XR Stories Funds our Storylab Project

AUGUST 18TH, 2021

Vital Culture UK has been awarded project funding by XR Stories, along with five other Storylab projects, developed from their Bradford XR FilmMakers masterclass, delivered in partnership with immersive specialists BRiGHTBLACK. 

The research and development projects support diverse, early-career individuals in the Leeds City region and aim to develop the storytellers’ skills by enabling them to deliver new immersive and interactive storytelling experiences.

Our project, ‘Vital Stories’ by Tanya Vital and Urban Conceptz Theatre, is a live-streamed interactive short film. Building on the storytelling styles of Swamp Motel and Artificial:Next, the project aims to take passive visual storytelling into an immersive experience for a digital audience. Through Twitch widgets and polls, users can choose, change and affect the drama and ambiance onscreen in real time.

The project themes have been heavily influenced by our Twitch audience and we hope to have a test run of the piece 22nd September.

Find out more here