International Short Film Festival SLEEPWALKERS presents: Serious Games Seminar
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iCal calendarThe seminar will introduce many different topics of gaming.
Such as:
- How to write the scripts for the games
- Different media platforms where the games could exist
- What is the future of the serious gaming
- How to produce a good game
- Who is needed in the team to produce a game
- How to market the games and how to get the funding.
- How gaming world and films could be connected
Timetable:
9:55 鈥 10:00 Opening
10:00 鈥 10:10 Timoteus Tuovinen (Commission Helsinki). The state of transmedia
10:10 鈥 11:15 James Gray (Playtech) Game design, volatility, regulations and technologies used.
11:15 鈥 12:15 Fred Moritz
12:15 鈥 12:30 Coffee break
12:30 鈥 12:45 Kristian Simolin 3D lecturer of animation 鈥 game education at Metropolia
12:45 鈥 13:15 Jaana-Maija Koivisto (Metropolia lecturer of health care). Presentation about Care Me serious game
13:15 - 13:45 Susanna Snellmann (Metropolia) & Sanna Ristaniemi (Pimu Consulting) Vyyhti game presentation
13:45 鈥 14:30 Lunch
14:00 鈥 14:45 Matti Halonen (CEO Fisher King Production Oy). Presents a case study about Nymphs. Nymphs transmedia content what has been extend into books series, TV series, feature in the development and in very early stage on the mobile game.
14:45 鈥 15:15 Martin Gr眉ner introduces his game company Aplefly. (tbc)
15:15 鈥 15:45 Bollinger-movie Joel Tainio, Aleksi Delikouras ja Timo Varam盲ki (tbc)
More information about films and programme's schedule:
Every year, Sleepwalkers strives to be a journey of discovery that allows film fans to experience some of the most exciting and cutting edge cinema available. Short films have allowed filmmakers to explore the boundaries of cinema鈥檚 limits and we will show you films that are playful, experimental, inventive and thought鈥損rovoking. From award winners to movies from brand new talents. Sleepwalkers offers something for everyone.
The festival will stay true to its roots of championing student cinema as it opens with a screening of Lost In Bosnia, a new film from the students of film.factory, the Sarajevo based film school founded by renowned filmmaker B茅la Tarr. This collection of shorts directed by 11 filmmakers is a cinematic poem dedicated to films and filmmaking.
The four competitions offers a wide diversity of films from new talents to established filmmakers. We have a number of award-winners amongst the selections with the 2014 Oscar winner for Best Live Action Short and prize winners from Venice, Edinburgh and Encounters all represented. There are also plenty of new discoveries amongst the films, providing a rich cinematic feast for everyone no matter their tastes.
This year鈥檚 film school retrospective is the Polish National Film School in 艁贸d藕 and it鈥檚 an honour for us to show films from the likes of Krzysztof Kie艣lowski and Roman Polanski as well as films from a new generation of Polish filmmakers. Our country focus will be Croatia, a place that has had a burgeoning reputation for shorts over the past few years.
The Night Cinema returns 鈥 along with the famed Vitamin Pills 鈥 and we鈥檒l have many more surprises along the way.
Welcome back Sleepwalkers. We鈥檝e missed you. Now let鈥檚 catch up on some of the best shorts in the world.