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Using 24 hours of footage from the fictional surveillance programme SATURNEYE, The Last Hours of Laura K is a disconcertingly intimate, unfiltered and impartial look into Laura鈥檚 last hours before her death.

The 24-hour video file is only half of the story. To find the killer, users have to immerse themselves in the characters鈥� digital lives via their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram profiles, looking for clues and motives seeded by our writers over months to help them identify the killer.

The Last Hours of Laura K launched on Monday 30 March 2015.

Awards

We're delighted to announce that The Last Hours of Laura K was shortlisted for and won the following awards:

•  - shortlist
• 2015  - Gold Award and People's Lovie
•  at the South by SouthWest Festival - nomination
•  at the 2016 International Format Awards - winner
•  for Digital Creativity - nomination
•  Best Game - nomination
•  - Honoree

Format licensing

The format for The Last Hours of Laura K was licensed by  to Brazilian broadcaster  in 2017. Discussions are in progress with other territories.

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Confession video 

Exactly 2 years after The Last Hours of Laura K launched the killer recorded 

Laura's killer may have confessed but how and why did she do it? Submit your theories to info@saturneye.org 

We will be sharing a "How To Solve" video to all those who email us, so get guessing.

What is The Last Hours of Laura K?

"A Crowd-sourced investigation", "24-hour murder mystery", "The last day of a woman's life through every piece of public information"

The writers and producers of The Last Hours of Laura K explain the concept and how you can become part of the investigation:

The Audience

The writers and producers of 'The Last Hours of Laura K' explain why they think this is an important story to tell now and why it replicates the way that many of the audience interact with media.

Developing the Idea

How did the project originate and what was the development process?

The project was originally inspired by the Edward Snowden quote, 'I don鈥檛 want to live in a world where everything that I say, everything I do, everyone I talk to, every expression of creativity, love or friendship, is recorded'. It aims to challenge the traditional conventions of storytelling, and question how we live our lives now.

The development of The Last Hours of Laura K began with a 大象传媒 Writersroom residential innovation lab, as the writers and producers explain.

Making it a Reality

What were the challenges?

The last 24 hours of Laura鈥檚 life were filmed over an extraordinary 16 days across London, from the Southbank to St Martins at Kings Cross, from Farringdon to Dalston by a small team.

The writers (Gabriel Bisset Smith, who also directs; Rachel De-lahey, who plays Laura Kitchens; Kenny Emson; and Ed Sellek) have also created over 40 character profiles on social media, as well as an alternative newsblog SP117.

All the narrative threads are there to be discovered...

How to Investigate a Suspect

Gabriel Bisset-Smith is a Writer and Director of the The Last Hours of Laura K.

In this handy guide he demonstrates how to investigate suspects from the captured video of Laura's last 24 hours by finding and exploring their social media profiles.

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