In a world where technological advancements and AI content production are colliding, resilient and adaptive storytelling has never been more essential within the screen industry. It's leading to big questions, like how screen creatives can best stay abreast of innovation, and how AI can be responsibly and ethically used.
Kate Armstrong-Smith, CEO and Co-Founder of Othelia, and Jessie Hughes, Senior Creative Technologist at generative AI leader Leonardo.Ai, will present their perspectives on the use of AI, introduce their AI programs, discuss the role of AI in storytelling, and the pivotal shifts we're seeing in creative technology.
In this workshop, we'll explore the landscape of storytelling and AI, looking at how artificial intelligence is changing the creative process, from ideation to final edit.
Kate will talk about how studios are integrating AI tools into their workflows and how to decrease the cost of production while protecting the chain of title and IP. With AI tools becoming increasingly intuitive, storytellers can now harness powerful applications for everything from narrative structure to world-building, often completing work that used to require entire teams in a fraction of the time. Kate will update on current tools that are gaining traction, including advancements in AI-driven story development, and editing platforms that are reshaping our approach to narrative.
Jessie will run a live demonstration showing how to leverage AI for the screen industry, and explore the ways generative AI has shaken things up. With the speed, breadth and expansive capabilities afforded by these new technologies, Jessie will look at how creatives are racing to learn how to leverage these tools. As the Senior Creative Technologist at Australian-founded generative AI leader Leonardo.Ai - earlier this year acquired by Canva - Jessie will discuss how companies like Leonardi.Ai continue to democratise creativity for the masses - and what that means for our creative specialists.
Following the day's workshop, attendees are invited to join Kate, Jessie and the Screenworks team for networking drinks at the North Byron Hotel.
Speakers
Jessie Hughes
An internationally-recognised new media artist, technologist, scholar and screenwriter, Jessie Hughes' works have exhibited most notably at Sundance, SXSW, Cannes and the Tate Modern. She's collaborated with the likes of Meta, Oculus and Adobe across a decade of leading imaginative emerging technologies. Jessie is now the Senior Creative Technologist at generative AI leader Leonardo.Ai, pioneering creative Ai tools for a new era.
Kate Armstrong-Smith
Kate Armstrong-Smith is the Co-Founder and CEO of Othelia, a storytelling research lab that champions human creativity in the age of intelligent technologies. Othelia works with some of the top storytellers and studios globally to model and protect story IP while allowing creatives to harness new intelligent tools.
With over 15 years of experience across dynamic content development and media asset management, Kate's portfolio spans collaborations with ABC, Sydney Festival, TEDxSydney, Belvoir Theatre, and Amazon Studios. A Churchill Fellow and advocate for new audience engagement with new technologies, she remains deeply committed to connecting creators with today's evolving audiences and advancing storytelling for new generations.
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Screen NSW
Screen NSW is established to assist, promote and strengthen the screen industry in NSW so as to promote Australia’s cultural identity, encourage employment in all aspects of screen production, encourage investment in the industry, enhance the industry’s export potential, encourage innovation and enhance quality in the industry.
Through its funding programs and skilled staff Screen NSW:
- supports the screen production sector to make quality projects that create jobs and grow stable businesses in the State;
- provides advice and information to improve capability in the sector and enable industry practitioners to participate in the global industry;
- funds and promotes new forms of screen content and use of technology;
- collaborates with industry to create opportunities; and
- facilitates all aspects of filming in NSW to make it the most attractive State for screen production.
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