World building isn’t only about the physical environments. We asked @AFRODEUTSCHE to make us a playlist of seminal music composed for film and TV.

The playlist is an uber mix of music, acoustic piano to futuristic electronic, cinematic scores and through a myriad of musical worlds. “I’ve included music that was made with the future in mind, but with the tools that were available at that time…lots of vocal works too, for the story telling part of film. I’ve chosen tracks that seem to take me to another world, but the stories are held firmly in the human experience of life… “ Afrodeutsche

Image from Blade Runner 1982 (c) Warner Bros

Dir Ridley Scott Production Design Lawrence G Paull Music by Vangelis. Inspired by the novel by Philip K Dick

A session from BAFTA highlighting its Young Game Designers initiative for 10-18s. James Chew, senior writer/narrative designer at Failbetter Games, and past YGD winners Alfie Wilkinson and Sophia Shepherd will discuss world building in games and how fantasy has inspired them. Chaired by BAFTA Head of Games Luke Hebblethwaite.

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Copyright BAFTA/Alfie Wilkinson

Sarah Greenwood, Production Designer, and Katie Spencer, Set Decorator, discuss the worlds they created for Anna Karenina (dir. Joe Wright) and its ‘design cousin’ Barbie (dir Greta Gerwig) and how each draws on specific historical and fantasy references. Sarah and Katie’s other films include Pride and Prejudice, Atonement, Beauty and the Beast and Cyrano.The conversation is moderated by Jane Barnwell, who makes, teaches and writes about film.

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Anna Karenina - Production Design Sarah Greenwood Set Decoration Katie Spencer Copyright © Focus Films

Barbie - Production Design Sarah Greenwood Set Decoration Katie Spencer Copyright © Warner Bros

Leading storytellers and designers look at how AI may change (or not) our way of imagining other worlds. Prof Vali Lalioti (UAL Creative Computing Institute), Irenosen Okojie (Black to the Future) and David Sheldon-Hicks (Territory Studios) will take part in a discussion hosted by Robbie Stamp is CEO of Bioss International, TedX speaker and the former CEO of The Digital Village which he co-founded with Douglas Adams, whose works inspired the site (h2g2.com) .

Insights into building worlds for film and TV with multi-award-winning TV and film Production Designer Deb Riley (The Matrix, Moulin Rouge, Game of Thrones), Production Designer Will Htay (Star Wars, Antman & the Wasp: Quantumania) and film Concept Artist and Illustrator Adam Brockbank (Harry Potter, Maleficent). Chaired by Lucia Pietroiusti, Head of Ecologies at Serpentine.

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Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

Production Designer: Will Htay | Concept Artist: Thomas Du Crest

Copyright © Marvel Studios

A drop-in (unticketed) games concept workshop run by BAFTA with Dan Clark of Mindjam throughout the afternoon in the main Entrance Hall of The British Library. If you’re aged 10 - 18 and would like to find out more about BAFTA Young Game Designers or show your ideas to a professional designer, come along!

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Copyright BAFTA/Sophie Sterland

All of these talks will be available to view across the UK through the British Library’s Living Knowledge Network.