Crimeface

Crimeface is an online interactive film thriller / police procedural released in 2008, and directed by Krishna Stott.^[1][2][3]

Crimeface
Directed by	Krishna Stott
Written by	Richard Davis Krishna Stott
Produced by	Philip Shotton Graham Clayton Chance Krishna Stott
Starring	Wayne Simmonds David Crellin Tom Charnock Nikki Tovell Craig Cheetham
Cinematography	Jarod Roberts
Edited by	Thaydon Dubois
Music by	Bruce Magill
Production company	Retina Circus
Distributed by	Bellyfeel
Release date	2008 (2008)
Running time	20 to 30 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Overview

This UK produced new media project mixes popular entertainment formats such as film, literature, music, and gaming to be both interactive and multiplatform. Crimeface has played in cinemas and is available on DVD and on the internet. The film, according to Aleks Krotoski, technology and interactivity writer at The Guardian, "pushes the notion of interactivity and play into a different game space."^[4]

The live action sequences of the film stars David Crellin (Emmerdale, BBC 2's BAFTA award-winning series The Cops, and Coronation Street) as Detective Harry Adams of the Modern Device Crime Unit who enlists hacker Tranz Van Zandt (Wayne Simmonds) to help solve a murder. Also featuring Craig Cheetham (Peter Kay's Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere, Hollyoaks, and Ringo Starr in the 2010 TV biopic, Lennon Naked), the story and script was written by Richard Davis and Stott.^[5]

The filmic elements are mounted in one of two windows, with the second window opening onto interactive story elements in multiple media formats, where with a click of the mouse players can explore the world of Crimeface without leaving the film.^[6] Crimeface won both the Webby and People's Voice awards prizes at the 2008 Webby Awards for the Online Film & Video - Experimental category.^[7]

Cast

• Wayne Simmonds as Tranz Van Zandt
• David Crellin as Harry Adams
• Tom Charnock as John Barry
• Nikki Tovell as Julie Abrahams
• Craig Cheetham as Peter Townes
• Gareth Abel as Billy Macintosh
• Juliet Ellis as Forensic Cop
• Amanda Griffiths, Helen Serridge, and Mim Wild as Duty Cops
• Gary Peploe as Photographer

Awards

Crimeface was nominated for a prize at the Viper Film Festival of Digital Media in 2006.^[8] Winner of both the Webby and People's Voice awards in the Experimental category of online film and video at the 2008 Webby Awards^[9] this new mix of film and interactivity was described on launch as being "a glimpse of the future for on-screen fiction" by Pocket-Lint.^[10]

References

1. "Manchester - Entertainment - Crime scene". BBC. 25 June 2004. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
2. Thomis, Nicola (5 March 2020). "Secret Story Network XR Stories interview". XR Stories. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
3. Chaudhari, Saiqa (15 May 2020). "Codename: Winter Hill scoops top award at glittering ceremony". The Bolton News. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
4. Krotoski, Aleks (4 April 2008). "Game Pitch: Crimeface | Technology". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
5. "Manchester - Entertainment - Crime scene". BBC. 25 June 2004. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
6. Krotoski, Aleks (4 April 2008). "Game Pitch: Crimeface | Technology". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
7. "Webby Nominees". Webbyawards.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
8. Tim Birch, 'Laying Low' in City Life Friday 18 August 2006, pp. 72-3.
9. "Webby Nominees". Webbyawards.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
10. "WEBSITE OF THE DAY - crimeface.net". Pocket-lint. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2012.

External links

• Crimeface website