Future Tuesdays to host Queen’s University Belfast’s QUB MediaLab 9th Nov 12Noon.

Future Screens NI monthly event series Future Tuesdays hosts Queen’s University Belfast’s (QUB) MediaLab in a hybrid live/online event showcasing the centre’s content creation pipelines, tools and approaches on 9th of November 12 Noon.

Future Screens NI and the QUB MediaLab have come together to present a deep dive into some of the content creation pipelines, tools and approaches that are driving innovation across the creative industries and providing artists, engineers and developers alternative approaches to realise their vision! Through a brief overview of the MediaLab, we will contextualise the impact innovation will have on storytelling which will be followed by a number of case studies that look at the process of overcoming bottlenecks, evaluating tools and testing processes.  

The event will feature Belfast-based artist Kevin Killen and Donal Phillips, Business Development Manager for the Creative Industries at QUB.

In person tickets are available for this event here.  

Not quite ready to meet in person, grab your online ticket here.

The British Council NI seek emerging artist for New Narratives report.

The British Council Northern Ireland are seeking 10 artists including illustrators, bloggers, designers, & animators aged 18-35 to visually interpret their New Narratives report. The New Narratives programme aims to strengthen connections between UK & Africa.

Submission deadline: 29 October 2021

For more information and to apply visit: http://bit.ly/bc-artistcommission

StoryFutures are seeking Mobile AR Producer and Festival Producer.

Future Screens NI’s AHRC cluster partner StoryFutures Academy, Royal Holloway, University of London are recruiting for two posts: a Mobile AR Producer and Festival Producer.

The Mobile AR Producer will deliver an immersive storytelling experience for Festival 2022 that will span the country, bringing together diverse new talent and some of the UK’s leading media names including BFI, BBC, Nexus Studios, ISO Design, Produce UK, Uplands TV, The Reading Agency as well as Niantic, the makers of Pokémon Go.

The role will have a high level of responsibility for delivering different formats of immersive storytelling experiences. A strong understanding of interactive media, excellent communication skills, and great storytelling are a must. You will need to juggle multiple demands and stakeholders, be familiar with compliance and risk assessments, apply and develop a high level of editorial standards in the ethics of place-based and historical storytelling.

Festival 2022 Producer

StoryFutures are seeking a Producer to join a team that will create a magical experience that brings together film, broadcast and augmented reality, public archives, digital access, and immersive storytelling. The post will have a high level of autonomy and responsibility for delivering different formats of immersive storytelling experiences. The post includes working with new creatives and diverse communities and will involve training, mentoring of this cohort.

Closing Date: 1st November 2021

Interview Date: 5th November 2021

For more information on the Mobile AR Producer role visit here.

For more information on the Festival Producer role visit here.

StoryFutures Academy hold Open Call for Virtual Production Lab Producers.

The storytelling-led, immersive technology training programme StoryFutures Academy has an Open Call for Virtual Production Lab Producers. The VP Skills Lab: Producers starts on 24th November 2021 and is a vocation-specific lab tailored to meet sector-specific needs. This lab will be in a small group of 12 and is intended to provide hands-on learning with an LED Wall, granting participants the ability to expand creative thinking in effective and efficient ways. With support from StoryFutures Academy Professor Peter Richardson (VP Lead) and Johnny Johnson (Lead Technician), participants will also have the opportunity to learn about Final Pixel in-camera technology, through the case study and demonstrations of Paul Franklin’s recently completed short film ‘Fireworks’, made by Wilder Films, and shot using a VP volume.

Applications close on Monday 1st November 2021

For More Information and to apply visit here.

Ulster Touring Opera is recruiting an Application Developer.

Ulster Touring Opera (UTO) is currently hiring. The Future Screens NI R&D grant recipient seeking a full-time, fixed term Application Developer (1st November 2021 - 21st March 2022) as part of UTO’s participation in XRX, the new innovative immersive content, products or services programme delivered in partnership by Northern Ireland Screen, Future Screens NI and Digital Catapult NI.

For more information on UTO and the job description visit here.