Musical Theatre Roulette

This is a musical theatre instagram filters, they're created for fans to test their musical theatre knowledge and sing along to their favourite show tunes. The Title of the show appears on the user's forehead when the camera on their mobile device recognises a face, the filter then randomises through the show's musical numbers when pressing record before stopping, prompting the user to sing along. The recording is then posted on instagram, but the video can then be saved and uploaded to all social media platforms like Facebook, Youtube, TikTok, Twitter and LinkedIn. Screenshots included are how we're scaled it to accommodate multiple musicals after it's entrance into world hackathon day 2020.

  • Luke David Draper
    Producer
    RapSteady. Augmented Rift. How Kiff are you?,
  • Project Type:
    Augmented Reality
  • Minimum Runtime:
    1 minute
  • Maximum Runtime:
    2 minutes
  • Average Runtime:
    1 minute
  • Variable Runtime Details:
    It is interactive. Engagement varies from user to user
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    South Africa
  • Language:
    English
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography

Luke Draper (BaPVA Hons. Wits 2015) is a performer, theatre technician and game designer who founded Hero Entertainment in 2017 with the purpose of redefining play and merging arts and technology together specialising in mobile game development and Augmented Reality (AR). In the mobile gaming space most notably, he has produced games such as RapSteady, that made it to the number 1 spot on the Apple Appstore in the music game category. Wall Warrior, which won the best marketable game, at the Tenjam Retro Gamejam. As well as Augmented Rift that won MTN app of the Year best gaming solution 2020. Working on trending Instagram filters such as being “Musical Theatre Roulette” and the proudly South African filter “How Kiff Are You?” (Created for local artist The Kiffness) his collective portfolios currently have over 30 million impressions.

During the pandemic he acts as the Technical Director for South Africa’s theatre based streaming network, &SCENE (www.andscene.live), competed internationally in Hackathons and Game Jams and has started an online gallery www.indieartafrica.com all with intentions to jumpstart the South African arts and creative sector.

He has had 2 projects shortlisted for the Huawei Innovation Awards in 2020 and currently he is involved in the MTN Developers’ Programme and the Global Young Innovators Programme. Projects on the horizon include creating educational materials in both VR and AR for various institutions throughout the year, breaking down barriers to education.

In 2021, he made the Top 15 young South African Geeks list, JCI’s Top 21 Young South Africans, was nominated for the Founder of the Year Africa Awards and the Roshgold Young Business Achiever Award 2021 for his work on Indie Art Africa as well as nominated for the Tallberg International Leadership award.

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Director Statement

I don't think I have the skills to solve the world's problems on my own. I hope that introducing learners to Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality capabilities sparks a passion and sense of creativity in them and that they start to think of how they can use these emerging technologies to solve issues that they find important. When I was growing up VR and AR were just concepts for television shows, now there're YouTube tutorials that can equip 10 year olds to create apps and develop games. Overall, I think I'd just like to leave a lasting impression with my work rather than as myself as a person. The artist in me knows there comes a satisfaction with having created something. A lot of people don't ever get to feel that because they're put off by coding, or they don't think they're smart enough, or they don't have a 4 year computer sciences degree. So I want to be an example to others. To say that it's definitely not easy, but if you put in the work you're only limited by your imagination, and that your ideas shouldn't be discounted just because of your background.