Writers’ Group: Writing for Virtual and Immersive Productions

For this month’s Writers’ Group, host Christina Pickworth will be in conversation with Professor Adam Ganz, Head of the Writers Room at StoryFutures Academy.

With immersive technologies vastly developing and the expansion of virtual productions in the UK, Christina will be discussing with Adam how writers from the worlds of film, TV and games can transition their craft and storytelling skills to write for virtual productions.

Adam will be giving an introduction to VR and immersive technologies, offering insight to the creative process of writing for a production and highlight some of the possibilities that can be explored by writers through these new technologies.

After the talk there will be time for the audience to ask questions during the Q&A.

Event Schedule:

18:25: Please join the webinar waiting room

18:30: Christina Pickworth in conversation with Adam Ganz

19:15: Attendee Q&A opens

19:30: Finish

Prof. Adam Ganz is Professor of Screenwriting at Royal Holloway and Head of the Writers Room at StoryFutures Academy, the UK’s National Centre for Immersive Storytelling run by National Film & Television School and Royal Holloway. In addition to leading for StoryFutures Academy on the ‘One Story Many Voices’ Project with Imperial War Museum and StoryFutures Academy, he also designed and ran a project on ‘Writing for Immersive Audio’ with Inua Ellams, Jayde Adams, Georgina Campbell, Fryars and Rae Morris and was nominated for best single drama for the BBC for his play The Gestapo Minutes.

Host

Christina Pickworth, Agent, Imagine Talent

Christina is an agent for writers and directors at a small, bespoke agency Imagine Talent, with a list that focuses on emerging talent and female voices. Christina has written feature films, consulted for production companies and financiers, and freelanced at United Agents, as well as spending several years working in film development finance for a fund that invested in 300 British film projects over three years. Christina has previously sat on the selection committee for the BAFTA Rocliffe screenwriting competitions, and she consults for Stage 32, Industrial Scripts and Reel One Entertainment.

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