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3-D Storytelling: New Approaches to Narrative in Digital Media

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In this evening seminar, film director Mike Figgis, computer games pioneer Peter Molyneux and documentary producer Peter Armstrong will discuss how emerging digital technologies have enabled them to explore new forms of narrative and storytelling across a range of platforms. In association with BAFTA and Business Link for London. FULLY BOOKED

Please note that this event is now fully booked. Bafta members should contact Bafta Events on 020 7292 5802 to enquire about ticket availability.

In this evening seminar, pioneers in the fields of film-making, computer games and documentaries will discuss how developments in digital technologies have enabled them to explore new forms of narrative and storytelling across a range of genres and media platforms.

Drawing on innovative examples of their own work, they'll describe their use of devices such as simultaneous multiple narrative strands, non-linearity and interactivity, and consider future opportunities to develop '3-D narratives' for digital platforms.

• Mike Figgis, Film Director
Acclaimed director Mike Figgis talks about his experimentation with multiple narrative strands in recent film Timecode, and explain how he has developed this approach further in forthcoming feature Hotel.

• Peter Molyneux, Lionhead Studios
Veteran PC games creator Peter Molyneux is responsible for developingsome of the best selling games ever produced, including Black & White, Populus and Dungeon Keeper. Here he'll examine how multiplayer, multi-stranded narratives are scripted and developed in the computer gaming environment.

• Peter Armstrong, OneWorld International
Former BBC TV documentary producer Peter Armstrong, responsible for the pioneering interactive Doomsday Project in 1980, will demonstrate and discuss a non-linear documentary format he developed at a recent Pilot Broadband Lab funded by NESTA.

The evening will be chaired by Digital Content Consultant Stephen Jeffery-Poulter, and is followed by a drinks reception sponsored by Business Link for London.

This event is the second in the Creative Alchemy series developed by digital content consultant Stephen Jeffery-Poulter and New Media Knowledge in association with BAFTA.

Speaker Profiles

Mike Figgis
Born in England and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, Mike Figgis studied music in London, where he helped form a rhythm and blues group called the Gas Board that included amongst its members a young Bryan Ferry. Figgis' roots as a musician would later be made readily apparent in his screen work, as he has scored several of his films. Following his tenure with the Gas Board, he went on to work with an experimental British comedy/variety group known as The People Show. After being turned down by the National Film School, Figgis bankrolled his own 60-minute TV movie, The House (1976), gaining an entry into mainstream filmmaking.

In 1988, Figgis made his feature directorial and screenwriting debut with Stormy Monday, and went on to achieve both critical and commercial success with Internal Affairs (1990), Mr. Jones (1993) and The Browning Version (1994). However, it was with his highly acclaimed Leaving Las Vegas (1995) that the director really hit the big time, earning him Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director Academy Award nominations (and the Best Actor Oscar for star Nicholas Cage). Figgis followed up this success two years later with One Night Stand, and released two films in 1999: The Loss of Sexual Innocence, and Miss Julie.

In 2000, Figgis released Timecode, which broke new ground by featuring four frames of simultaneous action displayed on four quadrants of the screen. He has since explored this technique further in the forthcoming Hotel.

Peter Molyneux
Peter Molyneux founded Bullfrog Productions in 1987 to develop new strategy games. He is the creator of the first 'God sim' game, Populus, which has sold over 4 million copies and is among the top ten most successful computer games ever. At Bullfrog, he also developed Powermonger, Magic Carpet, Theme Park and Dungeon Keeper, each selling over 400,000 copies each. In 1995, Bullfrog was sold to Californian leisure software giants, Electronic Arts and Peter remained as Managing Director until 1997 when he left to set up Lionhead Studios, putting together a team of like-minded enthusiasts to develop games.

Peter is a well-known speaker and has given talks at, among others, the British Film Institute, the American Museum of the Moving Image, the Institute of Contemporary Arts and the Dortmund Museum of History and Culture.

Peter Armstrong
A senior figure in British broadcasting and global new media, Peter Armstrong worked at the BBC for 20 years. As a producer and Head of Department he founded several path-breaking series in the area of development and human values, including Everyman, now in its third decade, and Global Report, which won the United Nations Association Peace Prize. In 1980 he started and produced The Doomsday Project, the first multimedia initiative of the BBC, involving a million citizens in creating an interactive record of Great Britain. Later he become director of Network Television for the Elstree Centre and, in 1986, created the BBC Interactive Television Unit. He left the BBC to become a founding Director of Word Pictures, an independent media and television production company, and Chairman of the MultiMedia Corporation, later a public company. In 1995, with Anuradha Vittachi, he launched OneWorld, which has grown into a portal www.oneworld.net covering over 1000 partner NGO websites worldwide. It focuses on global issues and social justice and is produced by centres in ten countries. Peter is currently Director of OneWorld International Ltd. and a policy advisor to governments and international bodies on the use of information and communications technology for global sustainable development.

Stephen Jeffery-Poulter
Stephen Jeffery-Poulter spent 15 years making television programming at the BBC and as an independent producer before moving into digital media three years ago. He has worked for RTSe, Pittard Sullivan and Mousepower on web and interactive TV projects, and was senior producer of the Earth Vortal at now.com. He is currently co-developing a multi-platform interactive digital entertainment project in association with Hyperbole Studios, Los Angeles. Stephen produced last year's Digital Synergies seminar programme with NMK, BAFTA and Pact, exploring production issues in converged digital media, and has been a regular contributor to digital media events including: innonet 02 in Helsinki, Streaming Media Europe 2001 and the London Writing Festival.

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