AFI AWARD FOR SCREEN CONTENT INNOVATION
July 24th 2009 06:01
The Australian Film Institute is thrilled to announce the nominees of the inaugural AFI Award for Screen Content Innovation. The winner will be announced at the 2009 AFI Outstanding Achievement Dinner, to be held at the Melbourne Convention Centre on 1 August, 2009.
The nominees for the AFI Award for Screen Content Innovation are:
FORLORN GAZE - Sarah-Jane Woulahan
GALLIPOLI: THE FIRST DAY - Sam Doust, Meena Tharmarajah,
Astrid Scott
SCARYGIRL - Sophie Byrne, Nathan Jurevicius
SCORCHED- Ellenor Cox, Marcus Gillezeau
FORLORN GAZE
Forlorn Gaze screened as a short form series on the ABC's JTV in October 2008, both online and broadcast. The series follows Sheldon D'Arc, lead singer of Forlorn Gaze, as he chases after the GenY dreams of fame, celebrity and rock stardom that he feels entitled to.
The ABC episodes can be seen at the JTV Comedy Page:
www.forlorngaze.com
GALLIPOLI: THE FIRST DAY
Is a 3D exploration of Anzac Cove, its surrounds and its stories on April 25, 1915. The production allows the audience immersion in the story of the day, whilst at the same time offering them detailed historical, contextualised content.
By giving life and presence to the extraordinary diaries that were the natural media of the time, a profound level of detail is revealed about the emotional response of the witnesses to the extraordinary events taking place around them. These sit within the terrain of the map space alongside video interviews of the soldiers as old men, recalling these same events as they lived through them. These verite elements provide fascinating insight alongside the sweeping story being played out through the dioramas and animation sequences.
The project is intended to be consumed online, but as a rich media presentation it can be viewed independently of the internet. It therefore exists both at Really Long Link and as an AIR application that can be installed and run as a standalone presentation on any modern computer.
SCARYGIRL
Scarygirl has become one of the world’s leading cult brands via its limited edition art, vinyl toys and the original online comic and website.
The goal of producing the immersive online gaming site was to further expand the existing Scarygirl fan base to hit a much broader target audience. Scarygirl has always stood out from her “cult brand’ competitors due to the fact that she was born out of a distinctive narrative and storyline. With the production of this interactive and immersive experience, we intended that the player, through investigation, platform-style gameplay and pictogram communication would be able to unravel the mysteries of Scarygirl’s vision and discovery of her past.
Players first encounter a beautifully animated dream sequence hinting at their mission and then are taken through 16 in-depth components to the journey ranging from exquisitely illustrated side-scrolling adventures, through provoking puzzles and collectible mini-games.
www.scarygirl.com
SCORCHED
Scorched is set on 2012 in a climate ravaged world. Sydney has run out of water and is ringed by raging bushfires. After 200 days without rain, they break their containment lines leading to Australia’s worst ever bushfire disaster.
Over a three month period in 2008, 2 million Australians entered this highly realistic and plausible ‘world without water’ and engaged with Australia’s first ‘what-if’ disaster movie and interactive wrap-around drama.
The Scorched universe (www.scorched.tv) consists of a star-studded telefeature, a seamlessly integrated episodic online prequel and sequel drama Cassie Has Dreams (22 x 3min webisodes), an online News network with extensive bulletins and weather reports, three dedicated YouTube channels, 4 ancillary faux websites (www.argon-energy.com, www.h20transport.com, www.angelaboardman.com, www.rawt.com.au) and 20 social networking profiles that include presences on Facebook, Myspace, Flickr, Blip TV and Twitter.
www.scorched.tv
Source: Screen Australia PR
The nominees for the AFI Award for Screen Content Innovation are:
FORLORN GAZE - Sarah-Jane Woulahan
GALLIPOLI: THE FIRST DAY - Sam Doust, Meena Tharmarajah,
Astrid Scott
SCARYGIRL - Sophie Byrne, Nathan Jurevicius
SCORCHED- Ellenor Cox, Marcus Gillezeau
FORLORN GAZE
The ABC episodes can be seen at the JTV Comedy Page:
www.forlorngaze.com
GALLIPOLI: THE FIRST DAY
By giving life and presence to the extraordinary diaries that were the natural media of the time, a profound level of detail is revealed about the emotional response of the witnesses to the extraordinary events taking place around them. These sit within the terrain of the map space alongside video interviews of the soldiers as old men, recalling these same events as they lived through them. These verite elements provide fascinating insight alongside the sweeping story being played out through the dioramas and animation sequences.
The project is intended to be consumed online, but as a rich media presentation it can be viewed independently of the internet. It therefore exists both at Really Long Link and as an AIR application that can be installed and run as a standalone presentation on any modern computer.
SCARYGIRL
Scarygirl has become one of the world’s leading cult brands via its limited edition art, vinyl toys and the original online comic and website.
The goal of producing the immersive online gaming site was to further expand the existing Scarygirl fan base to hit a much broader target audience. Scarygirl has always stood out from her “cult brand’ competitors due to the fact that she was born out of a distinctive narrative and storyline. With the production of this interactive and immersive experience, we intended that the player, through investigation, platform-style gameplay and pictogram communication would be able to unravel the mysteries of Scarygirl’s vision and discovery of her past.
Players first encounter a beautifully animated dream sequence hinting at their mission and then are taken through 16 in-depth components to the journey ranging from exquisitely illustrated side-scrolling adventures, through provoking puzzles and collectible mini-games.
www.scarygirl.com
SCORCHED
Scorched is set on 2012 in a climate ravaged world. Sydney has run out of water and is ringed by raging bushfires. After 200 days without rain, they break their containment lines leading to Australia’s worst ever bushfire disaster.
Over a three month period in 2008, 2 million Australians entered this highly realistic and plausible ‘world without water’ and engaged with Australia’s first ‘what-if’ disaster movie and interactive wrap-around drama.
The Scorched universe (www.scorched.tv) consists of a star-studded telefeature, a seamlessly integrated episodic online prequel and sequel drama Cassie Has Dreams (22 x 3min webisodes), an online News network with extensive bulletins and weather reports, three dedicated YouTube channels, 4 ancillary faux websites (www.argon-energy.com, www.h20transport.com, www.angelaboardman.com, www.rawt.com.au) and 20 social networking profiles that include presences on Facebook, Myspace, Flickr, Blip TV and Twitter.
www.scorched.tv
Source: Screen Australia PR
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