Shelley Birse has taken home the Australian Writers’ Guild’s (Awg) 2020 John Hinde Award for Science Fiction Writing for Stan Original series The Commons.
Birse, the creator of the show, receives $10,000 for the drama which offers a glimpse into a not-too-distant future where climate change and biotechnology raise important ethical questions for humanity.
The annual award, first presented in 2008, is funded by a bequest from the late film critic John Hinde. It was Hinde’s wish that future generations of Australian science-fiction screenwriters be nurtured through industry opportunities.
Highly commended in the produced category were Antony Webb’s Awgie-nominated short film Carmentis and episode 13 of The Unlisted, written by Mithila Gupta.
David Peterson’s feature script Untethered won in the unproduced category.
The screenplay follows a former refugee on a mission to Mars who must confront her lack of trust in her crew when their ship is damaged and grapple...
Birse, the creator of the show, receives $10,000 for the drama which offers a glimpse into a not-too-distant future where climate change and biotechnology raise important ethical questions for humanity.
The annual award, first presented in 2008, is funded by a bequest from the late film critic John Hinde. It was Hinde’s wish that future generations of Australian science-fiction screenwriters be nurtured through industry opportunities.
Highly commended in the produced category were Antony Webb’s Awgie-nominated short film Carmentis and episode 13 of The Unlisted, written by Mithila Gupta.
David Peterson’s feature script Untethered won in the unproduced category.
The screenplay follows a former refugee on a mission to Mars who must confront her lack of trust in her crew when their ship is damaged and grapple...
- 12/3/2020
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The Australian Writers’ Guild (Awg) has opened applications for the 2020 John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science-Fiction Writing.
Funded by a bequest from the late film critic John Hinde, the prize offers $10,000 for the best produced script and professional support to the best unproduced script.
Entries may be science-fiction feature film, television series or miniseries, web series, audio, animation, children’s television, or interactive media.
Both scripts receive entry to the Awg’s Pathway Program. The unproduced winner will have an experienced genre producer read their work, and be set up with a meeting with an industry professional, hand-selected for their particular script.
Past winners in the produced category include Lucas Taylor’s Eleven Eleven in 2019, the late Cris Jones’ feature The Death and Life of Otto Bloom in 2017, episode five of Cleverman by Michael Miller in 2016, and Jesse O’Brien’s feature film Arrowhead in 2015.
Past unproduced winners include C.S. McMullen’s Awake,...
Funded by a bequest from the late film critic John Hinde, the prize offers $10,000 for the best produced script and professional support to the best unproduced script.
Entries may be science-fiction feature film, television series or miniseries, web series, audio, animation, children’s television, or interactive media.
Both scripts receive entry to the Awg’s Pathway Program. The unproduced winner will have an experienced genre producer read their work, and be set up with a meeting with an industry professional, hand-selected for their particular script.
Past winners in the produced category include Lucas Taylor’s Eleven Eleven in 2019, the late Cris Jones’ feature The Death and Life of Otto Bloom in 2017, episode five of Cleverman by Michael Miller in 2016, and Jesse O’Brien’s feature film Arrowhead in 2015.
Past unproduced winners include C.S. McMullen’s Awake,...
- 7/28/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Movie and TV composers are in greater demand than ever for, surprisingly, new music for the concert hall.
For decades, concert commissions for film composers were few and far between. The increasing popularity of John Williams’ film music, and his visibility as conductor of the Boston Pops in the 1980s and ’90s, led to his writing a number of concert works, but Williams was, for the most part, the exception to the rule.
That is changing, some composers say, because orchestra managers are reaching the belated conclusion that film music communicates immediately to audiences, and the current trend of live-to-picture concerts of movie hits (everything from “Star Wars” to “Lord of the Rings”) is bringing in big bucks. As a result, adventurous programmers are seeking new works by established film composers in hopes that audiences have developed a thirst for similarly melodic, even exciting, music by names they recognize even...
For decades, concert commissions for film composers were few and far between. The increasing popularity of John Williams’ film music, and his visibility as conductor of the Boston Pops in the 1980s and ’90s, led to his writing a number of concert works, but Williams was, for the most part, the exception to the rule.
That is changing, some composers say, because orchestra managers are reaching the belated conclusion that film music communicates immediately to audiences, and the current trend of live-to-picture concerts of movie hits (everything from “Star Wars” to “Lord of the Rings”) is bringing in big bucks. As a result, adventurous programmers are seeking new works by established film composers in hopes that audiences have developed a thirst for similarly melodic, even exciting, music by names they recognize even...
- 3/23/2019
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
Always an interesting place for the convergence of tech and entertainment, SXSW unveiled a new crop of Vr experiences this week. Along with the four pieces we covered at Sundance, there were a total of 24 experiences in the new, less cavernous conference hall. As news echos through the industry of the closing of Google's Vr content arm, it's an interesting time for Vr creators. Not to be daunted, there were quite a few interesting pieces, including one of the most innovative narrative experiences ever created in the medium. Eleven Eleven A clear innovation in Vr storytelling technique, Eleven Eleven is a phenomenal 3D animated Vr narrative that drops you on an alien world just moments...
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- 3/14/2019
- Screen Anarchy
Syfy has partnered with sister company Sky to launch its sci-fi Vr experience Eleven Eleven in Europe.
The NBCUniversal Networks-backed broadcaster is set to launch the story, designed for virtual reality (Vr) and augmented reality (Ar) at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival.
It will then roll the service out in Sky territories – the pay-tv giant operates in the UK, Germany and Italy – in late May.
Produced in association with Digital Domain, Eleven Eleven is influenced by immersive theatre, using storytelling techniques that enable users to view the action from multiple perspectives. Set on an island planet, users are placed at the center of the action as characters count down the final 11 minutes and 11 seconds to an extinction-level event. Users have the ability to control their experience by following a group of interconnected characters and their stories, with over 90 minutes of content to explore.
Written by Lucas Taylor, with voice and motion-capture directed by Keith Arem,...
The NBCUniversal Networks-backed broadcaster is set to launch the story, designed for virtual reality (Vr) and augmented reality (Ar) at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival.
It will then roll the service out in Sky territories – the pay-tv giant operates in the UK, Germany and Italy – in late May.
Produced in association with Digital Domain, Eleven Eleven is influenced by immersive theatre, using storytelling techniques that enable users to view the action from multiple perspectives. Set on an island planet, users are placed at the center of the action as characters count down the final 11 minutes and 11 seconds to an extinction-level event. Users have the ability to control their experience by following a group of interconnected characters and their stories, with over 90 minutes of content to explore.
Written by Lucas Taylor, with voice and motion-capture directed by Keith Arem,...
- 3/5/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Syfy’s upcoming science fiction "experience" Eleven Eleven is set to be made available on Sky Vr, the virtual reality platform of the pan-European satellite giant, NBCUniversal said Tuesday.
An original science fiction story designed for virtual reality and augmented reality, Eleven Eleven has also been selected by the 2019 SXSW Film Festival and will receive its world premiere as part of the festival’s Virtual Cinema stream later this month.
Produced in association with Oscar-winning VFX studio Digital Domain, Eleven Eleven will launch with three custom experiences designed for tethered Vr headsets, mobile Vr headsets and Ar devices.
“With ...
An original science fiction story designed for virtual reality and augmented reality, Eleven Eleven has also been selected by the 2019 SXSW Film Festival and will receive its world premiere as part of the festival’s Virtual Cinema stream later this month.
Produced in association with Oscar-winning VFX studio Digital Domain, Eleven Eleven will launch with three custom experiences designed for tethered Vr headsets, mobile Vr headsets and Ar devices.
“With ...
Syfy’s upcoming science fiction "experience" Eleven Eleven is set to be made available on Sky Vr, the virtual reality platform of the pan-European satellite giant, NBCUniversal said Tuesday.
An original science fiction story designed for virtual reality and augmented reality, Eleven Eleven has also been selected by the 2019 SXSW Film Festival and will receive its world premiere as part of the festival’s Virtual Cinema stream later this month.
Produced in association with Oscar-winning VFX studio Digital Domain, Eleven Eleven will launch with three custom experiences designed for tethered Vr headsets, mobile Vr headsets and Ar devices.
“With ...
An original science fiction story designed for virtual reality and augmented reality, Eleven Eleven has also been selected by the 2019 SXSW Film Festival and will receive its world premiere as part of the festival’s Virtual Cinema stream later this month.
Produced in association with Oscar-winning VFX studio Digital Domain, Eleven Eleven will launch with three custom experiences designed for tethered Vr headsets, mobile Vr headsets and Ar devices.
“With ...
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