Advance Programme
Day 1 - Conference, 12 December 2008
Theme: “The Lu-Creative Business of Machinima”
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| Time |
Duration |
Speaker/Topic |
| 8.30 |
30min |
Registration |
| 9.00 |
10min |
Introduction by Host, Allein Moore, Chief Editor, AdAsia |
| 9.10 |
10min |
Welcome Address by Prof Lee Yong Tsui, SIGGRAPH ASIA Chair |
| 9.20 |
10min |
Public Address by Ho Chee Yue, President of AMAS
Title: Play. Compete. Create. Unleash Your Creativity with Machinima |
| Conference – Morning Session: |
| 9.30 |
30min |
Friedrich Kirschner, Academy of MACHINIMA Arts & Science, Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology, New York
Title: Machinima. Past. Present. Future |
| 10.00 |
5min |
Refreshments Break |
| 10.05 |
30min |
Professor Keiji Mitsubuchi, Digital Hollywood University
Title: Machinima and the Digital Content Industry: An Industry Perspective from the Digital Hollywood University |
| 10.35 |
45min |
Richard Childers, CEO, Virtual Space Entertainment
Title: Building the Blue Mars Internet HD Television Network |
| 11.20 |
45min |
Xu Hui, CEO, HipiHi
Title: Let Everyone Be A Filmmaker -- When Machinima Meets Virtual World |
| 12.05 |
5 min |
Refreshments Break |
| 12.10 |
45min |
Panel Discussion 1
Title: Would Machinima Evolve To Be The Next Mainstream Television Media? Moderator: Mark Chavez
Panelists: Richard Childers, Keiji Mitsubuchi, Egils Mednis, Ricard Gras |
| 13.00 |
1hr |
LUNCH |
| Conference – Afternoon Session: |
| 14.00 |
30min |
Jeremy Synder, CEO, Metaversum Asia
Title: Machinima and the “VIRTUA-WOOD” |
| 14.30 |
30min |
Machinima Screenings – Best of Shows from Machinima FilmFest 2008, NYC |
| 15.00 |
30min |
IAH Games
Title: The Future of Online Games and its Romance with Machinima |
| 15.30 |
30min |
Ricard Gras, Machinima Europe
Title: Machinima and the Gaming “Play-grimage” |
| 16.00 |
5min |
Refreshments Break |
| 16.05 |
45min |
Panel Discussion 2
Is There a Business Model for Machinima?
Moderator: Friedrich Kirschner
Panelists: Samuel Seow, Jeremy Synder, Xu Hui, Jeffrey Seah, IAH Games |
| 16:50 |
30min |
Q&A |
| 17.20 |
10min |
Closing by Host |
|
Day 2 - Master Classes, 13 December 2008
Theme: “Learning from The Award Winning Gurus”
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| Time |
Duration |
Speaker/Topic |
| 8.30 |
30min |
Registration |
| 9.00 |
10min |
Introduction by Friedrich Kirschner, Festival Director, Machinima Film Festival 2008 |
| Master Classes – Morning Session: |
| 9.10 |
50min |
Egils Mednis, Best of Show, Machinima FilmFest, NYC 2008
Title: The making of " THE SHIP" |
| 10.00 |
30min |
Don Brutzman, Naval Postgraduate School
Title: Interactive Introduction to X3D Graphics and Games |
| 10.30 |
10min |
Refreshments Break |
| 10.40 |
50min |
Ricard Gras, Creative Director, Inter-Activa
Title: The makings of the MV "Unknown Hero" |
| 11.30 |
30min |
Richard Childers, Founder of Virtual Space Entertainment
Title: “Blue Mars 2150AD” - Behind-the-Scenes |
| 12.00 - 14.00 |
1hr 10min |
LUNCH |
| Master Classes – Afternoon Session: |
| 14.00 |
30min |
Machinima Screenings-Best of Shows from Machinima Film Fest 2008, NYC |
| 14.30 |
30min |
Francis Wee, Founder, Religion
Title: The Award Winning Story |
| 15.00 |
10min |
IAH Games
Title: Unveiling the IAH Fantazzztic AdFest 2009 |
| 15.10 |
30min |
Doug Gillon, Producer, IAH Games
Title: Making it Fast: Producing mind blowing clips of 60 seconds or less using Granado Espada. |
| 15:40 |
10min |
Refreshments Break |
| 15.50 |
20min |
Presentation by Virtuamotion, Nanyang Polytechnic |
| 16:10 |
10min |
Closing by Mr Ho Chee Yue, President of AMAS |
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For further enquiries, please contact us at symposium2008@machinima.org.sg.
*The organiser reserves the right to amend the programme without prior notice. |
