INPUT / … / … / Fantasy_ sci-fi & psychological thriller - how to produce exciting new fiction worlds?

TV stations seeking new audiences should check out these dramas which mix suspense with fantasy, sci-fi or psychological drama – without Hollywood budgets. How does one create new universes that are mystical or mythological and yet logical? What does it take to portrait dangerously lovely nymphs, humanistic androids and innocent looking murder suspects? This session studies the tools of new suspense fiction. Finnish MTV3 did not jump on the overcrowded vampire- or zombie-trains, but turned to Greek mythology. The cross media project The Nymphs features the fights between nymphs and satyrs in modern Helsinki. The first season of the SVT-series Real Humans introduced an alternative Swedish society in which humanlike robots fight for their rights. In the fresh 2nd season both thriller and social themes tighten and the sci-fi escalates. What are the best practices of balancing the unreal and the real? How are cross media bibles written and sci-fi universes evolved into new seasons? What are the trials and errors learnt and what is the role of the VFX supervisor today? How did both series travel to over 50 countries? And why do so few PS companies dare the jump into the unreal? What combines the mythological universe and the traditional thriller? The Korean KBS drama A Culprit Among Friends is an oppressive thriller story about a woman, who was abandoned by her three friends, when threatened by a group of young men. Now she comes back - 15 years later. How did the director construct the story with crime and mystery elements and what tools did he use to give it such a powerful and threatening atmosphere? How did he use time leaps and music to force the suspense?