Karen Horne - Portfolio

Trackdown Showreel

2010-03-27T18:18:00.006+11:00

For over 25 years Trackdown has been a leader in the audio post and music industry.

With two studio locations including Trackdown Scoring Stage, Trackdown has the facilities to complete any audio or music project to a world standard.

Trackdown is a complete audio and music solution for the film, television, music and multimedia industries.

www.trackdown.com.au

Sally Bollywood

2010-03-27T16:50:00.012+11:00

Sally Bollywood is an animated TV series of 52 x 13 mins for ages 6-12.

Twelve year old Sally, with the help of her best friend Doowee, runs a detective agency called S.B.I. – “Sally Bollywood Investigations” – the investigation specialist in all the playgrounds of Little Bombay. If homework suddenly goes missing, a classroom is vandalized or a beloved pet disappears, The SBI is on the case.

Operating out of the Bollywoods’ basement, Sally and Doowee make an ideal team. With Doowee’s scientific brain and super gadgets, combined with Sally's detective and Kalarypayatt skills, the SBI can solve the toughest of mysteries – results guaranteed!

The Sally Bollywood Website is a rich media, flash site where kids snoop around the SBI office to uncover games, music, videos, downloadable goodies and secret documents revealing info all about the series.

Visit the french language site at www.mon-ludo.fr/sally-bollywood

Forest Interactive Showreel

2009-04-20T23:08:00.006+10:00

Karen's production credits at Forest Interactive (aka Flying Bark Interactive) include a raft of kids interactive CD-Rom titles, DVD board games, DVD videos, TVCs, interactive style guides and creative assets for TV productions.

Download full Production Credits listing.

Atmosfear - DVD board games

2009-04-20T23:03:00.006+10:00

Fast Frightening Fun

ATMOSFEAR - The Gatekeeper™ was a world’s first interactive DVD video board game in which players took on not only each other but also the game's ghoulish TV host – The Gatekeeper - in a 49 minute race against time.

Features included random DVD programming for infinite replayability; CGI, live action, special effects and 5.1 surround sound, for a fully immersive experience; Interactive games using the remote control; and DVD extra content.

The game was produced in 11 languages for international release.
Production deliverables included marketing materials and 10, 15, 20 and 30 second TVCs.

The follow up title, Khufu - The Mummy, featured all new game play, game components, DVD content and a creepy new TV host: Khufu.

Atmosfear - The Gatekeeper released 2004, 2005
Khufu - The Mummy released 2006
Atmosfear Express released 2008 (15 minute version, remastered)

www.atmosfear.com.au

Summer Bay Online

2009-04-20T22:21:00.004+10:00

Elliot’s executed his deadly plan. Will he get away with it?
When Channel Seven's long-running hit drama Home and Away was off air during the Olympics, fans were still able to get their daily fix with Summer Bay Online.

In an Australian first, Yahoo!7 launched the exclusive interactive drama where the storyline of Home & Away, was played out online over four weeks.

Working closely with the Home & Away storywriters and using the brand assets of the TV series, Hoodlum were able to provide a parallel world on Yahoo!7, where fans could delve into the Summer Bay world, solve a mystery that continued on from the pre-Olympics cliffhanger episode, engage with other fans in group forums, and be in the running to win $20,000. The content offering featured daily clues and videos starring popular characters, a Summer Bay Map, and classic moments from show's archives.

Launched on August 4, 2008

Primeval Evolved

2009-04-20T18:12:00.006+10:00

The future of mankind is in your hands.
A mysterious woman called 'Eve' recruits online audiences to assist in a
high stakes mission to save the ARC, where not only your team’s lives
are at stake, but the very future of humanity itself.

Primeval Evolved, a week-by-week adventure that links to the third series of TV show Primeval, was commissioned by ITV, as part of moves to create multi-platform and bespoke online content to attract larger audiences to their web properties.

The 10 week online experience extends the stories, world and characters of Primeval. Combining episodic narrative development with casual online gameplay, it allows audiences to become active participants in the unfolding narrative, and gives fans a closer look at the fabulous creatures of Primeval.

The adventure rolled out in the UK parallel with transmission of the series on ITV1, from March 2009.
www.itv.com/Primeval/

Primeval Evolved is now live in Australia at UKTV
www.primevalevolved.com.au

Awards and Nominations

Primeval Evolved is a winner of the 2010 Interactive Media Awards winner,"Best in Class".

The project has also been nominated for the 2010 International Digitl Emmy Awards, in the Digital Program - Fiction category. View Press release.

Spooks Interactive (AU)

2009-04-20T18:10:00.005+10:00

Could you lie for a living?
This online adventure game extends the television experience with parallel storytelling and game-play that gives rookie spooks the opportunity to join the team at MI5 and immerse themselves in the clandestine world of secret agents.

Spooks Interactive is a unique and immersive game-play experience integrating characters and storylines from the sixth series of the spy drama Spooks on ABC1. It features extensive video footage of the TV characters and also introduces new characters exclusive to the interactive experience.

Each week the site interweaves the dramatic storylines from the TV series into online activities incorporating role-playing, mission-based games, rich-media narrative content and compelling two-way interactivity.

Spooks Interactive won two prestigious BAFTAS in 2008 for interactivity and content.

In 2009 Karen produced the re-versioning and launch of the award-winning Spooks Interactive in Australia for the ABC.

Released in Australia in March 2009, alongside broadcast of Spooks Series Six on ABC1

www.abc.net.au/spooks