Lumina

Nov 11 2019 10

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Lumina is a podcast about the future of creativity — the ways technology is changing the way we tell stories, and the place they have in the world. Fenella Kernebone speaks to leaders from Australia and around the world to explore the unique opportunities for creative industries at this moment in time. Season 2 is about the business of storytelling — how to thrive as a creative in Australia's evolving economy. Season 1 looks at how tech is challenging and shaping the way we share stories.
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S2 E5 | Creative ideas in the global economy

Nov 11 2019 23 mins

How can creative work influence Australia's image on the world stage, and why should practitioners care?Australian Hollywood producer Greg Basser (Gentle Giant) explains the value of thinking of your creative career as an international one — and the economic, diplomatic and social benefits of being major creative players. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio

S2 E4 | The value of a creative idea

Nov 11 2019 20 mins

How can I harness, and protect, the value of my intellectual property? Creative ideas are valuable. But as a creative it can be hard to know what is worth protecting and when it’s worth sharing IP to get things made.Hear from Wendy Zukerman of podcast Science Vs, who sold the idea to US company Gimlet Media and Animal Logic’s Zareh Nalbandian, on why IP generation is good busin

S2 E3 | Social problems with creative solutions

Nov 11 2019 21 mins

How can creatives make work with a real social impact? Creative skills can have economic value, but they can also have real social value.Hear from Comedy Central’s first head of social impact Erika Soto Lamb and filmmaker Christopher Nelius on his initiative the Lion’s Share. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

S2 E2 | Problem solving with creative brains

Nov 11 2019 16 mins

How can I spot creative opportunities in non-creative business? Skills like problem solving, lateral thinking, storytelling are valuable outside traditional creative industries — learn about how practitioners can seek opportunities out and approach old problems in new ways. Hear from James Boyce from Grumpy Sailor about their collaboration with the TAC, tackling the ambitiou

S2 E1 | The value of creativity

Nov 11 2019 15 mins

What are your creative skills worth to the future Australian economy? Hear from Russel Howcroft and Dr Georgie McClean about AFTRS Creativity Manifesto and a new approach for thinking about the role creative skills can play in traditionally non-creative arenas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lumina Season 2: Coming soon

Oct 29 2019 1 mins

This new season of Lumina is about the business of storytelling — how to thrive as a creative in Australia's evolving economy.As the economy changes, the value of creative work is increasing. Over five episodes, you’ll learn how to spot creative opportunities in non-creative business, hear from people applying storytelling skills to social problems and explore the role creative

4: Immersed in the story: Part one

Nov 06 2018 22 mins

The story is all around us—more than ever before we have the power to make stories that engage multiple senses, and toss the audience into a whole new world where they feel they’re part of the action. But does immersion using technology like binaural audio, virtual reality or augmented reality lead to a great connection to story? Chris Panzetta from S1T2 explains the difference

5: Immersed in the story: Part two

Nov 06 2018 17 mins

Sink deeper into the world of immersive storytelling—now that we know an immersive story, well told, can make us feel ‘present’, can these stories bring us closer to each other? Can experiencing a story using immersive technology increase our empathy for people with stories very different to our own?Scott O’Brien thinks so, he’s the founder of VR and AR company Humense, a

2: The essentials of story

Nov 06 2018 19 mins

The way stories are delivered and experienced is changing, becoming less linear, more interactive. But even in these new forms, there are good stories and bad ones. What sets a story apart, keeps someone turning the page, watching the TV show or answering their smart speaker? Nicky Birch from BBC R&D has found that even the weirdest of interactive experiments need a few storyte

3: Can’t get you out of my head

Nov 06 2018 18 mins

Do machines have what it takes to create music that taps into human emotion? Tech is increasingly aiding human creativity, but is there an x factor to great stories and art that machines can’t replicate? The team at Uncanny Valley shows us how they’re teaching computers to understand human emotion, and Peter Clay tells us about the human intuition at the heart of programming fe