BELLYFEEL & LEEDS SCHOOL OF ARTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LEEDS ARTS RESEARCH CENTRE PRESENT A ONE-DAY ONLINE CONFERENCE ABOUT INTERACTIVE STORIES – FEATURING CREATORS, FANS AND COMMENTATORS.
IINTERACTIVE STORIES AND BEYOND...
WHAT IS AN INTERACTIVE STORY?
A story that changes the audience, and in response, the audience changes the story...
Interactive storytelling intersects with all sectors of the modern media industry and gives the audience more choice, more voice and more power.
What does that mean for writers, artists, producers and directors? What does that mean for the audience?
MONDAY 4TH MARCH 2024 - ONLINE
SPEAKERS:
KATERINA CIZEK
Emmy-winning documentarian, author, producer and artistic director of the Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Documentary Lab
MAGDALENA ZYCH
Screenwriter and Storycoordinator for CD Projekt Red on Cyberpunk: 2077 and Witcher games
BILAL ZAFAR
Stand Up Comedian, Actor, Writer and Twitch Streamer
Midday
online intro - CONFERENCE STREAM START
1205 TO 1235
“FREE THE STORY” DOCUMENTARY ABOUT INTERACTIVITY, AS SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF THE UNSPOKEN CONTRACTS BETWEEN STORYTELLERS AND THEIR AUDIENCES.
1235 TO 1315
AI IS CRAP AT WRITING SCRIPTS. BUT IT'S GREAT AT INTERACTIVITY – PHIL BIRCHENALL
1315 TO 1400
EUREKA PANEL - DISCUSSING MOMENTS OF PERFECT CLARITY IN INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING – ANNA ZALUCZKOWSKA, PETE WOODBRIDGE AND BETTINA BÓDI
1400 TO 1430
LUNCH BREAK
1430 TO 1510
HOW I WROTE CYBERPUNK 2077'S JUDY ALVEREZ CHARACTER AND WHAT SHE TAUGHT ME – MAGDALENA ZYCH
1510 TO 1550
WE'RE ALL IN THE STORY - IT'S A CROWD THING – BILAL ZAFAR
1550 TO 1720
FROM HIGHRISE TO COLLECTIVE WISDOM AT THE CO-CREATION STUDIO AT MIT OPEN DOCUMENTARY LAB - HOW TO CO-CREATE AND WHY? – KAT CIZEK (KEYNOTE INSIDE/OUT LECTURE)
1730
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