SXSW 2012: Dreams of Your Life: A Darkly Playful Experience

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Film4 is a developer and co-financier behind films such as KILL LIST, THE IRON LADY and ATTACK THE BLOCK and is known for working with the most innovative talent in the UK. This session will take Film4’s first multiplatform commission, a unique and innovative digital experience inspired by Carol Morley’s feature DREAMS OF A LIFE.

DREAMS OF A LIFE pieces together the true story of 38 year old Joyce Vincent, whose skeleton was found in her bedsit 3years after she had died. The accompanying digital commission, www.dreamsofyourlife.com, has been developed by award-winning interactive agency Hide&Seek, as a thought-provoking and immersive experience which engages users in the themes explored by the film.

Award-winning writer A.L. Kennedy crafted the absorbing and sometimes unnerving narrative, which prompts responses to questions on society, friendship, love and loneliness. This is played against the backdrop of beautifully haunting time-lapse imagery, by photographer Lottie Davies.

http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_FP990276

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