Crossover Australia brings together accomplished Australians from a variety of disciplines who are interested in applying their practice across platforms and who want to explore interactivity across screen based mediafor five days. The goal of Crossover Australia 2009 is to get innovative interactive projects funded and produced in Australia. There are a number of possible production funding avenues for material developed through Crossover Australia - for example, the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund, Film Victoria, Screen Australia, the Australia Council as well as broadcasters and the commercial financing sector.'
Like the projects it aims to create, Crossover Australia is an immersive, interactive experience. It will bring together a group of experienced creative, energetic, intellectually curious people and provoke them to swap ideas, to teach and inspire each other, to brainstorm and collaborate.
In the end, what the participants bring to the table - their strengths, insights, and talents - will shape and transform the workshops.
The ultimate goal of Crossover Australia is to get projects produced. Some projects will be conceived to reach a wide audience and have strong commercial potential, while some will take greater creative risks, relying on alternate production funds.
Previous Crossover Australia incubators held in 2003 and 2007 saw a range of projects and teams successfully conceived, developed and in some cases produced and delivered. These include:
UsMob
Us Mob is a 7-part 'choose your own adventure' series set in Hidden Valley, one of the Town Camps of Alice Springs. With Us Mob, you can follow central Australian Aboriginal teenagers Charlie, Della, Harry and Jacquita as they head off on journeys full of fun, excitement and crisis.
Heidi & Hud
A 26-part webisode series
The Hive - City of Wings
The Hive - City of Wings is an experimental multi-player game development. The Hive is a unique and multi-layered game community based on an enchanting shared-world of image, dreams and meaning.
http://www.tii.se/trgl/Projects/192.html
Planet Stella
Planet Stella is a unique and engaging cross-platform concept that will engage young Australian women with science and technology. Based on the highly successful Planet Jemma developed by XPT in the UK, Planet Stella will capture the same energy and vitality that made Planet Jemma such a hit with it's target audience.
