DOCNZ Lab - Call for submissions *updated*
The explosive growth of cross media has meant that boundaries and borders are fast disappearing as one form of media intermixes with another, and then another, and so on; creating new prototypes of entertainment media. Film meets gaming meets virtual worlds meets mobile videos meets podcasts meets audience participatory media meets social networking…. and the list goes on.
With fast evolving audience tastes and demands along-side innovation and technology, new opportunities for new prototypes in story-telling, interaction, collaboration and co-productions are arising. Added to this, there is the global village which we live in, the fusion of communities and cultures as well as our society’s need for immediacy, relevance and participation.
Content creators need to embrace cross-media and 360 degree platforms.
We are now open for applications to DOCNZ Lab 2010. Up to 12 teams will be selected to attend the two-day Lab (27 & 28 February 2010). Wendy Levy of The Producer’s Institute (USA, www.bavc.org), will facilitate the Lab which will also feature local and international mentors from diverse areas like story-telling, gaming, motion graphics and animation, social networking, virtual worlds, producing, 3G and mobile technology and film/TV making. Together, they will introduce, discuss and work with the selected teams to develop their projects to include all the diverse cross-platforms.
This is a significant opportunity for teams who recognize the urgency in developing new prototypes for content creation and delivery so as to fully maximize the potential of their projects as well as to compete internationally.
The DOCNZ Lab 2010 will act as an incubator aiming to enable the presenters with the opportunity to develop their projects by sharing ideas as well as through mentorship programme based on feedback and interactive participation.
Whether you are in drama or documentary, attending DOCNZ Lab is a must if you wish to develop digital media ideas across-platforms as you can benefit from the skills and knowledge of the presenters.
Submissions are now open and must reach our offices no later than 4pm on Friday, 15 Jan 2010.
Projects that are challenging, innovative in their subject matter that will translate across different platforms.
The Documentary NZ Trust
DOCNZ Lab 2010
PO Box 90943
AMSC
Auckland 1142
++ 64 9 36 00 329 or summit@docnz.org.nz
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The Documentary New Zealand TrustThe Documentary New Zealand Trust
Is a non-for-profit charitable organization that leads and promotes the importance of documentary films and filmmaking in New Zealand to our creative, business and wider communities. The Trust runs several activities including the Documentary Edge Festival, Screen Edge Forum, DOC Pitch, DOC Lab and Documentary Edge Campus.
Documentary Edge Festival is Australasia's premiere international competitive documentary film festival held annually in New Zealand and showcases the very best documentary films from New Zealand and around the World. The Festival includes a Gala Awards, Q&A sessions with filmmakers, social functions and more.
The Screen Edge Forum is an annual Film, TV and All Media industry event focused on innovative ways to create and fund all kinds of screen production. It includes seminars, panels, master-classes, and a pitching forum. The Forum is a place to update your tool-box with cutting-edge ideas and network with local and international professionals and experts. The Forum is a 3-day event that runs at the same time of Documentary Edge Festival. A key event of the Forum is a Pitching Forum (DOC Pitch) attended by local and overseas commissioners, buyers and sales agents where selected projects are pitched with an opportunity to earn a commission or co-production funding.
DOC Lab is a 3-day incubator for transmedia projects. Whether you are in drama or documentary, if you wish to develop digital media ideas across platforms then you should attend DOC Lab.
The Trust is also developing the Docu72, a short form documentaty competition.
