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Zoetrap


"Something is out to capture your soul.. Dare you take a spin with death!?"

Zoetrap is an Alternate Reality Game that will unleash the spirit world on San Francisco over Halloween. It tells a terrifying ghost story over multiple platforms and is designed to play out during the three-day Storyworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, October 31-November 2, 2011. 


We Need Your Help

We would be absolutely stoked if you gave a donation. We are really excited about this project and the fun we could have entertaining (and freaking out) conference delegates at Storyworld 2011. With your help we could create a three day event that is unique, entertaining and scary. The more sponsorship we receive the more we can do and the more exciting our project will become. 
Where will your donations go:
  • Print (bespoke Tarot cards, posters, pamphlets)
  • Live events
  • Online production costs
  • Documentary film costs (documenting the entire experience)
We are hoping to raise at least $1000 through this site.  In addition to the £4,000 already pledged by App Furnace towards the creation of the App (see below), we need to raise a serious amount of cash to be able to put on an ace experience and be able to film the process to a high quality that will be edited together in the form of a documentary showcasing what we did. We have other fundraising events planned and welcome any suggestions of sponsors or other avenues to pursue. 
Potential sponsors have the benefit of exposure at a major international event which will be attended by pioneers from the Film, TV, Games, Internet and Technical industries. If you can help us out we will happily advertise you on our print and online materials. 



The Storyworld conference is the first of its kind and brings leaders in film and cross-platform entertainment together to talk about transmedia entertainment - the most exciting and potentially lucrative development in entertainment today.
We are a group of multiplatform writers and producers raising funds to take our transmedia story  - which includes a comic scrapbook, app, films, online and real world performances - out to San Francisco. 
With your help we could cover the technical and production costs needed to put on a scary Halloween game that will take conference delegates on a journey through the spirit world and San Francisco's dark history to uncover the truth behind a mysterious event in the conference hotel. We need your help to bring our vision to reality. 
Without giving too much of the story away, Zoetrap is about an evil, occult force that has suddenly come back to life and is seizing souls. Players become Paranormal Investigators who use our app to access the spirit realm. They'll hear ghosts talk and souls scream as they hunt down clues to solve the mystery of strange and unexplained occurrences at the conference.  
Zoetrap itself has now been launched online http://zoetrap.com  and keep your eyes peeled to follow the strange Twitter seances that will take place during the month of October follow @_zoetrap

App developers App Furnace have already pledged £4,000 and their time and expertise to the project. We are currently working with them to build the Zoetrap App which turns a player's phone into a Ouija board that will help guide them through the ARG experience. They just have to make sure they don't get caught!
The main ARG is told over the three days of the conference and delegates can dip in and out of it as they wish and work together to solve clues and scare one another.

The Team

The project has been developed through the Digital Delta Post-graduate training scheme which is run by Cyfle - the training company for the creative media industries, Wales.


The course has two strands: Multi Platform Writers and Digital Professionals with a broad range of skills that include visual effects for feature films including Harry Potter, developing storyworlds over multiple platforms for the BBC, acting, film directing, journalism, game design, writing, mulitplatform production, illustration, music and audio production.  
The Multiplatform Writers are: Writer, Producer and Journalist Hannah Wood, Writer, Illustrator and Visual Effects expert for feature films Dylan Wyn Owen, Actor and Writer Mali Tudno Jones, Author Leusa Fflur Llewelyn, Screenwriter and Poet Simon Stratton, Author and TV Producer Tina Jenkins, Journalist and Writer Medina Bailey. 
The Digital Professionals are: Producer and Director Tara Davies, Director, Illustrator and Producer Robbie Brewster, Digital/Social Media producer and Photographer Tom Beardshaw, Self-shooting PD Natalie Clements, Actor and Producer Gareth Milton-Griffiths, Producer and Cross-Media Designer Paula Major, Musician and Music Producer Jon Maguire. 


Rewards For Your Support

You will be loved by the whole Digital Delta crew!

You will be sent art work developed as part of the project including a unique Tarot card

You will receive original music and spooky sound clips, a comic scrapbook, a tarot card from the project and a special credit. Plus you will also get a copy of the documentary of Zoetrap.

Not only are you incredibly kind but your fantastic in our eyes. You will get a special mention on our website and a link to yours. There will also be the opportunity to Skype chat with us about the project and meet us in person - at exclusive screenings and a party!

We will give you a full days work for your individual Transmedia or creative project. So if you are in need of an Actress (Mali Tudo Jones) or a Website Developer and Social Media Expert (Gareth Millton Griffiths) or a Writer (Hannah Wood) etc this will keep your own production costs down and help your own project immensely. We will discuss individual needs with you and match you to the right talent within the group.

If you are creating a project you can request a personal Multiplatform consultation, including a Skype / Phonecall / Meet-up with Rhys Miles Thomas (a Transmedia Producer and Course Leader of Digital Delta at Cyfle) with a full written report on your project!

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Tara Davies

Bridgend, United Kingdom

Last Login 01/03/2012

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