docSHIFT Crossover Weekend

AGENDA

docSHIFT CROSSOVER Weekend 

What’s the future of documentary? How can film makers and TV producers work with game developers, web and interactive designers to invent formats for new media? What’s the reality of “360”, cross-platform development and commissioning? How have documentaries moved beyond conventional platforms to engage new audiences by embracing games, mobile platforms and social media? This weekend will provide a solid introduction to Crossover’s open, directed collaborative methodology and will feature primarily group exercises. The end result: filmmakers and new media creators thinking about existing and potential projects in new ways and prepped for success —Congratulations on being accepted!

WORKSHOP LOCATION:

Centre for Social Innovation
215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 120
We are located on Spadina, north of Queen, south of Dundas
Problems arriving: call 647 404 7217 OR 647-400-3483

Saturday, May 8th

9:00  CHECK IN & COFFEE/SNACKS

9:30-1:00    THE TRANSMEDIA ECOLOGY 

Introductions

Goals for the weekend

       docSHIFT and Crossover Labs: Background, Process, Outcomes

       The Digital Media Landscape: developing a common perspective

1:00 - 2:00         LUNCH TIME ON THE FOURTH FLOOR

please note you will need to find someone with a fob key to access the fourth floor.                                                                         

2:00-5:00            DIRECTIONS

  Current projects/future possibilities                                               

         Case studies: new formats, broadcaster experiments

         Generating and Developing ideas in a cross-platform mediascape

Sunday May 9^th    (Happy Mother’s Day!)

9:00                   DOORS OPEN/Coffee On

9:30- 1:00          CROSS PLATFORM DESIGN: ISSUES & TECHNIQUES

User Centred Design

      Personas/Scenarios

     Project Ideation

 1:00-2:00           LUNCH

2:00-5:00           BEYOND SCREENS

  Case studies of and designing for:

Site specific, live and location based experiences

Games and mobile platforms

What’s next?

5:30- 7:00          CHEERS!

Cocktail reception for participants and invited guests.

*Please note our facilitators may vary/change sessions according to group interest and other factors.  

docShift Crossover Weekend Facilitator Bios

Frank Boyd is the creative director of Crossover. He worked at the BBC as Director of Creative Development, where he directed a series of development labs for interactive television, broadband and cross-platform production. He designed events, seminars and labs for clients in the public and private sectors and ran Innovation Labs for the BBC before setting up Crossover with Mark Atkin and Heather Croall.

Mark Atkin is a director of Crossover Labs, the Head of the Documentary Campus Masterschool, Marketplace consultant to the Australian International Documentary Conference and an executive producer. Until the end of 2008, he was Commissioning Editor for SBS TV and on-line commissioning, co-producing and acquiring for TV and on-line, across all genres, for SBS Australia, the world’s most diverse public broadcaster.

docSHIFT is an initiative of DOC Toronto and is made possible with the support of the Ontario Media Development Corporation on behalf of the Ministry of Culture.

It is presented in partnership with Ryerson University, Hot Docs, CFC Media Lab and the National Film Board.      

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