 | By Administrator | Category: Design, Event, Last Post, Machinima, Mixed Reality, Online Communties, Production, Project, Story of the Future, Virtual Worlds

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 Australian Film [...]



Project - Touched by the road toll

Mar 11th, 2008 | By Gary Hayes | Category: Audience, Broadband PC, Design, Locative, Mobile, Project, Residential Feb 2008, Second Life, Social Networks, User Generated, Virtual Worlds, Workshop

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LAMP Lab: Marysville, Victoria, February 2008
Title: Touched by the road toll - NSW
Project Description: In Australia there are five deaths on our roads every day. ??????Touched by the road toll?????? is an online social network for all those affected by road trauma. Behind every fatality there are a thousand stories. This online sanctuary provides a [...]



Project - podscape

Mar 11th, 2008 | By Gary Hayes | Category: Broadband PC, Design, Mobile, Music, Project, Residential Feb 2008, Virtual Worlds, Workshop

LAMP Lab: Marysville, Victoria, February 2008
Title: podscape - NZ
Tagline: You’re in the band

Project Description: Social virtual world networking where ‘Your in the Band’, a revolutionary new way to interact with friends and strangers alike. Patent pending.
Target Media: Web, Virtual World, Mobile, Locative

Team Members:

Chris White - Creator/Producer
Kentaro Yarrada - Designer

Guardian Mentor/s: Catherine Gleeson
Copyright: 2008 [...]



Video LAMP VIII Mixed Reality, Mini ARG - “Old Forest”

Mar 9th, 2008 | By Gary Hayes | Category: ARG, Broadband PC, Design, Games, Games Writing, Machinima, Mixed Reality, Mobile, Production, Project, Residential Feb 2008, Second Life, Seminar, Social Networks, Virtual Worlds, Workshop

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A mini ARG (Alternate Reality Game) with virtual world parallel components as part of the 8th LAMP residential in Marysville, Victoria Australia.
We have been running LAMP residential workshops for nearly 3 years now and on the first day we normally run a team bond/building game. The last eight have been 2+ hour long location puzzles, [...]



GROWING WORLDS: Turning Your Stories in to Games - Melbourne Seminar

Feb 12th, 2008 | By Gary Hayes | Category: Audience, Design, Film, Film Victoria, Games, Games Writing, Production, Seminar, Story of the Future, Workshop


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 interested in adapting [...]



Six Podcasts - The Virtual Story

Dec 8th, 2007 | By Gary Hayes | Category: ARG, Broadband PC, Business, Console, Design, Film, Games, Lead Story, Machinima, On-demand, Podcasts, Production, Second Life, Seminar, Social Networks, User Generated, Virtual Worlds, Workshop

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 by Gary Hayes. [...]



Project - ALT + Control

Dec 5th, 2007 | By Gary Hayes | Category: ARG, Broadband PC, Design, Games, Locative, Mobile, On-demand, Project, Residential Nov 2007, Second Life, Social Networks, Story of the Future, User Generated, Virtual Worlds

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Title: ALT + Control - NSW
Tagline: Obsession with who we could be
Project Description: ALT Control is an Alternative Identity Game (AIG) site in which participants can actively construct multiple identities creating the story of their own future. The first seeded project within this framework, Miranda, is a compelling online viral collaborative documentary. ALT Control harnesses [...]



Podcast - Designing the Future

Jul 2nd, 2007 | By Gary Hayes | Category: Design, Podcasts, Residential Jun 2007, Seminar, Story of the Future, Workshop

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 out [...]