Abstract
John will show how engaging content and new experiences can be created  using a combination of archive material, specially shot scenes  and CGI modelling. He will describe his recent work for BBC2 recreating the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing and his work with BFI repurposing film content of Venice from 1898 to create new VR experiences. He will show how to fly with the artist Magritte in virtual reality, how to capture Buckingham Palace with photogrammetry, how VR will reduce knife crime and how he’s realised that the entire history of film and photography wasn’t photography after all.

Short biography
John Durrant is Creative Director at digital design company BDH,  2018 BAFTA winners for their work on BBC’s Blue Planet, who produce award winning content for broadcast, brands, cinema, commercials, digital media and all things pervasive.  He is also Innovation Director at Academy 7 Productions in Bristol. John directs documentaries, commercials, VFX, VR & AR projects, for clients including Facebook, BBC Television, Radio 4, Channel 4, Discovery, MTV, Playstation, The Guardian, BFI and The National Gallery. He has exhibited at SXSW, Cannes, CPH:DOX, Beijing Film Festivals. He has BAFTA, D&AD, Royal Television Society, Grammy and Emmy Award recognitions for his work and is a member of BAFTA.