Calling all writers in Yorkshire & Humber! (19/08/2009)
Would you like to learn more about the process of scripting for games from industry experts? Do you already write for TV, film or theatre - or are you a new writer who wants to find out about working in one of the fastest growing digital industries in the UK?
Game Republic in association with BAFTA present:
Writing For Games
Tuesday 8th September, 6pm
3 Albion Place, Leeds LS1 6JL
The games industry was worth £4bn in the UK alone last year, and Yorkshire and Humber boasts some of the world's most successful studios including Team 17 (with Worms and Alien Breed Evolution), Rockstar Leeds (makers of Grand Theft Auto games for Nintendo DS and Sony PSP) and Sumo Digital (creators of Virtua Tennis 2009 and OutRun Online Arcade for SEGA.)
Writing For Games is a free networking event and panel discussion about writing narrative for games, featuring some of the industry's top developers, producers and writers including Charles Cecil, founder of Revolution (Broken Sword, Beneath a Steel Sky), John Dennis, Design Manager at Team 17 (Worms, Alien Breed Evolution), Andy Walsh, Writer (Prince of Persia, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) and Marek Walton from The Mustard Corporation (Driver, Virtua Tennis 3).
Writing For Games will also introduce the first details of the games strand of Screen Yorkshire's PAGE ONE scheme, that aims to get new writers or writers from different media from the Yorkshire and Humber region into games scripting, complete with mentoring from world-renowned local games company Team 17.
If you'd like to attend this free event, sign up here:
There'll be more information on the PAGE ONE scheme live on the Screen Yorkshire website soon. To make sure you're kept up to date with PAGE ONE, along with all the latest news and events for the digital media industries in the region, sign up to Screen Yorkshire's monthly e-bulletin here:
BAFTA's Access All Areas programme aims to improve access to opportunity within the film, TV and video game industries. Whether or not you're a BAFTA member, you can sign up to the mailing list at http://www.bafta.org/newsletter/ for details of further live events, webcasts and competition giveaways.
